San Francisco Genealogy
Newspaper Vitals Index
1846 to 1849

Notes: All of this information was taken from newspapers. Sometimes an entry was listed which may have occurred outside the San Francisco area but didn't specifically note where. I've included those in here.

1846

(From the Californian, Montereyall of the original notices are available online.)

MARRIED
Dec - John Henry Brown and Miss Hetty Cornelia Pell (Westchester County, NY), by W. A. Bartlett [12 Dec]

DIED
Nov - two sons of Capt. J. B. Montgomery and nine other men [23 Jan 1847]
Dec - Adelaida Larkin (daughter of T. O. Larkin) [12 Dec]


1847

(From the California Star & Californian, San Franciscoall of the original notices are available online.)

MARRIED
12 Mar - Franklin Weaver, Esq. - Miss Rachael Read, by Rev. Addison Bratt [18 Mar]
12 Mar - J.D. Marston - Miss Sarah Still [18 Mar]
18 Sep - Elbert P. Jones, Esq. - Miss Sarah Kittleman [25 Sep]
24 Nov - C.P.A. Briggs - Miss Catherine Coombs [27 Nov, 01 Dec]
26 Nov - William H. Davis - Miss Maria J. Estudillo (daughter of Don Jose Joaquin Estudillo), by Rev. Padre Prudencio Santillan [27 Nov, 01 Dec]
19 Dec  - Thomas Kittleman - Miss Angeline Lovett, by Mr. Samuel Brannan [25 Dec]

DIED
27 May - Frederick Raymond, New Bedford, Mass., 50 [29 May]
06 Jun - Isaac Lincoln (infant), at sea on board brig Francisca [12 June]
20 Aug - John Finch [21 Aug]
29 Aug - Lucretia Harris, 2 (daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth) [04 Sep]
31 Oct - unknown seaman (belong to Russian bark Naslednich) [10 Nov]
14 Nov - unknown "peaceful citizen" [17 Nov]


1848
(From the California Star & Californian, San Franciscoall of the original notices are available online.)

MARRIED
24 Sep - George W. Egleston to Miss Phoebe Moses, by Rev. C. S. Lyman [30 Sep]
29 Oct - Capt. J. P. Wilbur (New London, CT) to Miss Amanda Hoit (Norwich, CT), by Elder John Serrine [04 Nov]

DIED
unknown - Frederick Elb, 46, Germany, sloop Caroline, enroute from Sacramento [04 Nov]
18 May - William A. Leidesdorff, Esq., West Indies [20 May]
28 Jun - Henry William Harris (only child of Henry and Mary) [14 Aug]
07 Jul - infant child of John P. and Eliza Conway, New York [14 Aug]
09 Aug - Thomas Adams [14 Aug]
09 Sep - Henry P. Richardson, 24 (son of Peter, Boston, Mass.) [16 Sep]
13 Sep - Mr. Farnham, Maine (wife and three children in New York) [16 Sep]
24 Sep - Henry Hanson (of brig Belfast) [30 Sep]
24 Sep - John Bratton (of brig Belfast) [30 Sep]
01 Oct - Joseph Burton, 30, Boston and recently of Sandwich Islands [14 Oct]
30 Oct - William McDonald, 35 [04 Nov]
31 Oct - James Bastian, 47, England and recently Honolulu [04 Nov]
07 Nov - Capt. Eliab Grimes, Fitchburg, Mass., 69 [18 Nov]
25 Nov  - Thomas O'Neil, Valpraiso [02 Dec]
07 Dec - William Richards, 55 [08 Dec]
24 Dec - Emile Bertrand, Germany [04 Jan 1849]


1849
(From the Alta California, San Francisco.)

