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Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 1-3-1874

BORN

  • At Rocklin, Dec. 18, to the wife of Jeremiah Kelcher, a son.
  • At Damascus, Dec. 28, to the wife of Owen Griffith, a son.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 1-10-1874

BORN

  • At Michigan Bluff, Jan. 1, to the wife of A. C. Bowen, a daughter.
  • At Dutch Flat, Dec. 13, to the wife of James Holmes, a son.
  • At Auburn, Jan. 7, to the wife of Hon. W. C. Norton, a daughter.
  • At Roseville, Dec. 2, to the wife of John H. Woodruff, a daughter.
  • At Roseville, Dec. 23, to the wife of Asbury Easton, a son.

DIED

  • At Lincoln, Dec. 27, Mrs. M., wife of Harvey Whitney, aged 23 years, a native of Illinois.
  • At Roseville, Dec. 31, Dora, youngest child of M. J. Barrett, aged 10 years.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 1-17-1874

BORN

  • At Colfax, Jan. 13, to the wife of J. B. Hayford, a daughter—weight 14 pounds.

MARRIED

  • At Forest Hill, Jan. 4, by Rev. A. O’Donnell, James B. Waters of Gold Hill, Nevada, to Miss Katie A. Hyland.
  • At Last Chance, Dec. 22, by A. J. Bishop, JP, William W. Penman to Miss Ellie N. May Jansen.

DIED

  • At Lincoln, Jan. 9, Charles C. Rice, aged 58 years, a native of New York.
  • At Newcastle, Jan. 13, John Tonkin, aged 44 years and 9 months, a native of Cornwall, England.
  • At the County Hospital, Dec. 28, Jonathan Bingham, aged 50 years, a native of Ireland.
  • At the County Hospital, Jan. 15, H. Miller, aged 43 years, formerly of Indiana.
  • At the County Hospital, Jan. 15, Andrew Fyrrell, aged about 65 years, a native of Sweden.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 1-24-1874

BORN

  • At Auburn, Jan. 19, to the wife of C. L. Simons, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Dutch Flat, Jan. 14, by James Jameson, JP, Mr. Ah Kae to Miss Ah Eie, both of Iowa Hill. No cards.
  • At Michigan Bluff, Nov. 6, by Rev. A. O’Donnell, Obediah Bunker to Mrs. Mary McClafferty.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 1-31-1874

BORN

  • On Antelope Ravine, Jan. 18, wife of W. P. Buzzle, a son.

DIED

  • Near Newcastle, Jan. 25, Andrew Bread, aged 44 years, a native of Tennessee.
  • At Bath, Jan. 25, Henry M. Hosmer, aged 34 years, a native of Camden, Maine.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 2-14-1874

BORN

  • At San Francisco, Feb. 4, to the wife of I. T. Coffin, a daughter,
  • At Auburn, Feb. 10, to the wife of J. A. Filcher, a son.
  • At Auburn, Feb. 11, to the wife of E. L. Craig, a daughter.

DIED

  • At Rocklin, Feb. 9, Emulous Davis, aged 23 years.
  • At Pleasant Grove Creek near Roseville, Feb. 6, Ida Adella Leonard, aged 15 years, a native of California.
Sacramento Daily Union, 16 Feb 1874

BORN

  • Auburn, Feb. 10 - Wife of J.A. Filcher, a son
  • Auburn, Feb. 11 - Wife of E.L. Crag, a daughter.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 2-21-1874

BORN

  • At Alta, Feb. 17, to the wife of Richard Fiellan, a son.
  • On North Ravine near Ophir, Feb. 16, to the wife of T. M. Tharp, a son.
  • Near Auburn, Feb. 1, to the wife of William Smith, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Ophir, Feb. 14, by Rev. N. R. Peck, Welcome Hathaway to Miss Ella Thompson.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 2-14-1874

MARRIED

  • At Forest Hill, Feb. 18, by Justice R. T. Kelly, Mr. E. Effendal to Miss E. W. Hurtzig.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 2-28-1874

DIED

  • Near Bald Hill, Feb. 22, William Moran, aged 9 years and 6 months.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 3-14-1874

BORN

  • In Auburn, March 7, to the wife of Hon. J. Ives Fitch, a son.
  • At Sacramento, Feb. 24, to the wife of F. A. Lux, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Auburn, March 7, by Justice H. Walsh, John Fogarty to Mary Jane O’Neil.
  • At Lincoln, March 5, by Rev. J. Kelsay, John Gerben to Lydia Burdge.

