Beaumont M LORANGER

Beaumont M LORANGER

Male 1883 - 1933  (50 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Beaumont M LORANGER was born on 25 Jun 1883 in , Yolo, California, United States (son of Beaumont Pete LORANGER and Margaret TUTT); died on 15 Aug 1933 in , Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Also Known As: Monte
    • _UID: 915200948EAA2B43AE532E7B9794428DC1BA

    Notes:

    !NOTE: Monte married Winnie and they had a daughter, Montebelle, who had 2 children. Montebelle's daughter choked to death on a pinenut at Madison, CA. . Monte was electrocuted by high wire touching the drilling rig he was using to put in a well. In 1926 he lived in Eureka, CA

    1900 United States Federal Census about Beaumont Loranger
    Name: Beaumont Loranger
    [Beannont Loranger]
    Age: 16
    Birth Date: Jun 1883
    Birthplace: California
    Home in 1900: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Relation to Head of House: Son
    Marital Status: Single
    Father's Name: Beaumont Loranger
    Father's Birthplace: California
    Mother's name: Marguret Loranger
    Mother's Birthplace: California
    Occupation: View on Image
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Beaumont Loranger 37
    Marguret Loranger 34
    Beaumont Loranger 16
    Ora M Loranger 15
    Anna B Loranger 13
    Isidore Loranger 11
    Clyde Loranger 10
    Raymond Loranger 3

    1910 United States Federal Census about Montel Loranger
    Name: Montel Loranger ( I read Montie)
    [Montie Loranger]
    Age in 1910: 26
    Birth Year: abt 1884
    Birthplace: California
    Home in 1910: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse's Name: Winnie E Loranger
    Father's Birthplace: California
    Mother's Birthplace: California
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Montel Loranger 26 Farm labor
    Winnie E Loranger 24 1 child, 1 living
    Ethel C Loranger 2

    1920 United States Federal Census about Monte Loranger
    Name: Monte Loranger
    Age: 36
    Birth Year: abt 1884
    Birthplace: California
    Home in 1920: Winters, Yolo, California
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Marital Status: Married
    Spouse's Name: Winnie E Loranger
    Father's Birthplace: California
    Mother's Birthplace: California
    Home Owned: Rent
    Able to Read: Yes
    Able to Write: Yes
    Neighbors: View others on page
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Monte Loranger 36 tractor driver
    Winnie E Loranger 35
    Ethel C Loranger 12

    1930 United States Federal Census about Monty Loranger
    Name: Monty Loranger
    Gender: Male
    Birth Year: abt 1884
    Birthplace: California
    Race: White
    Home in 1930: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    Map of Home: View map
    Marital Status: Married
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Spouse's Name: Winnie E Loranger
    Father's Birthplace: California
    Mother's Birthplace: California
    Occupation:well boring
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Monty Loranger 46 married age 23
    Winnie E Loranger 46 married age 23

    California, Death Index, 1905-1939 about Beaumont M Loranger
    Name: Beaumont M Loranger
    Birth Year: abt 1883
    Death Date: 15 Aug 1933
    Age at Death: 50
    Death Place: Yolo, California, USA

    Findagrave.com
    Beaumont Loranger
    Birth: Jun. 24, 1883
    Death: Aug. 15, 1933
    Burial: Woodland Cemetery
    Woodland, Yolo County, California, USA
    Plot: Blk-20 Lt-1 Gr-2
    Created by: Tom Decker
    Record added: Mar 25, 2012
    Find A Grave Memorial# 87358802

    Beaumont married Winifred E. COLLIER on 29 Oct 1906 in , Yolo, California, United States. Winifred was born on 7 Oct 1884 in California, United States; died on 4 May 1970 in , Yolo, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Yolo County Marriage Index book G page 381.

    Children:
    1. Ethel C LORANGER was born on 19 Sep 1907 in , Yolo, California, United States; died on 12 Jul 1961 in , Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Beaumont Pete LORANGER was born on 28 Aug 1862 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States (son of Isador Regis LORANGER and Harriett Sophia (REYNOLD) ABBEY); died on 5 Oct 1926 in Esparto, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer/rancher in Cottonwood, Yolo County.
    • Reference Number: ^
    • _UID: A9DB04E55C73AB42B4DBDD708D7123A6CCED

    Notes:

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    Timeline for Beaumont Loranger:
    1862 Aug 28, Beaumont born in Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
    1870 US Census, Beaumont living with parents in Cottonwood, Yolo, CA
    1880 US Census, living with father in East Cottonwood, Yolo, CA
    1883 Feb 11, married Margaret Tutt in Madison, Yolo, California
    1883 Jun, son, Beaumont born in Madison
    1884 Dec 22, daughter, Ora May, born in Madison
    1886 Jul 25, daughter, Anna Belle, born in Madison
    1888 Aug 8, son Isadore Caldwell, born in Madison
    1890 Apr 22, daughter, Jessie Clyde, born in Madison
    1896 Jul 13, son Phillip Raymond, born in Madison
    1900 US Census, living with wife, Margaret and 5 children in Cottonwood, Yolo, CA
    1903 Oct 23, daughter, Beatrice Rosells, born in Madison
    1910 US Census, living with wife and 4 children and son in law in Cottonwood
    1920 US Census, living with wife and 2 children in Cottonwood
    1925 Jul 9, wife died in Woodland, Yolo, CA at age 60
    1926 Oct 5, Beaumont died in Esparto, Yolo, CA at age 64 from glomular nephritis, Bright's Disease


    !DEATH: CA state file #50319 !MARR: Yolo County marriage records Book E pg 348.
    He was age 20 at the time of his marriage and lived in Madison, Yolo County, California. The name Beaumont is French Canadian, meaning beautiful Mountain.

