San Joaquin County
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CHARLES BAMERT
CHARLES BAMERT, a merchant of
Clements, Elliott Township, San Joaquin County, was born April 2, 1830, in
Germany, his parents being John and Mary (Hucome) Bamert, both natives of
Germany. The father died in New York State in 1855, and the mother in 1857; the
father was a farmer by occupation. Charles, our subject, left Germany for New
York in 1835; he settled in Ontario County, where he remained until 1852, when
he started for California via the Isthmus, taking the steamer Northern Light to
the Isthmus, and the Northern Light to San Francisco, where he arrived after a
weary voyage of thirty-two days. He went directly to the mines at Placer
County, where he stayed two years; then went to Iowa Hill, Placer County, where
he remained nine months; thence to Calaveras County, where he mined two years.
Coming to Knight’s Ferry, he remained for one year, then went back to the
Amador County mines, where he mined two more years. He at last settled on the
Mokelumne river, six miles from where he, with others, formed the corporation
known as the Farmers’ Trade Union. He opened this business in the spring of
1883. They carry from $15,000 to $16,000 worth of stock. He owns 900 acres of
fine land, half of which is situated in San Joaquin County, and the other in
Amador County. Mr. Bamert is a member of the order of Patrons of Husbandry.
Mr. Bamert was married to Miss Leah
Shelbourn, who was born in Amador County in 1845. They have two sons and one
daughter, as follows: Frank C., born August 10, 1876; Lucy, September, 1879,
and Edward, April, 1883.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 499-500. Lewis Pub. Co.
Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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