Title:

George Chase diary, 1865

Chase diary

Creator/Contributor:

Chase, George., creator

Bancroft's Diary for 1865 belonging to George Chase of Brooklyn, California. Topics discussed in the entries include Lee's surrender, Lincoln's assassination, the 1865 earthquake, details of work and recreation, and choosing between Jennie and Mary.

Date:

1865 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca

Bangle Brothers.

Diaries

Brooklyn (Calif.)

Oakland (Calif.)

San Francisco (Calif.)

George Chase was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts on April 17, 1841. His father Moses was the first white settler in the Oakland area in 1849, and George himself came to Brooklyn, California (now a part of Oakland) five years later. He began learning the trade of carriage painter and went to work for the firm of Cochran & Co., and then the firm of Bangle Brothers, for whom he painted and varnished carriages, and occasionally did house painting and carpentry work. Chase later partnered with Bransom Bangle in their own firm, but left the field in 1878 after an injury. He later joined the County Recorder's office, became Alameda County Treasurer, and worked in real estate. At the time he wrote this diary Chase was keeping company with two women, Jennie N-----, and Mandana (Mary) E. Boynton, whom he married in 1869. George passed away on May 17, 1919, and Mary five months later.

Chase diary.

Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.

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1 file folder; 14 3/4 x 9 5/8 x 1 "

English

Origin:

California

Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.