Sacramento County
Biographies
PETER TIETJENS
Peter
Tietjens, of Sacramento, was
born in Hamburg, Germany,
in 1823. His father, a ship carpenter in the English service, died in
1841. His mother’s maiden name was Maria Schroder.
They had seven children, two of whom were boys. One of these, George, was
a seafaring man. One of the daughters, Teresa, is an eminent musician,
well known as a singer in the great operas, as Lucretia
Borgia, etc. Another daughter was a resident of
New Orleans when Peter came to this
country, landing at that point to join her. He left Hamburg
April 27, 1846, and reached New Orleans
in sixty-three days. Having learned the trade of cigar-maker in Hamburg
and Bavaria, he resumed that business in the Crescent
City for three years. During
the cholera siege there he went to Louisville, Kentucky,
and Cincinnati, Ohio.
Returning to the old country he married in December, 1852, Miss Maria Schlink, a native of Gutenberg, South Germany.
In the fall of 1854 he started again for the land of golden opportunity, and,
sailing from Bremen, landed at San
Francisco in October, 1855. Coming on
immediately to Sacramento, where
his sister, Mrs. John Bell, was residing, he established a saloon on K
street, between Fourth
and Fifth, which he conducted until 1870. Mrs Tietjens died in 1887. Their daughter Marie is a
musician, who has spent several years in Europe in
pursuit of her musical studies.
Transcribed by Karen Pratt.
Davis, Hon. Win. J., An
Illustrated History of Sacramento County,
California. Page
529. Lewis
Publishing Company. 1890.
© 2006 Karen Pratt.
Sacramento
County Biographies