Title:
Autobiography and Reminiscence of Edward R. Perrin, Oakland, Cal., 1901.
[Institutional Records Digitization Project: Reminiscences of Early Pioneers: 1900-1904]
Creator/Contributor:
Perrin, Edward R, 1825-1901, creator
Abstract:
Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 99-103, Vol. 6. This is a typed transcript, bound into a volume,
of the member's autobiographical reminiscence created as an institutional record for the Society of California Pioneers.
The original handwritten version exists in the member's biographical file. This reminiscence includes a reference to a photograph
of the member in a set of bound volumes, but there is no longer a photograph of this member in our collection. Details such
as his life in the Midwest and his trip out West are discussed. He mentions his "spouse" and her work on the trail cooking,
and an Indian raid as well. Next he describes his brief adventures mining and then he and his wife's business as hotelkeepers.
He purchased a ranch, and subsequently opened the Pioneer Quaker Dairy on Sutter Street in San Francisco, while his wife still
ran a boarding house across town. The many professional and fraternal organizations he belonged to are listed.
Date:
1901 (issued)
Subject:
Perrin, Edward R --
1825-1901
Pioneers --
California --
Biography
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Hotelkeepers --
California.
Note:
Available also in the original handwritten form in the member's Biographical File, and online
Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of
California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must be obtained by the reader
Autobiography & Reminiscence of Edward R. Perrin, Oakland, Cal., 1901. The Society of California Pioneers
Edward R. Perrin was born in Pontiac, Michigan on May 27th, 1825. In 1839 his family moved to Grant County, Wisconsin. Mr.
Perrin was in the business of transporting lead ore from Boston to Cassville, Wisconsin. On May 4th, 1849 Mr. Perrin left
St. Louis and joined the mass migration west. He arrived on Bear River in California the following September and began mining
in the vicinity of Feather River. By October he headed to Sacramento and then started for San Francisco in November. At
Shingle Springs Mr. Perrin and his wife were offered positions as hotelkeepers. They accepted the positions and continued
to run hotels in Shingle Springs, White Oak Springs, Sacramento, and San Francisco
Type:
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
[5] p. ; 35 x 21 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
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Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of
California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must be obtained by the reader.
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Autobiography and Reminiscence of Edward R. Perrin, Oakland, Cal., 1901.