    1870 United States Federal Census
    Name: Beaumont Loranger
    Estimated birth year: abt 1862
    Age in 1870: 8
    Birthplace: California
    Home in 1870: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    Family and neighbors:
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Post Office: Woodland

    1880 United States Federal Census
    Name: Bomont Lovangen
    Home in 1880: East Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    Age: 17
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
    Birthplace: California
    Relation to Head of Household: Son
    Father's Name: I. R.
    Father's birthplace: Michigan
    Mother's birthplace: Canada
    Occupation: On Farm
    Marital Status: Single
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Household Members: Name Age
    I. R. Lovangen 52
    Roger Lovangen 22
    Bomont Lovangen 17
    Fook 22
    Kay Hun 49
    G. B. Smith 43
    C. F. Pope 20
    T. J. White 25
    Fred Jones 26


    1890 California Great Register - living in Madison, Yolo county- farmer
    He lived at Cottonwood, and attended Cottonwood schools.
    He died of chronic myocarditis and mitral regurgitation. and Bright's Disease (Glomular Nephritis) Book 4 pg 376

    1900 United States Federal Census
    Name: Beamon Loranger
    Home in 1900: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    Age: 37
    Estimated birth year: abt 1863
    Birthplace: California
    Relationship to head-of-house: Head
    Spouse's name: Margaret
    Race: White
    Occupation: farmer
    Household Members: Name Age
    Beamon Loranger 37
    Margaret Loranger 34
    Beannont Loranger 16
    Ora M Loranger 15
    Anna B Loranger 13
    Isadore Loranger 11
    Clyde Loranger 10
    Raymond Loranger 3

    1910 United States Federal Census
    Name: Beaumont Loranger
    Age in 1910: 47
    Estimated birth year: abt 1863
    Birthplace: California
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Father's Birth Place: Michigan
    Mother's Birth Place: Canada English
    Spouse's name: Margaret
    Home in 1910: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    Marital Status: Married
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Household Members: Name Age
    Beaumont Loranger 47
    Margaret Loranger 44
    Raymond P Loranger 13
    Beatrice R Loranger 7
    Isidore C Loranger 21
    James W Travis 25 son in law
    Jessie C Travis 19 daughter

    1920 United States Federal Census
    Name: Beaumont Loranger
    Home in 1920: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    Age: 57 years
    Estimated birth year: abt 1863
    Birthplace: California
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Spouse's name: Margaret
    Father's Birth Place: Michigan
    Mother's Birth Place: Canada
    Marital Status: Married
    Race: White
    Sex: Male
    Home owned: Own
    Able to read: Yes
    Able to Write: Yes
    Image: 279
    Household Members: Name Age
    Beaumont Loranger 57
    Margaret Loranger 54
    Raymond P Loranger 23
    Beatrice R Loranger 17

    Beaumont married Margaret TUTT on 11 Feb 1883 in Madison, Yolo, California, United States. Margaret (daughter of Robert Edward Tutt and Margaret GORDON) was born on 2 Jun 1865 in Cottonwood, Yolo, California, United States; died on 9 Jul 1925 in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret TUTT was born on 2 Jun 1865 in Cottonwood, Yolo, California, United States (daughter of Robert Edward Tutt and Margaret GORDON); died on 9 Jul 1925 in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: ^
    • _MARNM: Loranger
    • _UID: D057E7AB92028644827B8554D3709D7D4A7A

    Notes:


    !NOTE: Her mother was half hispanic.
    Married at age 16 by consent of her father Yolo County marriage record Book E, pg 348

    Obituary from "Woodland Daily Democrat", Fri, 10 Jul 1925, front page.
    " Loranger Rites Here Tomorrow"
    Funeral Services for Mrs. Margaret Loranger, wife of Beaumont Loranger, who passed away in the city yesterday afternoon, will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 oclock in Wilson's funeral parlor. Reverend D.E Millard, of the Christian Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Woodland cemetary.
    Mrs. Loranger had been ill for several months, and during the last few weeks her decline had been rapid. She was a native of Yolo County, daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. R. E. Tutt, and was born June 2, 1965.
    On February 11, 1882, she was married in Yolo Co. to B. Loranger, well known Yolo County farmer who resides five miles south west of Madison. Besides her husband, she is survived by a family of seven children as follows: Jack, Ray, and Monte Loranger of Madison district, Mrs. FM Parker and Mrs. CJ Pedroia of Esparto, Mrs. JW Travis of Scotia, Humboldt Co. and Mrs. TH Barr of Woodland.
    Phil A. Tutt of San Fransisco and Ed Tutt of Fresno Co. are brothers of the deceased, and Mrs. William N. Lewis of Madison and Mrs. W Buhrmeister of Gordon Valley are sisters."

    !DEATH: CA state file 35893 (died in the Woodland Sanitorium)

    Notes:

    Yolo County Marriage Index book E page 348.

