Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Individual Notes
• Was a miner in 1852 Sierra County, CA, and continued in that line of work until his death. Traveled from Illinois with his then wife, Narcissa Gailbreath and her family around 1851 and settled in Placer County, CA. They split soon after as he went to mining and she stayed in Placer County. 1870 census shows him living and working in Grass Valley, CA as mining supervisor. Appears he has recruited two younger brothers from Illinois to work and live with him: William Henry Townsend, b 1840, an engineer, and Samuel F. Townsend, b 1830, a miner.5382
Spouses
Individual Notes
• She traveled with her mother Sarah and sister Ann Eliza, uncle Charles, his wife and his two daughters in 1852 to northern California to start new lives. Her husband, Thomas [sic] Townsend, also traveled the route from Illinois to California with them.5381
Census Data
• 1880 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 50, b IL. Parents b IL.5380
• 1900 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 70, b IL. Father b Germany; mother b U.S. Head. Widow. Mother of no children.5383
• 1920 Census: Oakland, Alameda, California. Age 90, b IL. Widow. Father b PA. Aunt in household of Harriet Gautier.5384
• 1900 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 70, b IL. Father b Germany; mother b U.S. Head. Widow. Mother of no children.5383
• 1920 Census: Oakland, Alameda, California. Age 90, b IL. Widow. Father b PA. Aunt in household of Harriet Gautier.5384
No Children