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Victor and Mamie Forni papers, 1900-1949
MANUSCRIPT 2341
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Title:

Victor and Mamie Forni papers, 1900-1949

Creator/Contributor:

Forni, Victor, 1874-1949

Creator/Contributor:

Forni, Mamie, 1874-1963

Abstract:

This collection consists of the correspondence, legal documents, financial records and receipts, and miscellaneous papers of Victor Forni and his wife, Mamie E. Forni. Most relate to mining activities and property in the Georgetown area of El Dorado County. Mines mentioned include: Eureka, Golden State, Three Queens, Beattie, and Hard Luck (formerly Short Handle).
The collection is organized into four series: CORRESPONDENCE (1921-1949): Incoming and outgoing interfiled in chronological order. Most documents a land exchange initiated by M.E. Forni with the U. S. Forest Service and the Piedmont Land and Cattle Co. LEGAL (1900-1950): Related to mining: contracts for labor, leases, and bills of sale of mining equipment (1913-1950); Property: deeds, escrows, patents, and a homestead application. Of note is a 1905 land patent signed by Theodore Roosevelt.
FINANCIAL (1901-1949): Mining records: Pocket expense booklet and documents relative to bullion deposits; El Dorado County property tax invoices and receipts (1901-1931); Sacramento invoices (1920); Misc.: bill for fire protection, stock purchase, invoice for funeral. MISCELLANEOUS: Angelo Forni obituary, shopping lists.

Date:

1900 (issued)

Subject:

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Forni, Victor -- 1874-1949 -- Correspondence
Forni, Mamie -- 1874-1963 -- Correspondence
Pioneers -- California -- Georgetown -- Correspondence
Georgetown (Calif.) -- History
Gold mines and mining -- California -- El Dorado County
Land grants -- California -- El Dorado County

Note:

Victor Forni was born on April 19, 1874 in El Dorado County, California. His father, Charles, and his uncle, Angelo, were early pioneers who had emigrated from Switzerland to the Georgetown area ca. 1850. Victor received his early schooling locally and then attended business school in the Bay Area. He returned to Georgetown where he engaged in mining activities. In 1900, he married Mamie E. Vaughn who was the daughter of another pioneering mining family. Victor Forni died in El Dorado County on June 4, 1949; Mamie died on Aug. 24, 1963.
Victor and Mamie Forni papers, 1900-1949
From the Talisman Press archives.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.

Type:

biography

Physical Description:

print
1 ms. box (ca. 95 items)

Language:

English

Identifier:

MANUSCRIPT 2341

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.