MARRIED
09 Jan - Robert A. S. Wood (Honolulu)- Miss Frances E. Merrill, by Rev. T. Dwight Hunt [25 Jan]
14 Jan - Robert F. Peckham - Miss Ann Elizabeth Smith, by  Rev. T. Dwight Hunt [18 Jan]
21 Mar - David Long - Miss Silena Petch, by  Rev. S. Lincoln [22 Mar]
14 Mar - Chauncey O. Hosford (Oregon) - Miss Aseneth Glover, by Rev. T. Dwight Hunt [29 Mar]
20 May - Christopher Layton - Miss Martha Otterson, by Rev. T. Dwight Hunt [24 May]
09 Jun - John Bigley - Miss Caroline Smith, by Rev. T. Dwight Hunt [14 Jun]
23 Jun - Isaac Thompson - Miss Petronila, by Rev. T. Dwight Hunt [28 Jun]
26 Jun - Alfred Augustus Green - Dolores Leyoreita, by Rev. T. Dwight Hunt [12 Jul]
29 Jul - Henderson Packwood - Miss Orpha Packwood, by Rev. Elihu Anthony, Coloma? [16 Aug]
04 Aug - Edwd. E. Graeter - Elizabeth Asbell, by Rev. Elihu Anthony, Coloma? [16 Aug]
09 Aug - W.D.M. Howard - Miss Agnes Poett, by Rev. T. Dwight Hunt [09 Aug]
09 Aug - William Fuller - Miss Ellen Canfield, by Rev. T. Dwight Hunt [09 Aug]
13 Sep - Edward Wehler, Esq. - Miss Mina Sauerby Rev. Dr. Mines [20 Sep]
11 Nov - George M. Evans - Miss Eliza Shanks, by Rev. Mr. Mines [15 Nov]
03 Nov - Pierre Le Mortellee - Margaret Sinnickson, by Rev. A. Williams [29 Nov]
16 Nov - Charles Roch - Bertha Kuh, by Rev. A. Williams [29 Nov]
28 Nov - William Lowry - Carmen Del Castillo, by Rev. A. Williams [29 Nov]
28 Nov - Milton Bowen - Mariana Gomez, by Rev. A. Williams [29 Nov]

DIED (see after this list for "died aboard a ship in port" and "died at sea")