    Children:
    1. 1. Beaumont M LORANGER was born on 25 Jun 1883 in , Yolo, California, United States; died on 15 Aug 1933 in , Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States.
    2. Ora May LORANGER was born on 22 Dec 1884 in Cottonwood, Yolo, California, United States; died on 7 Oct 1962 in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Capay Cemetery, Esparto, California, United States.
    3. Anna Belle LORANGER was born on 25 Jul 1886 in , Yolo, California, United States; died on 9 Jan 1936 in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States.
    4. Isodore Caldwell "Jack" LORANGER was born on 8 Aug 1888 in , Yolo, California, United States; died on 10 Jan 1951 in , Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Woodland, Yolo, California, USA.
    5. Jessie Clyde LORANGER was born on 22 Apr 1890 in , Yolo, California, United States; died on 21 Oct 1977 in , Humboldt, California, United States.
    6. Phillip Raymond LORANGER was born on 13 Jul 1896 in , Yolo, California, United States; died on 17 Oct 1945 in , Yolo, California, United States.
    7. Beatrice Rosella LORANGER was born on 23 Oct 1903 in , Yolo, California, United States; died on 5 Jun 1961 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Isador Regis LORANGER was born on 5 Nov 1827 in River Raisin, Monroe County, Michigan, United States (son of Joseph LORANGER and Rosalie CHABERT de Joncaire); died on 16 Dec 1903 in Madison, Yolo, California, United States; was buried on 18 Dec 1903 in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: farmer in Cottonwood, hotel/ teamster Sacramento,
    • Reference Number: ^
    • _UID: DC5C1F35DAECE74093BF7C5540E45E516F44

    Notes:

    Things to do:
    1. find marriage record for Isador and Harriett Abbey
    2. death record for Harriett

    Timeline for Isador Regis Loranger:

    1827 Nov 5, Isador was born in River Raisin, Monroe County, Michigan,
    1840 Beaumont at age 13, moved with his parents to Wayne County, Michigan (now Detroit)
    1850 US Census Brownstone, Wayne, MI, age 22, fisherman, with Ann Loranger age 17, bp Canada.
    1852 crossed the plains to Sacramento, California
    1856 married widow, Harriett Sophia Reynold, Abbey, in Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
    1857 Jul, son, Francis Regis born Sacramento,
    1860 US Census, Regis listed as teamster, living with Harriett and Register Abbey in Sacramento
    1862 Aug 28, son, Beaumont Pete, born in Sacramento
    1862 moved to Madison, Yolo, CA
    1870 US Census, Isador living in Cottonwood, Yolo, CA, with wife, Harriett and 2 sons
    1878 wife, Harriett died in Madison
    1880 US Census, Isador living in Cottonwood,with 2 sons and servants
    1882 Jul 23, married Mary Epson Hughes in Woodland, Yolo, CA
    1900 US Census, Isador living in Cottonwood,with wife Mary E
    1903 Dec 16, Isador died in Madison, at age 76, buried Catholic Cemetary, Woodland, Yolo, CA



    1852 he crossed the plains to California, locating in Sacramento, where he resided for 10 years.
    For a year he was proprietor of the St. Louis hotel, at first known as the "Grizzly Bear House". He then bought an interest in the St. Charles hay yard. After being engaged in this business for a year he sold out and for about three months was a prospector, searching for mines. His health began to fail and he returned to Sacramento, and with Joseph Anderson purchased his former feed business. They also engaged in teaming. This partnership was continued until Mr. Loranger removed to Yolo County and located on his farm 5 miles southwest of Madison.

    1860 United States Federal Census
    Name: Isadore Loranger
    Age in 1860: 33
    Birth Year: abt 1827
    Birthplace: Michigan
    Home in 1860: Sacramento Ward 4, Sacramento, California
    Gender: Male
    Post Office: Sacramento
    Occupation: Teamster
    Household Members: Name Age
    Harriet S Abbey 37
    Register Abbey 3
    Isadore Loranger 33

    1862 about this time he moved to Yolo County

    1870 United States Federal Census
    Name: Isadore R Loranger
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
    Age in 1870: 42
    Birthplace: Michigan
    Home in 1870: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Value of real estate:
    Post Office: Woodland
    Household Members: Name Age
    Isadore R Loranger 42
    Harriet S Loranger 44
    Reges Loranger 13
    Beaumont Loranger 8

    1880 United States Federal Census
    Name: I. R. Lovangen ( IR Loranger)
    Home in 1880: East Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    Age: 52
    Estimated birth year: abt 1828
    Birthplace: Michigan
    Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
    Father's birthplace: Canada
    Mother's birthplace: MI
    Occupation: Farmer
    Marital Status: Widower
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Household Members: Name Age
    I. R. Lovangen 52 widowed
    Regis Lovangen 22 son BP CA, mother BP Canada
    Bomont Lovangen 17 son BP CA, mother BP Canada
    Fook 22
    Kay Hun 49
    G. B. Smith 43
    C. F. Pope 20
    T. J. White 25
    Fred Jones 26

    1890 California Great Register 1 - living in E. Woodland, Yolo county- farmer

    1900 United States Federal Census
    Name: Isaac Loranger (I read Isador)
    Home in 1900: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    Age: 72
    Estimated birth year: abt 1828
    Birthplace: Michigan
    Relationship to head-of-house: Head
    Spouse's name: Mary E (married 18 years)
    Race: White
    Neighbors:
    Household Members: Name Age
    Isaac Loranger 72
    Mary E Loranger 54 (0 children-0 living
    Cury G Williams 55 laborer

    MaryAnn Mickey has the birthplace of Isadore as St. Antoine, River Raisin, Michigan

    Isador married Harriett Sophia (REYNOLD) ABBEY about 1861 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States. Harriett was born in 1825 in Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 20 Aug 1878 in Madison, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Cottonwood Cemetery, Winters, Yolo, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Harriett Sophia (REYNOLD) ABBEY was born in 1825 in Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 20 Aug 1878 in Madison, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Cottonwood Cemetery, Winters, Yolo, California, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: ^
    • _MARNM: Loranger
    • _UID: F4AE664EB8C7C24585421D4D0ECD198182A1

    Notes:

    1860 Census Sacramento shows Isador Loranger and Harriet Abbey along with a child Register Abbey age 3 bn CA. It appears that they weren't married and she was head of house. Was she a widow taking in a roomer.