DIED

  • At Auburn, March 8, Blasius Stierle, aged 57 years.
  • Near Carson City, March 5, Herman A. Eicke, aged 20 years.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 3-21-1874

BORN

  • In Auburn, March 19, to the wife of L. Dallman, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Auburn, March 15, by Rev. E. E. Dodge, John W. Hurlburt of Summit, Placer Co., to Mary J. Worsley of Shady Run, step-daughter of H. J. Marsh, formerly of Gold Hill, Nevada.

DIED

  • Near Sheridan, Placer Co., March 12, Colonel Boulware, of consumption, aged 61 years and 2 days.
  • At Michigan Bluff, March 17, George W. Morton, aged 42 years, 8 months, 13 days.
  • At the County Hospital, Auburn, March 15, Wilson Davis, aged 54 years, formerly of Missouri.
  • At San Francisco, March 16, William Jamison, son of Thomas and Maria Jamison, aged 30 years, a native of Pennsylvania.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 3-28-1874

MARRIED

  • At Sacramento, March 22, by Rev. J. H. C. Bronie, John H. Gregory of Auburn to Louisa O. Blanchard of Newcastle.
  • DIED.
  • At the County Hospital, March 22, Francisco Perry, a native of Chile, aged 66 years.
  • At the County Hospital, March 26, Jamas Tollman, a native of Maine, aged 77 years.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 4-11-1874

BORN

  • In Auburn, April 7, to the wife of A. Huntley, Deputy Sheriff, a son.

DIED

  • Near Ophir at the Crater Mine, April 7, John Rundle, a native of Cornwall, England, aged 36 years.
  • At Oakland Co., Michigan, March 14, Mrs. Annie Predmore, mother of G. B. Predmore, Clipper Gap, and sister of Mark Buckley, California, aged 67 years, 7 months, 7 days.
  • In Auburn, April 4, Mrs. M. W. DuBois, aged 73 years.
  • At the County Hospital, Auburn, March 26, James Tollman, aged 77 years, formerly of Maine.
  • At the County Hospital, Auburn, April 5, Christopher Dalton, aged 45 years, formerly of New York.
  • At Clipper Gap, April 5, E. L. Kedew, infant son of Selim Kedew, aged 2 years and 9 months.
Sacramento Daily Union, 13 Apr 1874

BORN

  • Auburn, April 7 - Wife of A. Huntley, a son.
  • Iowa Hill, March 31 - Wife of J.W. Mitchell, a daughter.
  • Iowa Hill, March 31 - Wife of Henry Stemple, a daughter.
Sacramento Daily Union, 09 May 1874

BORN

  • Lincoln, May 3 - Wife of W.S. Long, a daughter.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 4-25-1874

BORN

  • Near Auburn, April 13, to the wife of A. Waldo, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Ophir, March 13, by Rev. N. R. Peck, Orange Keeler to Mrs. Julia A. Lundey.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 5-9-1874

BORN

  • At Lincoln, May 3, to the wife of W. S. Long, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Summit, May 5, by Rev. C. Shelling, George P. McConkey to Sadie P. Gordon

DIED

  • At Auburn, May 2, Mary Helena Lyon, daughter of Mary and W. B. Lyon, aged 7 years and 14 months.
  • At the County Hospital, Auburn, May 7, Philander Edwards, aged 50 years, a native of Vermont.
  • Near Hayesville, Ashland Co., Ohio, April 24, William Ewing, brother of T. S. Ewing of Lincoln, Placer Co.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 5-16-1874

DIED

  • In Clayton, Contra Costa Co., May 11, of consumption, William A. Perkins, a son of Joseph Perkins of Clipper Gap, aged 30 years, a native of Massachusetts.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 5-23-1874

BORN

  • In Auburn, May 19, to the wife of Frank Schweitzer, a son.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 6-6-1874

BORN

  • In Auburn, June 2, to the wife of J. M. White, a son.
  • In Auburn, June 3, to the wife of H. Gerlach, a son.
  • In Auburn, June 3, to the wife of A. Keeler, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Blue Canyon, May 20, by Rev. G. D. Pinneo, B. H. Joesink and Hattie E. Lucas.

