Sonoma 1870 Census survey

Survey of Sonoma Residents from German-speaking States and Cities

1870 US Census: 38 pages, 1513 residents in the Township of Sonoma

Prussia was the dominant place of origin for many German-speaking Sonoma immigrants, followed by Bremen, Wurttemberg, Bavaria, Baden, Hanover, Hamburg, Saxony, Holstein, Switzerland, Austria, and Frankfort.

Ernst Rufus 60 farmer Wurttemberg, $4000 in real estate, $950 in possessions

Fredericka Rufus 34 Wurttemberg

Henry Graf 21 farmer Hamburg, member Ernst Rufus household

Cristopher Frederick Leiding, merchant/ farmer, Bremen

Minna Leiding, Wurttemberg

Li Chung 15 cook Chinese member of C.F. Leiding household

Adolph Ersgraves 21 baker Hanover, in household of John Tivnen, 34, NY

Henry Trueb restaurant keeper Swiss

Susan Trueb Swiss

Fred Fisher 39 wine maker Baden

Juilius Poppe 46 merchant Prussia

Catherine Poppe 41 Bavaria

Rosina Boler 78 in Poppe household, maybe Catherine’s mother Bavaria

Chas. Van Geldern 80 physician Prussia

Louis Adler 50 wine merchant Prussia

Christian Hoffman 55 Germany

John W. Mast 38 saddles Wurttemberg

Robert Schmidt 28 saddles Prussia

Francis Pauli 38 merchant Austria, $3000 in possessions

Harmon Kruger 46 laborer Saxony

George Lenerby 30 carpenter Hamburg

Valentine Siegal 35 butcher Prussia

Henry Weyl Bremen

Mary Weyl Germany

Charles Ersgsaches 15 clerk Hanover

Frederick Duhring 44 Germany, $10,000 in possessions

Sarah Duhring 34 Germany

Charles Moller 21 clerk Hamburg

Frank Oettle 53 hotel keeper Austria

Edward Wagoner 32 carpenter Prussia

George Cornelius 30 stock dealer Bremen

Joseph Pohley 70 merchant Bavaria

Margaert Pohley 61 Bavaria

Mattias Engler 54 farmer Baden

Hannah Engler 32 Saxony

Edward Stiger 33 farmer Baden

Margaret Thierkoff Bavaria

Charles Justi 64 farmer Saxony

Mary Justi 45 Bremen

Jacob Stiel 40 farmer Wurttemberg

Mary Stiel 40 Wurttemberg

Matthew Weingartner Wurttemberg

Lewis Wall 35 farmer Wurttemberg

Caroline Wall 36 Wurttemberg

August Gold 31 farmer N. Germany

Thomas Nau 49 wine grower Bavaria

Martin Zimmermann 38 carpenter Prussia

William Mayer 49 sausage maker Prussia

Fred Miller 55 laborer Prussia

Caspar Schuster 50 carpenter Bavaria

Catherine Schuster 45 Bavaria

Joanna Erhligh 70 house keeper Germany

Peter Stechman 14 servant Germany

Fred Hagerman 35 laborer Prussia

John Vasel 39 shoemaker Baden

Francis Breitenbach 44 farmer Hanover

Johanna 38 Hanover

Ferdinand Ehrlich 32 Hamburg

Wife of Ferdinand 23, Hamburg

Henry Frates 22 laborer Prussia

Julius Dresel 53 wine grower Germany

Peter Thiesen 22 gardener Holstein

Joseph Schesomyer 45 laborer Baden

Joseph Gessles 27 carpenter Baden

Otto Hoffman 24 laborer Prussia

Anton Ruppenstappel 46 carpenter Holstein

Louis Mayer 47 wine maker Wurttemberg

Henry Homboldt 39 farmer Saxony

Illegible names:

Prussia x 18

Holstein x 1

Bavaria x 4

Germany x 8

Frankfort x 1

Wurttemberg x 3

Hanover x 1

Miscellaneous 1870 Census info

Lots of Chinese: as servants and labor in many households

Lots of ethnic Irish immigrants

Chinese household: 21 people, 1 bookkeeper, 20 laborers

Chinese boarding house: 1 merchant, 9 laborers, 3 cooks

Chinese household: 1 merchant, 17 laborers and cooks

Chinese washhouse: 10 labor and wash men

S. F. Harasthy 35 wine grower, $8000 in possessions

Harasthy household:

4 Chinese laborers, 1 female housekeeper, 2 male housekeepers