Greeks in the 1852 California State Census
The California State Census taken in 1852 just went live on Ancestry.com. So, of course, I had to see if there were any Greeks listed.
There were 14 people listed with Greece as their place of birth. This was during the Gold Rush in California, not suprising, 10 of the 14 people were men listed as Miner's in Calaveras and Placer Counties in California (hotspots of the Gold Rush). There were also 2 females listed in San Francisco, 1 in Sacramento and 1 in Shasta, California.
Name - County - Approx Birth Date - Occupation
Nichls - Calaveras - 1822 - Miner
M. Reese - Calaveras - 1808 - Miner
Richard Webb - Calaveras - 1818 - Miner
Coralmabe - Placer - 1830 - Miner
John Brobins - Placer - 1812 - Miner
John Casteline - Placer - 1810 - Miner
John Cecil - Placer - 1830 - Miner
Bootool Jeards - Placer - 1822 - Miner
George Nichols - Placer - 1820 - Miner
George Williams - Placer - 1828 - Miner
Isabella Benn - San Francisco - 1812 - No occupation listed
Narcissa Townsend - San Francisco - 1826 - No occupation listed
A. B. Tomlinson - Sacramento - 1816 - Hotel Keeper
Florina Mitchel - Shasta - 1818 - No occupation listed
You can view the actual 1852 California Census Records at Ancestry.com
Good luck with your Greek family history research.
Georgia Keilman nee Stryker (Stratigakos)
Great new source found last week—all government newspapers are now free online ! yes from the very first ones
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http://www.et.gr/ home page
from the menu at the left , click on ΑΝΑΖΗΤΗΣΕΙΣ –there are several ways of retrieving listed as aubmenu
http://www.et.gr/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=104&lang=en
Click now at the year and you get as early as the first one King Otto’s reign 1833, I ‘ll get back to you, but initially if you select the year and click on A’ , then (search) = ΑΝΑΖΗΤΗΣΗ
You will get the long list of pdf’s from early years noe remember the 1885 Jan 12 army enlistment? GO GET IT !