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, Auburn, May 31, H. Kuenzely, a native of Switzerland, aged 69 years.
  • At Providence, Rhode Island, May 22, James McGinley, aged 50 years.
  • At Michigan Bluff, June 3, Martin Ryan, a native of Wales, aged 38 years.
  • At San Francisco, June 1, George G. Webster, a native of Hartford, Connecticut, aged 50 years, 2 months and 17 days.
  • Near Ophir, June 3, Dr. J. P. Thompson, a native of New York, aged 53 years.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 6-13-1874

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, June 5, James Matthews, a native of Pennsylvania, aged 68 years.
  • At the County Hospital, June 7, John Dillon, a native of Ireland, aged 45 years.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 6-20-1874

BORN

  • At Todds Valley, May 26, to the wife of S. B. White, a daughter.
  • At Michigan Bluff, June 6, to the wife of W. C. Shian, a daughter.
  • At Lincoln, June 14, to the wife of A. C. Fleming, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Iowa Hill, June 14, by Rev. Father O’Donnell, Frank Hackman to Phebe Sherritt.
  • Near Petaluma, June 10, George A. Lyon to Mrs. Emma L. Ranard.

DIED

  • In Montreal, Canada, May 26, William Fenton, a native of England. Deceased was the father of H. W. Fenton of Colfax.
  • At the County Hospital, June 15, William Rexton, a native of Denmark, aged 42 years.
  • At Santa Barbara, June 6, Mrs. Kate Sprague, wife of George Sprague, formerly of Iowa Hill, aged 23 years.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 7-18-1874

DIED

  • At Auburn Station, July 16, Miss Marry E. Dunn of San Francisco, aged 17 years, 6 months and 22 days.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 7-25-1874

MARRIED

  • At Rocklin, July 12, by L. G. Smith, JP, Henry Burns of San Francisco to Mary A. Layton of Rocklin.

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, July 23, R. Cox (colored), a native of Kentucky, aged 69 years.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 8-1-1874

BORN

  • At Auburn, July 28, to the wife of Henry Stone, a son.
  • At Newcastle, July 26, to the wife of Antoine De Costa, twins—a son and a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Forest Hill, July 28, by R. T. Kelley, JP, Julius Mouron to Annie Brown.

DIED

  • At Lincoln, July 27, Melissa, daughter of William S. and Martha Long, aged 2 months and 24 days.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 8-8-1874

BORN

  • Near Rattlesnake Bar, Aug. 1, to the wife of Robert Hector, a son.

DIED

  • Near Newcastle, Aug. 2, T. Schotgen, a native of Baden, in the 73d year of his age.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 8-15-1874

BORN

  • At Roseville, Aug. 8, to the wife of E. S. Shearer, a son.
  • At Auburn, Aug. 7, to the wife of C. C. Crosby, a daughter.
  • At Placerville, Aug. 9, to the wife of W. A. Selkirk, twins - a son and a daughter.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 8-22-1874

MARRIED

  • At Dutch Flat, Aug. 19, by Rev. James Jameson, JP, John Trezona to Mrs. Mary Dunkin.
  • At Rocklin, Aug. 19, by L. G. Smith, JP, Albert A. Nelson to Kate Decker.
Sacramento Daily Union, 24 Aug 1874

BORN

  • Emigrant Gap, Placer co., Aug. 21 - Wife of J.F. Boldon, a daughter.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 8-29-1874

BORN

  • At Colfax, Aug. 19, to the wife of A. D. Bowley, a daughter.
  • At Emigrant Gap, Aug. 21, to the wife of J. F. Baldwin, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Auburn, Aug. 24, by R. C. Poland, JP, John B. Holbrook and Laura Blundell.
  • At Auburn, Aug. 24, by Hon. J. Ives Fitch, William Irving and Mrs. Sarah P. Edinger.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 9-5-1874

BORN

  • At Roseville, Aug. 25, to the wife of B. A. Johnson, a daughter.
  • At Rocklin, Aug. 27, to the wife of Henry Barnett, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Forest Hill, by Rev. E. E. Dodge, Oscar F. Seavey and Miss Anna E. Patterson.

DIED

  • At Colfax, Aug. 22, Stanley Dunbar, a native of Indiana, aged 39 years and 6 months.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 9-12-1874

BORN

  • At Michigan Bluff, Sept. 2, to the wife of E. Thomas, a daughter.
  • At Dutch Flat, to the wife of Rev. G. D. Pinneo, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Auburn, Sept. 8, by Rev. Edward E. Dodge, Albert N. Lewis of Livermore, Alameda Co., and Miss Bertha Behrend of Washington, DC.
Sacramento Daily Union, 14 Sep 1874

MARRIED

  • Auburn, Sept. 8 - Albert N. Lewis to Bertha Behrend.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 9-19-1874

BORN

  • At Antelope Ravine, Sept. 13, to the wife of R. A. Logan, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At San Francisco, Sept. 15, by Rev. H. Cox, Hon. S. B. Burt of Bath, Placer County, and Miss A. R. Eastman of San Francisco.

