San Francisco Jewish Pioneers

Simon Bachman: Pioneer Jewish Purveyor of Cigars & Tobacco in San Francisco

Simon Bachman Values Codes I – E – L   Simon Bachman was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1834. He came to the United States as a young man, arriving in California in the early 1850’s.   Along the way . . . . Simon Bachman first

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Charles Louis Ackerman: Successful Jewish Pioneer Barrister of San Francisco

Charles Louis Ackerman Values Codes I – H – E – L – P   Charles Louis Ackerman was born in New Orleans in 1850, son of Louis and Caroline Acherman. He was educated in the public schools of San Francisco and received his law degree from

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Harriet Ashim Choynski: Early Jewish Pioneer Educator of San Francisco

Harriet Ashim Choynski Values Codes I – H – E – L   Harriet Ashim was born in England in 1842. While still a baby, her parents immigrated to Louisville, Kentucky.   San Francisco In 1850, Harriet Ashim and her family arrived in San Francisco by covered wagon

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Gustave Albert Lansburgh, San Francisco Architect: Movie Theaters, Synagogues and Other Buildings

Gustave Albert Lansburgh Values Codes I – E – L   Gustave Albert Lansburgh was born January 7, 1876 in Panama, the eldest son of a Polish-born parents, Rebecca and Simon Lazarus Lansburgh. After Albert’s father died in 1879, his mother relocated to San Francisco. Rebecca Lansburgh died of

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The Roos Family: Early Jewish Pioneer Merchants of San Francisco & Virginia City

The Roos Family: Adolphe, Hyppolite, and Achille, and Robert of the next generation Values Codes I – E – L – P The three Roos Brothers were born in Wissembourg, France: Adolphe in 1837, Hyppolite in 1844, and Achille in 1852. Their parents were Lazare Roos and Judith Maler Roos.

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Simon Blum: Pioneer Master Jewish Merchant of Martinez, California

Simon Blum Values Codes I – E – L – P   Simon Blum was born in 1834 in Oberbronn, Alsace, France. He immigrated to the United States in 1850, at 16 years of age, and arrived in San Francisco early in 1853.   Martinez, California In the

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