Background
George Emanuels (1908-2005), attended the Montezuma School for Boys in Los Gatos and the Canadian Academy in Kobe, Japan (his
father being employed as a sales manager in that country). While attending San Mateo Junior College he met his future bride
and they were married at her parents' ranch house in Walnut Creek. After a career in Bay Area sales, George and Helen traveled
extensively in their Airstream trailer and led dozens of caravans throughout the United States. He collected California history
books and was the author of seven: Ygnacio Valley, Walnut Creek - Arroyo de las Nueces, Contra Costa County Illustrated, California
Indians Illustrated, Sonoma Schools and Scows, John Muir - Inventor and Early California Voyages. In 1992 he received an "award
of merit for local history" from the California Historical Society. He had been an active member of Walnut Creek, Contra Costa
and Sonoma County historical societies. His ancestors emigrated from Great Britain in the late 1800s and were pioneers in
San Francisco, Berkeley and Inverness.