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, Sept. 14, Thomas Mullen, a native of Maine, aged 28 years.
  • At the County Hospital, Sept. 15, Patrick Cavanagh, a native of Ireland, aged 51 years.
Sacramento Daily Union, 21 Sep 1874

BORN

  • Antelope Ravine, Placer co., Sept. 13 - Wife of R.A. Logan, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • Auburn, Aug. 18 - Wm, S. Moss to Lissie M. Harding

DIED

  • Auburn, Sept. 14 - Thomas Mullen 28 years.
  • Auburn, Sept. 15 - Patrick Cavanaugh, 51 years.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 9-26-1874

MARRIED

  • At United States Ranch, Sept. 22, by Thomas Dodds, JP, William Jones and Mary P. Martin.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 10-3-1874

MARRIED

  • At the residence of Rev. G. Lankin near Ophir, Sept. 30, James McCurdy and Miss Carrie Rhodes.

DIED

  • At Pilot Hill, El Dorado County, Sept. 11, Ruby Slade, wife of Silas Hays, in the 71st year of her age. Placerville papers please copy.
  • On the 17th inst., at the residence of her son, Frank Fitch, in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Paulina, widow of Dr. Cornelius R. Fitch, deceased, formerly of Delhi, Delaware County, New York, aged 79. Deceased was the mother of J. Ives Fitch, Judge of the County Court of Placer County.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 10-17-1874

MARRIED

  • Near Auburn at the residence of the bride’s father, Sept. 27, by Rev. E.E. Dodge, Ira Avery and Seney V. Bowles.
  • At Sheridan, Oct. 14, by Rev. Charles Lee, O. K. Hopkins and Miss J. E. Smith.
  • At Rocklin, Oct. 1, by Rev. George C. Starr, B. H. F. Mason and Jennie E. Clark.
  • At Forest Hill, Oct. 4, by R. T. Kelley, J. P. Denman P. Stevens and Lucinda Davis.
  • At Forest Hill, Oct. 4, by R. T. Kelley, JP, Charles L. Canfield and Ella E. Mitchell.
  • At Auburn at the residence of the bride’s father, Oct. 11, by Hon. J. Ives Fitch, William Werry and Mary Chrisman.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 10-24-1874

DIED

  • In Dutch Flat, Oct. 19, Mrs. Louisa Clark, wife of C. S. Clark, native of New York, aged 64 years.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 10-31-1874

MARRIED

  • At Auburn, Oct. 26, by Hon. J. Ives Fitch, Ling Kew to Moey Quee.

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, Oct. 25, Mike Reidey, a native of Ireland, aged 52 years.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 11-7-1874

BORN

  • At Auburn, Nov. 1, to the wife of W. B. Lyon, a daughter.

MARRIED

  • At Lincoln, Oct. 31, at the residence of the bride, by Rev. George R. Davis, Mathew Petterson of Lincoln to Mrs. Benjamena C. Petterson of Marysville.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 11-14-1874

MARRIED

  • At Dutch Flat, Nov. 10, by Rev. G. D. Pinneo, Charles Myer and Lizzie M. Claven.

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, Nov. 8, James Friday, an Indian.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 11-21-1874

BORN

  • Near Auburn, Nov. 9, to the wife of James D____, a daughter.
  • In Auburn, Nov. 14, to the wife of B. F. ____, a daughter.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 11-28-1874

BORN

  • At Gold Run, Nov. 12, to the wife of W. L. Munson, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Auburn, Nov. 25, by Rev. E. H. King, B. F. Myres and Mrs. E. A. Galo.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 12-12-1874

BORN

  • At Colfax, Dec. 8, to the wife of William Shrode, a son.

MARRIED

  • At Auburn, Dec. 7, by E. Walsh, JP, Alfred Painter and Mrs. Augusta Peterson.

DIED

  • At San Francisco, Dec. 5, Mrs. Maria Antoinette Jamison, wife of Thomas Jamison of Auburn.
Placer Weekly Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 12-26-1874

MARRIED

  • At Gold Run, Dec. 20, by James Jameson, JP, John Deardoff and Matilda Bendeson.

DIED

  • At the County Hospital, Dec. 18, Stephen Waddell, a native of England, aged 53 years.