    Children:
    1. Francis Regis LORANGER was born in Jul 1857 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States.
    2. 2. Beaumont Pete LORANGER was born on 28 Aug 1862 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States; died on 5 Oct 1926 in Esparto, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States.

  3. 6.  Robert Edward Tutt was born on 17 Nov 1833 in Virginia, United States (son of Philip Augustine TUTT and Catherine "Kitty" ASHBY); died on 29 Sep 1913 in Madison, Yolo, California, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Also Known As: Ed
    • Occupation: farmer
    • Reference Number: ^
    • _UID: 8DA93C44139AEA4B8E7FCED7507833BD0277

    Notes:

    Things to do:
    1. Margaret's death cert, cause of death?
    2. Ada Merehoff's book for his history
    3. Robert's death cert.
    4. children on census, marriage, death


    Timeline for Robert Edward Tutt:
    1833 Nov 17, Robert was born in Virginia
    1858 Jan 14, Robert married Margaret Gordon at Gordon Ranch on Cache Creek, Yolo Co, California
    1858 daughter, Maria born in Yolo County, CA
    1859 Feb, son, Henry James born in Yolo County, CA
    1860 US Census, living in Cottonwood, Yolo, CA with wife Margaret and 2 children
    1863 daughter, Ellen Mae, born in Yolo County, CA
    1865 Jun 2, daughter, Margaret, born in Yolo County, CA
    1867 Great California Register of Voters of Yolo County, Farmer, W. Cottonwood, Yolo, CA
    1869 daughter, Lillie, born in Yolo County, CA
    1870 US Census, farmer, living in Cottonwood, with wife, Margaret and 5 children
    1870 son, Jessie, born in Yolo County, CA
    1876 daughter, Maria, died in Yolo County, CA
    1876 son, Phillip Ashby, born in Yolo County, CA
    1879 son, William Edward, born in Yolo County, CA
    1880 US Census, farmer, living in Cottonwood, with wife, Margaret and 5 children
    1880 about this time a son, Aaron, born in Yolo County, CA
    1881 about this time a son, Jack, born in Yolo County, CA
    1882 wife, Margaret died in Yolo County, CA
    1889 Jul 28, married Harriet Lowrey Devoe in Yolo County, CA
    1890 California Great Register, living in Madison, Yolo county, farmer
    1900 US Census, farmer, living in Guinda, Yolo, CA, with wife, Harriett
    1910 US Census, farm labor living in rented home in Guinda. No Harriett listed
    1913 Robert died in Madison, Yolo, CA at the age of 79 years from degenerative heart disease

    His Biography in the "Capay Valley" by Ada Meirhoff,Pg 368

    Great California Register of Voters of Yolo County-Farmer - W. Cottonwood, 1867
    California Great Register 1890 - living in Madison, Yolo county- farmer

    He came to California from Missouri in 1854 and settled in Yolo county the same year. His occupation before coming to the State had been farming. He owned 320 acres of tillable land in Madison, Yolo, California.
    He lived in Madison 60 years before his death of degeneration of heart (old age) at 79 years and 10 months. Book 2 pg 191

    1860 United States Federal Census
    Name: Margarett Tutt
    Age in 1860: 19
    Birth Year: abt 1841
    Birthplace: California
    Home in 1860: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    Gender: Female
    Post Office: Cache Creek
    Value of real estate:
    Household Members: Name Age
    N E Tutt 26 (I read R E)
    Margarett Tutt 19
    Mariah Tutt 2 (could be Maria L)
    Nancy Tutt 8.12 (I read Henry)

    1870 United States Federal Census t
    Name: Margaret Tutt
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
    Age in 1870: 29
    Birthplace: California
    Home in 1870: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    Race: White
    Gender: Female
    Value of real estate: $1400, $5000
    Post Office: Woodland
    Household Members: Name Age
    Edward R Tutt 35 farmer
    Margaret Tutt 29
    Maria Tutt 12
    Henry Tutt 11
    Ellen Tutt 8
    Martha Tutt 6
    Lillie Tutt 1
    Thomas Bloxham 31 farmer


    1880 United States Federal Census
    Name: R. E. Tutt
    Home in 1880: East Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    Age: 46
    Estimated birth year: abt 1834
    Birthplace: Virginia
    Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
    Spouse's name: Margaret
    Father's birthplace: VA
    Mother's birthplace: VA
    Neighbors:
    Occupation: Farmer
    Marital Status: Married
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Household Members: Name Age
    R. E. Tutt 46
    Margaret Tutt 35
    Henry Tutt 20
    Ellen Tutt 16
    Mattie Tutt 15
    Jessie Tutt 7
    Philip A Tutt 3
    Edward Tutt 1
    Robert Belsha 28
    Frank Cox 24

    1900 United States Federal Census (could this be our Robert with wrong BD and Bplace
    Name: Robert Tutt
    Home in 1900: Guinda, Yolo, California
    Age: 59
    Estimated birth year: abt 1841 (Could this be wrong date?)
    Birthplace: Missouri
    Relationship to head-of-house: Head
    Spouse's name: Hariatte
    Race: White
    Occupation:
    Neighbors:
    Household Members: Name Age
    Robert Tutt 59
    Hariatte Tutt 58
    Lester P Wood 63
    Andrew E Mc Niell 47