03 Jan - Arnand Du Pre Fourgeaud, 4 (son of Victor J.) [18 Jan]
23 Jan - John Augustus Kyburz, 11 mos (son of Samuel and Rebecca) [25 Jan]
12 Apr - John Wiley, New York, late of Sandwich Islands [14 Apr]
12 Apr - Sisto Belingeri, Italy? [19 Apr]
12 Apr - Manuel Arias, Chili [19 Apr]
12 Apr - Rafael Martinez, Chili [19 Apr]
16 Apr - Peter Stephens, about 30 [19 Apr]
17 Apr - H. B. Williams, New Orleans, about 35 [19 Apr]
26 Apr - James Hardie Adams, 2 (son of James and Matilda) [09 May]
10 May - Albert B. Crafts, Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York, about 35 [17 May, obituary]
21 May - Capt. George Kennedy (of British barque John Ritson) [24 May]
21 May - Emeline St. Clair, 24 (wife of Archibald) [24 May]
31 May - William Cornell, 6 days (son of Wm. and Almira Jewett) [02 Jun]
09 Jun - Thomas Hawkins, New York city, 29 [14 Jun]
09 Jun - Peter Schmidt, born 3 August 1803, Hohlebull, Denmark [14 Jun]
21 Jun - Benj. B. Beatty, Albany, N.Y., 30 [28 Jun]
10 Jul - Walter Parmeles Thompson, New Haven, 30 [12 Jul]
22 Jul - Walker, Baltimore? [26 Jul]
23 Jul - Henriette Eugenie Ward, 28 (daughter of J. C. Zimmerman, Esq. and wife of Frank) [26 Jul]
26 Jul - Frederick Cole, Ireland [02 Aug]
11 Aug - Charles William Lindh, Sweden and recently Louisville, Kentucky [16 Aug]
20 Aug - Peter Petit [23 Aug, 06 Sep]
21 Aug - James Tallmadge, Jr., New York city [23 Aug]
26 Aug - Giles Waldo, 34 [31 Aug]
31 Aug - Ithamar Whiting, late of Tepic, Mexico, 56 [13 Sep]
03 Sep - Webster Thompson, about 28 ("accompanied to this country with a brother who shortly after landing fell victim to disease") [06 Sep]
04 Sep - Lyman Holley, Royalton, Vermont, 30 [06 Sep]
04 Sep - J. R. Jobson, Virginia [06 Sep]
04 Sep - R. Smart, Scotland [06 Sep]
04 Sep - John Livingston, New York [06 Sep]
09 Sep - Chester Ingersol, Vermont [13 Sep]
12 Sep - Henry S. Pearson, Philadelphia, about 38 [20 Sep]
30 Sep - James Brown, Newburyport, Mass. [11 Oct, 18 Oct]
29 Sep - William Dougherty Young, St. Louis [11 Oct]
02 Oct - Jos. J. Fuller, West Newton, Mass. (son of Nathaniel) [11 Oct, 18 Oct]
04 Oct - Mrs. Emeline A. Lirrine, Suffold, Ct., 23 [25 Oct]
06 Oct - unknown [11 Oct]
06 Oct - William Alfred Den, Kilkeeny, Ireland, 24 (fifth son of Emanuel) [11 Oct]
07 Oct - George Seaward Tracey [18 Oct]
07 Oct - Lusiano Figueroa, Mexico? [18 Oct]
09 Oct - unknown negro, [11 Oct]
14 Oct - Alfred Lee Cornelius Griffin, 7 months (youngest son of Jonathan and Sarah) [22 Nov]
16 Oct - Capt. Thorndike Proctor (ship Capitol) [25 Oct]
16 Oct - Elnathan Jones, Cambridge, Mass.  [15 and 17 Dec]
18? Oct - H. Ocean Angelo (infant son of C. Aubrey) [18 Oct]
19 Oct - Selden M. Burton, M.D., Philadelphia [25 Oct]
19 Oct - Wm. C. Harris, 56 [25 Oct]
21 Oct - Nathan Spear [25 Oct]
27 Oct - John McCrackin, New York and formerly of Canada [15 Nov]
28 Oct - John O. Bumpus, Virginia [01 Nov]
28 Oct - William Wallace Cook, Newark, N. J. [01 Nov]
?? Nov - Edwin T. Leathe, Cambridge  [15 and 17 Dec]
06 Nov - Benj. L. Gunn, Newark, N.J., 37 [08 Nov]
10 Nov - unknown man [15 Nov]
11 Nov - Fernande Flint, New York [15 Nov]
11 Nov - unknown Porteguese man [15 Nov]
11 Nov - Mr. L. D. Ellis, New York, 26 [15 Nov]
17 Nov - Moses C. Wadhams, Goshen, Conn., 20 [29 Nov]
21 Nov - J. K. Wing, Albany, 42 [29 Nov]
24 Nov - Wm. T. Hubbard, Springfield, Mass., 23 [29 Nov]
27 Nov - Mrs. Maria Storer, 49, New York City [29 Nov]
04 Dec - Charles Whilton, Cambridge, Mass  [15 and 17 Dec]
06 Dec - Hesekiah Kingsley [15 and 17 Dec]
12 Dec - daughter of Capt. E. A. King, 15 months [15 Dec]
12 Dec - Charles Plitt, Philadelphia  [15 Dec]
13 Dec - John H. Chace, 27 [17 Dec]
14 Dec - Arthur C. M. Reynolds, Philadelpia [15 Dec]
14 Dec - Joseph Palmer, Buenos Ayres, 53 [26 and 29 Dec]
16 Dec - Capt. Thomas C. May, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, about 27 [22 Dec]
17 Dec - Wm. T. Stratton, New York city [22 Dec]
18 Dec - H. B. Evans, Boston, Mass., 35 [29 Dec]
22 Dec - Thomas Goslin, Cincinatti, Ohio [29 Dec]
22 Dec - Adam Story, Catskill, N. Y., 28 [29 Dec]
23 Dec - J. G. Marriner [26 Dec]
24 Dec - Wm. Rothwell, St. Louis, Mo. [26 and 29 Dec]
24 Dec - Mrs. Louisa Rouland, New South Wales, 56 (wife of Mr. W. E.) [31 Dec]
25 Dec - Thomas Brown [26 Dec (aka unknown); 31 Dec]
25 Dec - George H. Vail, Troy, N. Y., about 30 (son of George) [31 Dec]
26 Dec - Wm. O. Herbert, Rowley, Mass., 21 [29 Dec]
27 Dec - Wm. Byrne, San Jose [31 Dec]

