| Birth | 25 Dec 1826 | Canton Sainte Gallen, Switzerland |
| Death | 24 Jan 1891 | Anderson Valley, Mendocino Co., CA |
| Buried | Studebaker Cemetery, Philo, Mendocino Co., CA | |
| Immigration | 15 Jun 1842 | New York, NY |
| John Gschwend arrived in New York on 15 Jun 1842 | ||
| Naturalized | 12 Apr 1855 | Edwardsville, Madison Co., IL |
| Naturalized 12 April 1855 in Edwardsville, Ill. Cir. | ||
| Moved | Apr 1855 | Anderson Valley, Mendocino Co., CA |
| ``In April of 1855, a group of Swiss immigrants travelled from a settlement in Illinois, across the Donner Pass to Napa Valley, and then on to Cloverdale. They eventually arrived in the Anderson Valley in November of the same year. Among these pioneers was John Gschwend, his wife Elizabeth, and their daughter Christine. Christine, who was born in 1857, is said to be the first white child to be born in the Anderson Valley. By 1865, they had established a general store, a post office, a lumber mill, a grist mill, and a brewery. They named this community "Christine".'' ``Charmed with its great beauty, and full of faith in regard to its climate, soil, and whatever else goes to make up happy homes, this pioneer pushed on into the very heart of the vale and there pitched his tent, about one mile west of the present site of Booneville. Here Mr. Anderson lived for a number of years, and had the pleasure and satisfaction of seeing the wisdom of his choice more than verified During the same year, 1852, Mr. J. D. Balls came into the valley and settled It does not appear that any more families came into the valley until 1855 [then] came John Gschwind [sic] [and] William Prafcher In 1856, James S.Smalley; during and before 1857, but exact dates not known, Oscar Carey, Joseph Gschwind,[sic] James Burgess, Henry Wade, Frank Buster, Cleveland Nellen, A. Guntley, A. Kendall, John Gosman, John Conrad, Alfred Braden, James Shields, W. W. Boone, A. Elliott and H. Stevens'' ``In 1854 he went to Kansas, and in 1855 came to California across the plains with ox-teams, bringing also a band of cattle. He came direct to Mendocino county and began farming.'' | ||
| Property | 1856 | Anderson Valley, Mendocino Co., CA |
| built a sawmill over Mill Creek, a branch of the Navarro River in 1856. ``In 1856 he erected a grist-mill in Anderson valley, and as there were no roads then all the machinerey had to be packed to the mill site. He soon after added a sash saw, and finally put in a circular saw and a steam engine.'' | ||
| Census | 8 Jul 1860 | Anderson twp., Mendocino Co., CA |
| Member | 1863 | Ukiah, Mendocino co., CA |
| "JOHN GSCHWIND was listed as a 'Fellow Craft' at the Abell Lodge #146, Ukiah, Mendocino County in 1863 & was a Master Mason at the same lodge in 1864." | ||
| Member | 1864 | Ukiah, Mendocino co., CA |
| JOHN GSCHWIND was listed as a Master Mason at the Abell Lodge #146, Ukiah, Mendocino County in 1864. | ||
| Property | 1866 | Mendocino Co., CA |
| The Masonic Hall in Mendocino co., Ca, Lodge No 179 F. and A. M., was built in 1866 by Erik Albertson and John Gschwend. | ||
| Property | 2 May 1870 | Mendocino Co., CA |
| purchased land in Mendocino co., Ca | ||
| Census | 2 Aug 1870 | Anderson, Mendocino Co., CA |
| Property | <1871> | Anderson Valley, Mendocino Co., CA |
| John Gschwend owned and operated a grist mill in Anderson Valley. | ||
| Census | 11 Jun 1880 | Anderson twp., Mendocino Co., CA |
| Voter Registration | 1880 | Counts, Mendocino co., Ca |
| name: Gschwend, John age: 51 nativity: Switzerland residence: Counts | ||
| Voter Registration | 29 Nov 1887 | Counts, Mendocino co., Ca |
| name: Gschwend, John Sr. age: 61 birth place: SWI[tzerland] occupation: -- residence:Counts naturalization: Apr 12, 1855, Edwardsville Cir't ILL registered: 29 Nov 1887 | ||
| Voter Registration | 1890 | Counts, Mendocino co., Ca |
| name: Gschwend, John Sr. age: 61 birth place: SWI[tzerland] occupation: -- residence:Counts naturalization: Apr 12, 1855, Edwardsville Cir't ILL registered: 29 Nov 1887 | ||
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| California Land Patents Database ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/mendocino/land/mendocin.txt found: 14 July 2000 National Archives |
| Personal Knowledge RLS |
| 1880 Great Register of Mendocino co., Ca found: 18 Jul 2000 http://www.pacific.net/~pcarna/1880grb.TXT http://www.pacific.net/~pcarna/1880grg.TXT Philip D. Carnahan <pcarna@pacific.net> |
| Grass Roots of Anderson Valley Blanche Brown |
| 1890 Great Register for Mendocino County as printed by Republican Press Print, Ukiah, CA. Philip D. Carnahan <pcarna@pacific.net> |
| Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 Illinois Regional Archive Depository |
| 1870 Census of Mendocino co., Ca http://www.pacific.net/~pcarna/1870cs.txt found: 14 Jul 2000 Philip D. Carnahan <pcarna@pacific.net> |
| 1860 Census of Mendocino co., CA ancestry.com images of original record |
| Studebaker Cemetery, Mendocino co., Ca transcribed by Philip D. Carnahan <pcarna@pacific.net> |
| History of Mendocino County, California San Francisco, Cal. Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers |
| Births, Deaths and Marriages on California's Mendocino Coast vol I 1889-1909 Mendocino Coast Genealogical Societ |
| educated guess Michael Sheppard |
| email from Phil Carnahan regarding Gschwend/Guntly dated: 18 July 2000 Philip D. Carnahan <pcarna@pacific.net> |
| Naturalization Records of Madison county, Illinois 1840-1929 FHL #1310074 found: 3 Aug 2001 original records |
| Christine Woods Vinyard found: 18 Jul 2000 http://www.christinewoods.com/christinewoods/html/history.htm unknown |
| Shields of the Western USA Bob Shields <bob@lydiasbooks.com> |
| Russian River Flag - Healdsburg, Sonoma co. CA various |
| posting to the NORCAL-L list dated "Tue, 10 Mar 98 15:26:11 PST" Jill Kane <jillpat@worldnet.att.net> |
| History of Mendocino co., Ca found: 18 Jul 2000 http://www.mcn.org/ed/cur/liv/ind/mark/maso.htm Dave Smith |
| 1870 Census of Mendocino co., Ca heritagequestonline image of original record |
| "Presenting the Past by Helen Smith" an article published in the Mendocino Beacon, Wednesday August 6, 1986 Helen Smith, transcribed by erikh@sonic.net |
| 1880 Census of Mendocino co., CA ancestry.com images of original record |
| 1880 Great Register for Mendocino County as printed by Republican Press Print, Ukiah, CA. Philip D. Carnahan <pcarna@pacific.net> |
| How to cite this page as a source | |
| author: | Michael Sheppard < sheppard@cs.unm.edu > |
| title: | Genealogical events for John GSCHWEND |
| url: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shep/shep/I1422.html |
| updated: | 19 Nov 2005 |