    1910 United States Federal Census
    Name: Robert E Tutt [Robert E Lutt]
    Age in 1910: 76 farm labor
    Estimated birth year: abt 1834
    Birthplace: Virginia
    Relation to Head of House: Head
    Father's Birth Place: Virginia
    Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
    Home in 1910: Guinda, Yolo, California (Guinda Road) rented home
    Marital Status: Married (2)
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Neighbors:
    Household Members: Name Age
    Robert E Tutt 76

    Robert married Margaret GORDON on 14 Jan 1858 in Gordon Ranch on Cache Creek, Yolo, California, United States. Margaret (daughter of William Julian GORDON and Juana Maria LUCERO) was born on 17 Dec 1841 in Los Angeles, Mexican Territory; died in 1882 in , Yolo, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Margaret GORDON was born on 17 Dec 1841 in Los Angeles, Mexican Territory (daughter of William Julian GORDON and Juana Maria LUCERO); died in 1882 in , Yolo, California, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: ^
    • _MARNM: Tutt
    • _UID: 6E24B4E2DFF4AF40A2F0EE7D51998263B66F

    Notes:

    1880 Census Cottonwood, CA lists birthplace as CA

    Margaret is said to have been the first white child born in California in 1840.

    Notes:

    Yolo County Marriage Index-Book C page 46.

    Children:
    1. Maria TUTT was born about 1858 in , Yolo, California, United States; died in 1876 in , Yolo, California, United States.
    2. Henry James TUTT was born in Feb 1859 in , Yolo, California, United States; died on 26 Dec 1909 in Madison, Yolo, California, United States.
    3. Ellen Mae TUTT was born in 1863 in , Yolo, California, United States; died after 1912.
    4. 3. Margaret TUTT was born on 2 Jun 1865 in Cottonwood, Yolo, California, United States; died on 9 Jul 1925 in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States.
    5. Lillie Tutt was born about 1869 in , Yolo, California, United States; died before 1912.
    6. Jessie TUTT was born in 1870 in , Yolo, California, United States; died after 1912.
    7. Phillip Ashby TUTT was born in 1876 in , Yolo, California, United States; died after 1912 in Of San Francisco, California.
    8. William Edward TUTT was born in 1879 in , Yolo, California, United States; died after 1912 in Of Fresno County, California, United States.
    9. Aaron Tutt was born in in , Yolo, California, United States; died before 1912.
    10. Jack Tutt was born in in , Yolo, California, United States; died before 1912.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Joseph LORANGER was born on 14 Feb 1782 in Yamachiche, Quebec, Canada (son of Claude LORANGER and Marguerite MELANCON); died on 27 Oct 1861 in Monroe County, Michigan, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: ^
    • _UID: 6F0D6AEFA4961047BE82F6810331F6377E6C

    Notes:

    found on Ancestry - Civil War Service Records - Amos I. Loranger, Company F -Unit 9 Mich Cavalry, Rank induction private, discharged Corp. (notes Loranger A. Joseph) Alleagiance Union.

    Joseph married Rosalie CHABERT de Joncaire on 25 Oct 1809 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. Rosalie (daughter of Francis De Joncaire De Chabert and MARY JOSEPH CHENE) was born on 3 Nov 1791 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; died on 20 Nov 1868 in Detroit, Monroe County, Michigan, United States; was buried in Saint Joseph Cemetery, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Rosalie CHABERT de Joncaire was born on 3 Nov 1791 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States (daughter of Francis De Joncaire De Chabert and MARY JOSEPH CHENE); died on 20 Nov 1868 in Detroit, Monroe County, Michigan, United States; was buried in Saint Joseph Cemetery, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan.

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    • Reference Number: ^
    • _MARNM: Loranger
    • _UID: 484518715058F6418F962F94E22D70D12D55

    Notes:



    Alexander, James Loranger, Rosalie 13 Jun 1838 Michigan Monroe County

    Children:
    1. 4. Isador Regis LORANGER was born on 5 Nov 1827 in River Raisin, Monroe County, Michigan, United States; died on 16 Dec 1903 in Madison, Yolo, California, United States; was buried on 18 Dec 1903 in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States.
    2. Nelson LORANGER died about 1868 in Ingham County, Michigan.
    3. Joseph LORANGER was born on 27 May 1811 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; died on 27 May 1901 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; was buried in Mount Elliott Cemetery, Wayne County, Michigan.
    4. Eli LORANGER was born on 22 Jan 1818 in Monroe County, Michigan, United States; died on 11 Sep 1859 in Monroe County, Michigan, United States; was buried in Saint Joseph Cemetery, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan.
    5. Philip Justin LORANGER was born on 17 Sep 1821 in Monroe County, Michigan, United States; died on 7 Aug 1871 in Monroe County, Michigan, United States; was buried in Saint Joseph Cemetery, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan.
    6. Julia LORANGER was born on 19 Feb 1824 in Wayne, Michigan; died on 11 Mar 1904 in Monroe County, Michigan, United States; was buried in Old Saint Mary's cemetern, Milan, Monroe, Michigan.
    7. Richard Methodius LORANGER was born on 30 Jan 1830 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; died on 1 Jun 1876 in Monroe County, Michigan, United States; was buried in Saint Joseph Cemetery, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan.

  3. 12.  Philip Augustine TUTT was born on 13 Apr 1796 in ,Culpepper, Virginia, United States (son of Capt. John TUTT and Mary TUTT); died on 27 Sep 1871 in , Cooper, Missouri, United States.

