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Belis family papers, 1837-ca. 1975.
BANC MSS 2002/194 cLOCAL
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Title:
Belis family papers, 1837-ca. 1975Creator/Contributor:
Caseres, Maria Antonia.Creator/Contributor:
Burghard, Gustavas.Creator/Contributor:
Blume, Frederick Gustavus, 1815-1890Creator/Contributor:
Belis, Louis.Creator/Contributor:
Belis, Ione.Abstract:
Consists of original source material from 19th century Sonoma County Calif., and genealogy research pertaining to the original
documents. The original documents of Frederick Blume and his Californiana wife Maria Antonia Caseres, and neighbors Gustavus
Burghard and his family are: land documents (including a Mexican Land Grant), indentures, mortgages, land surveys, correspondence,
citizenship papers, postal service correspondence, Civil War army pension correspondence and World War I correspondence. The
genealogy research consists of correspondence between Louis and Ione Belis (descendant of the Burghards) and a genealogical
researcher, and copies of printed material pertaining to her genealogy, family tree charts, and Los Californianos information
and clippings.
Date:
1837 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caLos Californianos (Association)
Land grants -- California -- Sonoma County
Land grants -- Mexico
Land tenure
Real property -- California -- Sonoma County
Postal service -- California -- Sonoma County -- History
Military pensions -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865
World War, 1914-1918 -- Sources
California -- Genealogy -- Sources
Note:
Includes 3 drawings of homesteads.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 2002.192).
Ione Belis found two trunks of papers, pictures, and records in her mother Rose Burghard's closet when she died, prompting
her to research her family history.
Type:
Citizenship papers.Physical Description:
print
1 box and 4 oversize folders (.6 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2002/194 cLOCAL