CHARLES BALLHAUS
Charles Ballhaus, of 598 Italy Avenue in San
Francisco, is a son of one of the very earliest of California’s pioneers.
His father was born in Germany, July 2, 1816. He was reared and educated
there and in 1842 came to the United States. He lived in the South for four
years, and was stricken with the yellow fever. In 1846 he came to California
and engaged in farming, being one of the first Americans to till the soil in
this state. In 1849, after the discovery of gold, he went into the mines, remaining
there until taken ill. He then moved to San Francisco and engaged in the daily
business, and subsequently owned a brewery, and before the close of his life
had made himself a very substantial position in financial affairs.
He married in 1856 Katherine Frank. They had five children: Fred,
Theresa, Armanda, Mary and Charles.
Mr. Charles Ballhaus was born in 1868, and is a native son of California.
He married Hester Donnis, a native of San Francisco. They have four children,
Charles, William F., Albert and Emily.
Louise E. Shoemaker, Transcriber February 23, 2004
Source: "The San
Francisco Bay Region" by Bailey Millard Vol. 3 page 102-103. Published by The
American Historical Society, Inc. 1924.
© 2004 Louise Shoemaker