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    • Occupation: teacher in Virginia, surveyor in Missouri
    • Reference Number: ^
    • _UID: 0110B836CEA2334CADF65AFFD417DBBE6E58

    Notes:

    things to do:
    1. verify daughter Elizabeth Ann
    2. Cooper County MO history
    3. Culpepper County, VA history

    Timeline for Pillip Augustine Tutt:
    1796 Philip Tutt born in Culpepper County, Virginia,
    1812 Military Service; Served in the War of 1812
    1824 Dec 21, Philip married Catherine Ashby in
    1826 Jun 22, son John Samuel born in Fauquier County Virginia
    1830 Jan 21, son James Henry born in Fauquier County Virginia
    1833 Nov 17, son Robert Edward born in Fauquier County Virginia
    1835 ? daughter, Elizabeth Ann born in Fauquier County Virginia?
    1835 Emigrated to Missouri from Virginia- PhillipA., Dr. Gabriel, Col, Richard J. Tutt, brothers, came
    down Kanawha River to Ohio by boat, the younger men, slaves, livestock came across country to
    St. Louis with a wagon train; women and older men came by steamboat down the Ohio, up the
    Mississippi to St. Louis. Brought a mare with them which was descendant of famous running
    horse, "Imperial Whip:, settled in Kelly Township, Cooper County, Missouri.
    1840 US census Cooper County, Missouri, p132 - Phillip A. Tutt
    1848 August 3 to 1859,November 8 - Cooper County, Missouri Surveyor
    1850 US census, Cooper County, Missouri, Dist. #23 - p Phillip age 56 VA; Catherine age
    43 VA; John S. age 22 VA; James H. age 19 VA; Robert . age 17 VA.
    1855 Sep 21, wife Catherine died in Cooper County, MO at age 49
    1860 US census, Cooper County, Missouri, Phillip living in household of son, J. H. Tutt
    1870 US census, Cooper County, Missouri,living in household of son, James H. Tutt
    1871 Sep 27, Philip died in Cooper County, MO at age 75

    Occupation, Cooper County, Missouri - Surveyor/Teacher/Judge of the County Court.


    from "History of Cooper County, Missouri", by W. F. Johnson, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka 6 Cleveland, 1919, Vol 1 VKM Publishing Co. 1978: pp 669-671.
    James H. Tutt was a native of Virginia; he was born in Fauquier County, Jan. 21, 1830 and died in March 1898. He came to Missouri with his parents, Phillip A. and Catherine (Ashby) Tutt, in 1835. The family first settled in Calloway County and in 1836 came to Cooper County, and settled in Kelly township on the farm that is now owned by Charles P. Tutt. Phillit Tutt bought this place from Thomas Best for $5 per acre. At that time there was a log cabin on the place and a few acres of land were cleared. Here Phillip Tutt and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. Phillip Tutt was a surveyor, and for a number of years served as surveyor of Cooper County. He also held the office of judge of the County Court. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and his father, John Tutt, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving with the Virginian troops.Phillip Tutt was one of four brothers who came to Missouri together, the others being Dr. Gabriel, Col. John, and Col. Richard J. They came down the Kanawha River to the Ohio in a boat, and from there the younger men of the families and the negro slaves drove across the country to St. Louis with a wagon train, while the women and the older men came by steamboat down the Ohio and up the Mississippi Rivers to St. Louis. When the Tutt family came to Missouri they brought with them a mare which was a descendant of the famous running horse, "imported Whip," and Charles P. Tutt still has on his place descendants of that animal.

    1850 United States Federal Census
    Name: Philip A Tatt
    Age: 56
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1794
    Birth Place: Virginia
    Gender: Male
    Home in 1850(City,County,State): District 23, Cooper, Missouri
    Household Members: Name Age
    Catharine Tatt 43
    James H Tatt 19
    John S Tatt 24
    Philip A Tatt 56
    Robert E Tatt 17

    Philip married Catherine "Kitty" ASHBY on 21 Dec 1824 in , Fauquier, Virginia, United States. Catherine (daughter of Major Samuel ASHBY and Martha Ann CLARKSON) was born in Sep 1806 in ,Fauquier, Virginia, United States; died on 21 Sep 1855 in , Cooper, Missouri, United States; was buried in , Cooper, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Catherine "Kitty" ASHBY was born in Sep 1806 in ,Fauquier, Virginia, United States (daughter of Major Samuel ASHBY and Martha Ann CLARKSON); died on 21 Sep 1855 in , Cooper, Missouri, United States; was buried in , Cooper, Missouri, United States.

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    • Reference Number: ^
    • _MARNM: Tutt
    • _UID: 7D0AFCE395621549A8428AE9D6CFAA58BF92

    Notes:

    data from "Buckner", pp 267-268
    Catherine Tutt, late Catherine Ashby of Fauquier Co, Virginia, daughter of Samuel Ashby of Fauquier Co. who was one of the heirs of Captain John Ashby appointed her "uncle Thomson Ashby as her attorney, 5 Dec 1834. She was a ward of John M. Ashby.

