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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Available also in the original handwritten form in the member's Biographical File, and online 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 Jules J. Auradou, San Francisco, 1901. The Society of California Pioneers Jules J. Auradou, a native of Paris, France, was born December 12th, 1832. Jules J. Auradou left France with his father to pursue gold in California. On March 22nd, 1849, they sailed from Havre on the ship "Meuse". They landed in San Francisco on September 14th, 1849. After three weeks in San Francisco they proceeded to Sacramento. They spent three days in Sacramento and then went up the American River to Mormon Island, where they stayed until they were flooded out. From there Mr. Auradou and son went to Sacramento and established a boarding house, but were soon drowned out. They went up the Sacramento River as far as the site of Marysville, and then on a mining expedition up the Yuba River. They engaged in prospecting in Downieville, and finally settled at Foster Bar. They mined in that vicinity for five years, until 1857. Jules J. Auradou left the mines and went to San Francisco where he was employed in a meatpacking establishment. He became partner in the business and a member of the firm of Auradou and Bunker in the California market. In 1870 Auradou sold out his business interests in San Francisco and returned to Paris to visit his father (who had gone back in 1858). In 1871 Mr. Auradou returned to California. He married Ernestine Burnouf, a native of Havre, France. They had four children. Jules J. Auradou was a member of Parfait Lodge, No. 17, F. and A.M. in San Francisco. He joined the Masonic Fraternity in 1863. He was also a member of Abou Ben Adhem Lodge 112, I.O.O.F. San Francisco. He owned a ranch in Sonoma County, consisting of 66 acres and devoted to vineyard, orchard, and general purposes Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p.14-16, 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 original handwritten version exists in the member's Biographical File. This reminiscence includes a reference to a photograph of the member in a set of bound volumes. It appears that the photographs in this set were dispersed throughout the regular photography collection, but the photographs referenced in the related materials may or may not be these same photographs. His biography was copied from An Illustrated History of Sonoma County, California. It provides birth information and some family history. It also details Auradou's work history in California. The period covered is from March 22, 1849 to 1871.
Auradou, Jules J--1832-1932 Pioneers--California--Biography French Americans--California Gold mines and mining 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. California, Northern.
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