Sonoma 1880 Census survey

1880 Census Survey, Sonoma, CA German-speaking Immigrants

All are first generation immigrants and from Germany unless otherwise noted. There were lots of Chinese and Swiss-Italian speaking immigrants in Sonoma on this census. Female German immigrants with an Anglo surname most likely got the name through marriage.

The list below certainly shows a marked increase over the numbers in 1870. We know the second great wave of immigration started in 1880, here is proof from Sonoma, CA.  

Julius Graf 70

Ferdinand Ehrlich 41 farmer

Adelphina Ehrlich 32

Fred Fisher farmer

Elizabeth Fisher

Mena Bauer 64 housekeeper

Fritz Fisher 49

Herrman Bahrs 45

Elizabeth Bahrs 40

August Drahms 31 Prussia

Caroline Drahms 18 Prussia

Minna Muser 34

Michael Kaiser 30 Switzerland

A. Coopersmith 51

George A. Goess 59

Vincent Reitmayer 25 Bavaria

John  C. Leipp 62

Marie Leipp 29

Annie Lewis 29

Henry F. Bates 66

Theodore Welshott 65

L.M. Johnson 48

Jacobine Johnson 45

Francis Johnson 17

Moses Levy 40

Ida Levy 30

Jacob Gundlacj 62

Rudolph Behrens 23

Henry Behrens 59

Emma Winkle 54

Alice Winkle 43

Julius Dresel 64

Helena Plage 54

Paul Strauchman 22

Dominico Maza 35, Germany, single, born 1844

Jacob Haubert 49

Marie G. Haubert 49

______ Bullets,  Switzerland

Josephine Medley 37 Baden

Anna Anderson 25

Johanna Kohler 40

Mary Kamer 28 Austria

Christina Brockman 24

Henry Brockman 24

John Thelen 34

Dora Thelen 32

Jacob Levy 34 butcher

Samuel Levy butcher

Margaritta Brunning 14

John G. Scheik 57

Margareta Scheik 57

George Myer 47

Mary Obenlaud 28

Louis Wegner 33

Julius Wegner 40

William Ernst 53 Prussia

Henry Clay 40 Austria

Francis G. Thierkoff

Anna M. Thiercoff

Edward Kirschoff 19 Switzerland

Henrietta Guerne 77 Switzerland (Guerneville?)

August Guerne 42 Switzerland

Ferdinand Grothaus 36

Edward Steiger 42

Suzia Steiger 31 Switzerland

Anna Buchley 59 Switzerland

Joseph Schumacher 35 Switzerland

Christina Schumacher 35 Switzerland

Felix Hunger 27 Switzerland

Marie Hunger 35 Switzerland

Cristopher Frederick Leiding 56

Minna Leiding 35

William H. Thiessen 24

Ernst Rufus 70

Fredericka M. Rufus 40

Christina Thies 41 Prussia

Dora Thies 51 Prussia

Rudolph Stieght 45

Jacob Mayer 64

George Bauer 42

Anna E. Gibson 50

John Ackerman 45

Daniel Wingartner 48

Michael Schmitt 26

Emanuel Rommel 49

Charles Buhler 58 Prussia

Anna Buhler 40

Johanna Hainton 42 Austria

Christina Weise 56, widow

Frederick Weise 21

Thomas Nau 64

Kunagunda Nau 39

John Asfelt 50

George Nau 28

Willima Reflen

William Evart 45, widower

Amelia Crosby, 41

Jacob Fridger, 47, Swiss

Gottlieb Stier 53

Anna M. Stier 53

Albert Groskopf 26

George Liby 29

Rosa Liver 23, Swiss

Beat Liver 80, Swiss

Martin Buckly 36, Swiss

Julia Buckly 40, Swiss

Christian Buckly 70, Swiss

Marx Liver 37, Swiss

Dolor Liver, 48, Swiss

Marten Nathansen 66

Dora L. Nathansen

Alfred Brown 45

Anna Brown 38

Charles Baettage 45

Charles Hidon 21

Peter Keiser 35, Swiss

Josephine Keiser 33, Swiss

Minor Keiser 35, Swiss

Anton Keiser 34, Swiss

Peter Keiser 40, Swiss

Caroline Keiser 30, Swiss

Albert Keiser 19, Swiss

Conrad Keiser 12, Swiss

Nicloas Keiser 11, Swiss

______Keiser, 30 Swiss

Germina Lesser 24, Swiss

Andreas Engler 60

Martin Detas 26, Baden

Willima Schokausky 24

Francis Breitenbach 54

Johanna Breitenbach 54

William Tanter 55

Christian Tanter 66

Jacob Simons 43

Elizabeth Simons 43

Phillip Vollmar 44

Mary A. Vollmar 35

Peter N. Stofen 44

Dora Stofen 23

Meta Thiessen 64

John J. Stofen 44

Alice Stofen 43

Herman Steadman 15

Henry Steadman 13

Henry W. Stofen 80

Catherine Stofen 78

Herman Stofen 36

Antone Keiser 31, Swiss

Josephine Keiser 29, Swiss

John Miller 24, Swiss

Nicholas Lietud 44, Swiss

Frank Keiser 35, Swiss

Joseph Keiser, 17 Swiss

Sebastian Riply 43, Swiss

Catherine Riply 33, Swiss

Louis Frank 34, Swiss

Margreta Steadman 52

Peter J. Steadman 28

Catherine Steadman 25

Minta Steadman 23

William Steadman 20

John Steadman 18

Adelaide Steadman 10

Carl E. Mensel 31, Prussia

Marie Mensel 31, Austria

Henry Treub 72, Swiss

Susannah Treub 49, Swiss, wife of above

Henry Martins 44

Catherine Martins 38

Edward Wegner 41

Julia Wegner 22

Henry Weyl 46

Louis Heydt 31

Kungunda Heydt 31

Adolph Goethe 50

Mary Goethe 37

John Ludeman 34

Louisa Ludeman 27

Solomn Schocken 37

Dora Schocken 27

Annie Mars 22, single

Frantz Oettel 63, Austria

Augusta Oettel 39 Hanover

Julius C. Van Geldern 63

Elizabeth Van Geldern 64

Matilda Van Geldern 51

Albert Rab 26

John F. Clewe 43

Marie Clewe 27

Abbie Clewe 20

Frederick Duhring 54

Dora Duhring 47

Gustave Cornelius 37

George H. Cornelius 39

Annie Lewis 27

Albert J. Hubsch 36, Austria

Louis Litzius 42

Henrietta Litzius 40

Robert Schmidt 36

Catherine Poppe 51

A. Hataszthy has 9 Chinese laborers in household