    Notes:

    John Henry Ashby security

    Children:
    1. John Samuel TUTT was born on 22 Jun 1826 in ,Fauquier, Virginia, United States; died on 30 Nov 1908 in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States.
    2. James Henry "Jinks" TUTT was born on 21 Jan 1830 in ,Fauquier, Virginia, United States; died on 7 Mar 1897 in Kelly Twp, Cooper, Missouri, United States.
    3. 6. Robert Edward Tutt was born on 17 Nov 1833 in Virginia, United States; died on 29 Sep 1913 in Madison, Yolo, California, United States.
    4. Elizabeth Ann TUTT

  5. 14.  William Julian GORDON was born on 16 Sep 1801 in , Adams, Ohio, United States (son of John GORDON and Mary Isabel ART); died on 3 Oct 1876 in Cobb Valley, Lake, California, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Missouri Fur Co. New Mexico, farmer Yolo County
    • Reference Number: ^
    • _UID: 16629542A2F0A24EABA4C7E6B3E20FDC4D00

    Notes:

    Timeline: William Gordon
    1801 Sep - William Gordon born in Adams County Ohio to John and Mary (Art) Gordon.
    Jackson County, Missouri
    1823 Fur trapper for Missouri Fur Compandy ( was in Wyoming)
    1820's established headquarters in Taos, Mexican Territory
    1826 Jun - married Juana Maria Lucero in Taos Mexican Territory
    1827 April - son, Jose Tomas "Thomas", born in Taos
    1829 Sep - son, Juan de Jesus born in Taos
    1831 Aug - daughter, Maria Isabella, born Taos
    1833 Sep - son, Julian "William", born Taos
    1835 Nov - son, Jose Manuel, born Taos
    1838 Jan - daughter, Sarah Gordon, born Taos
    1840 Nov - son, Jose Ricardo, born Taos
    1841 Sep - came to California by way of the Santa Fe Trail, granted with several others Mexican Land, 48,000 acre
    Rancho La Puente. They Established town of El Monte, the first agricultural town in California..
    1841 Dec - daughter, Margaret, born Los Angeles, Mexican territory
    1843 January 27, Granted 2 square leagues of land, Rancho Quesesosi, in Yolo County by Governor Micheltorena on
    Cache Creek West of Woodland. He settled his family there in July. His ranch became a rendezvous for members
    of Bear Flag revolt, settlers and hunters. Mentioned more as stopover than any place except John Sutters.
    1845 wife, Juana Maria died and is probably buried in the family cemetary on Cache Creek. John Clyman's, "Journal of
    a Mountain Man," states that Gordon was the only permanant settler on Cache Creek. (now Yolo County).
    1845 Daughter Maria Isabella, not yet 15 years of age, married Nathan Coombs at Sutter's Fort by John Sutter. By 1850
    she had her brother Joseph and sister Sarah living with her and Nathan in Napa.
    1850 Census - Cache Creek, Yolo, California (Interestingly he had 3 miners living with him. For how long?)
    1851 bought land in Napa County in Gordon Valley (named after him)
    1852 California Census - Yolo, California
    1855 married Elizabeth Corum
    1860 Census - lived at Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    1866 Sold his Ranch on Cache Creek and moved to Cobb Valley in Lake County.
    1870 Census - Lower Lake, Lake County, California
    1876 Oct - died Cobb Valley, Lake County, California

    History Timeline
    1802 - Ohio outlaws slavery
    1803 - Louisiana Purchase January 18. President Jefferson asks Congress for funds for an expedition to explore the
    Mississippi River and beyond in search of a route to the Pacific. Meriwether Lewis , Jefferson's private secretary,
    begins planning the expedition.
    1804 - May. The expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departs, moving up the Missouri River.
    1807 - Steamboat - Robert Fulton, former miniaturist and landscape painter, opens American rivers to two-way travel.
    1821 - Mexico declares independence from Spain.
    1829 - Mexico outlawed slavery in an effort to discourage additional American settlement in Texas.
    1835 - Texas declares independence from Mexico
    1836 - "Remember the Alamo!" slogan for the Texas army after Mexico crushed the Texans who attempted to protect the
    Alamo in San Antonio. The war started in 1836, because the Texans wanted their independence from Mexico.
    182 men, led by Colonel Travis, were greatly outnumbered by Santa Anna's forces. They were all killed,
    including Davy Crockett, a famous frontiers man from Tennessee. The Texans that survived the war, kept
    attacking the Mexicans until they finally won their independence.
    1837 - Depression begins with "Panic of 1837"
    1838 - The Indian Removal Act, A treaty signed by about one hundred Cherokees. They gave up all lands East of the
    Mississippi River. Under the orders of President Jackson the U.S Army began the Removal Act. 3,000 Cherokees
    were loaded into boats and taken down the Tennessee, Ohio, Mississippi, and Arkansas Rivers. In the winters of 1838 -39 the Cherokees walked 1,200 miles through Tennesse, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. The trail they
    walked became known as "The Trail Where They Cried" to the Indians but is now known as "The Trail of Tears".
    1845 - Westward Expansion - When Texas declared independence from Mexico in the year 1836, Southerners were
    hoping to obtain Texas as a new slave state. The Northerners did not want Texas to come into the Union and
    increase the power of the south in Congress, with a resulting war with Mexico. In 1845 politicians were caught up
    in westward expansion, thinking it was their nation's manifest destiny to go from shore to shore. Texas became
    the twenty-eighth state. Mexico was furious about that decision, and the U.S. declared war on Mexico in May of 1846 - The years of fighting ended with the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848.
    1845 - Santa Anna presidency is overthrown in Mexico.
    1846 - War declared with Mexico.
    1848 - Gold Discovered in California.
    1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
    1849 - State constitution adopted in Monterey, (California).
    1850 - California became the 31st State and free of slavery.
    1852 - California turned from Gold seeking to agriculture.