DIED ABOARD A SHIP IN PORT

07 Jun - Richard Monach, Salem, Mass., 36, barque Superior [14 Jun]
25 Sep - Tho. R. Campbell, Weymouth, Nova Scotia, ship York [27 Sep]
10 Oct - Francis Kringle, schooner Odd Fellow [18 Oct]
11 Oct - John Denued, about 40, British barque Wm. Watson [18 Oct]
09 Nov - G. W. Tobey, ship Mentor [15 Nov]

DIED AT SEA

unknown - Edward R. Bostwick, bark Olga [31 Aug]
unknown - Michael Bently, Nashville, Tenn., steamer Senator [01 Nov]
unknown - N. J. Morrell, Strong, Maine, steamer Senator [01 Nov]
12 Feb - Hans L. Berkholm, American barque Whiton [14 Apr]
18 Feb - Mervin R. Whitlock, New York city, 27, launch Paul Jones [29 Mar, 09 Apr]
23 Feb - George Stetson, Boston, 27, British bark John Ritson [24 May]
24 Feb - Alexander Borst, New York state, 44, British bark John Ritson [24 May]
07 Mar - John B. Gill, Esq., New York, formerly of England, British bark John Ritson [24 May]
21 Mar - Angels Schoonmaker, New York, ship Sutton [26 Jul]
21 Mar - Joseph Knight, Jr., Vermont, 22, brig Paulene [30 and 31 Aug]
02 Apr - Dr. Francis O'Kane, Havana, Cuba, 72, British bark John Ritson [24 May, ]
25 May - Sarah Ann Ferguson, 2, Pervuvian bark Callao (daughter of Mrs. Marcilata) [16 Aug]
09 Jun - Nicholas Emmons, Long Island, N.Y., Feliz Carolina [19 Jul]
20 Jun - L. P. Francisca, Louisiana, 28, schooner Swallow [12 Jul]
22 Jun - Fanny Hoershner, 2, Pervuvian bark Callao (only child of Dr. Adolph H. and Mary) [16 Aug]
04 Jul - Cutler Angier, 22 months, Pervuvian bark Callao (son of Mr. D. L. and Selina) [16 Aug]
05 Jul - Capt. E. Kingsbury, about 55, American brig John Enders [12 Jul,]
07 Jul - Maj. Geo. W. Motz, Cincinatti, Ohio, 42, Pervuvian bark Callao [16 Aug]
25 Jul - Charles Gardener, Boston, 20, Pervuvian bark Callao [16 Aug]
28 Jul - Mr. J. A. Johnson, New York, bark Croton [02 Aug]
07 Aug - Charles Bernard, France, ship Brooklyn [16 Aug]
11 Aug - Charles Richards, New York, ship Brooklyn [16 Aug]
28 Aug - Albert Thomas, 42, American bark Equator [31 Aug]
23 Sep - Edward King, U.S. ship Ohio [24 Jun 1850]
28 Sep - Mr. Boussier, France, ship Probus [15 Dec]
24 Oct - George G. Hobson, U.S. ship Ohio [24 Jun 1850]
06 Nov - Daniel P. Andrews, Providence, R.I., 22, ship Hopewell [15 Nov]
22 Nov - John Gormsen, U.S. ship Ohio [24 Jun 1850]
30 Nov - Samuel Brainard, Jr., New Britain, Conn., 31 [06 Dec]
08 Dec - Garret Van Benthusan, Chestertown,  Warren county, New York, 27, brig Mary Stuart [15 and 17 Dec]
24 Dec - Christian Jenson, Denmark, barque John Potter [17 Apr 1850]


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