Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must be obtained by the reader.
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Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must be obtained by the reader Autobiography & Reminiscence of Guillaume Abadie, San Francisco, 1901. The Society of California Pioneers Guillaume Abadie was born in France, October 5, 1823. He left France in April of 1848. He went to Valparaiso, Chile, and from there to Callao, Peru. He took passage at Callao in destination of California on board the Peruvian vessel "Sencion". The vessel wrecked at San Pedro. From San Pedro, having lost all of his belongings he went to Los Angeles. From there he went to Santa Barbara, and then to San Francisco. In March of 1850, Mr. Abadie opened a general merchandise store in Santa Barbara in partnership with Jerome Gaucheron. In 1868, he left Santa Barbara and went to San Bernardino Ranch (Monterey County) to raise stock and plant grains. After many years of dry season he lost all his stock and the produce of his fields. He left San Bernardino Ranch in 1899 and moved to San Francisco with his family Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p.17-19, Vol. 1. This is a typed transcript, bound into a volume, of the member's autobiographical reminiscence created as an institutional record for the Society of California Pioneers. The transcription includes a reference to a photograph of the member in a set of bound volumes, but there is no longer a photograph of this member in our collection. This biography contains a Genealogy chart of the Abadie family. Information regarding Guillaume Abadie's journey to California is also provided, including the name of the ship he traveled on and dates of travel. The period of Abadie's life covered by this account is from April 1848 to December 1899.
Abadie, Guillaume--1823-1911 Pioneers--California--Biography French Americans--California Voyages to the Pacific Coast California--Biography California--History--19th century
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California -- History -- 19th century
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Pioneers California Biography French Americans California. History 19th century.
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