    "History of Solano and Napa Counties, California with Biographical Sketches of The leading men and women of the Counties, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time., History by Tom Gregory and other well known writers., Illustrated ~ Complete in one volume, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1912, p 291:
    WILLIAM GORDON.
    As a representative of a pioneer family, there is no name better known in Napa County than William Gordon, a resident in Gordon valley, named after the family. Mr. Gordon was born in Toas, N. Mex., September 27, 1833, and when seven years of age was brought to California by his father, William Gordon. The latter was a native of Ohio, of Scotch descent, who came from New Mexico by way of Arizona on horseback to California. He remained in Los Angeles until the spring of 1841, then with others went to the northern part of the state, crossing Carquinez straits in a rowboat and swimming their horses behind them. On reaching the northern side they engaged some Indians to pilot them up the bay and Napa river. Arriving in what is now Napa County, they camped under some large sycamore trees on the present site of George Yount's home and for about a year the elder Gordon engaged in farming on a small scale, raising some cattle and feed and produce for his own needs. From this location he removed to what was afterwards named Washington, the first County seat of Yolo County, situated on the banks of the Sacramento river. Here Mr. Gordon met Captain Sutter and was engaged by the latter to construct a mill at that place, he having told Sutter that he was a mill­wright. During the construction of this mill, which was operated by horse­power, Mr. Gordon made his home in Sacramento County, on the opposite side of the river, and crossed to and from his work daily in a canoe. For this labor Mr. Gordon was given forty-two head of cattle (cows and heifers) in lieu of money.
    The next move of Mr. Gordon was made two months later, when he went to a location northwest of what is now the city of Woodland and here he secured a grant of three leagues of land and settled down to farming, which continued his occupation until his death. As one of the early pioneers of California, he had to undergo many privations and hardships in establishing a home and, like the majority of those men of that period, aided in all movements that had for their object the development of that section of California. William Gordon, of this review, accompanied his parents on their migrations in California and received such educational advantages as they were able to give him and, when old enough, assisted with the work about the ranch. After he was old enough to conduct independent farming operations. he settled on Cache creek, where he remained two years. In 1862, he settled in Gordon valley. where he has twelve hundred acres of land. which he secured from his father and which was originally part of a Spanish grant. Here Mr. Gordon has a valuable property, which yields him a substantial income annually. This has been developed to its present condition by its owner, and it is conceded to be one of the most valuable properties in the entire valley. There are two hundred acres improved in orchard, consisting of apricots, peaches, prunes, oranges and almonds, one of the largest orchards in Napa County. His orange grove consists of one acre and beautifies his yard and its fruit, raised without irrigation, is of superior quality. Thirty acres arc in hay and the balance is used for pasture land for his cattle and horses, about ten head of the latter being kept for use on the ranch. All of the improvements on the place have been placed there by Mr. Gordon. He has erected several sets of buildings, commodious houses for his sons and daughters, who are all living on the ranch, and to whom he leases the property on shares, he having retired from active farm work. Ample facilities have been provided for caring for the fruit, including a dryer and an almond huller for their own use, besides which they take care of their neighbors’ almonds. This ranch is watered from the Gordon creek, which flows through the center of it, and withal it might he considered one of the show places of Southern California. Two lofty oak trees, supposed to be about two hundred years old, mark Mr. Gordon’s place of residence and stand like sentinels over his home. Besides these trees, the yard is decorated with ornamental shrubbery and flowers, giving it the appearance of a typical California city home.
    In Napa, June 18, 1861, Mr. Gordon married Juliette Chapman, a native of Connecticut and a daughter of Levi Chapman, who came to California in the early ‘50s, and was engaged in mining until his death. Of the children horn of this marriage we mention the following: George E., who is farming a part of the old home place, married Clara Leonard; Frank L., also interested in farming on the old homestead, was road-overseer for several years; he married Nettie Gosling and has two children ; William H. married Rosa Chapman; Sophronia became the wife of W. A. Clark; and Loleta married Thomas H. Loney. The sons were educated in the public schools and in Napa College, and have been able assistants to their father in the development of the ranch. Each of the children has inherited from their parents those dualities that have given them a place with the representative people of their County.
    Ever since locating in Gordon valley, William Gordon has aided in its development, assisting to construct roads, organized the Gordon school district and served as trustee for many years. In politics he is a Republican. although has never been an aspirant for office. His public spirit and regard for the welfare of the people have been frequently demonstrated and now in review­ing his life work, as he looks over his broad possessions he recalls the time when he was engaged in mining during the exciting period of 1848-9, when they were washing out their gold and often would get as much as $50 or more in one pan. He compares his present condition, when he is assured of an annual income, to the precarious occupation that he followed as a young man. Vr. Gordon is a quiet, conservative man, and while he has always worked to advance his own interests, has never neglected the duties of a citizen."

    "Capay Valley, the Land & the People"Ada Merhof, pg 50-51., also p 354

    The following excerpts were taken from "History of Yolo County, California, It's Resources and It's People", William O. Russell, editor, Woodland, California, 1940.

    William Gordon was born on the frontier in Ohio territory of Scotch forbears. While still a boy, he moved to Jackson County, Missouri, which had only recently become part of the United States, and which was the home of the frontiersman, Daniel Boone. Boone urged all young men to go to California. "It is the paradise of this continent!" The old man urged to the time of his death. In the middle 1820's Gordon established headquarters along with several partners at Taos, New Mexico, and engaged in the Rocky Mountain fur trade until the horrors of Indian warfare ended his career as a trapper. He remained on the frontier in New Mexico and was associated with Kit Carson, Jedediah Smith and other mountain men. By 1841 he had married a native girl and acquired a family. He had difficulties with the Mexican government's supposition that he and his Americano friends were supporters of the Texas filibuster and planned to make New Mexico part of the United States. In 1841 they came to California by way of the Santa Fe Trail The California authorities ignored the warnings of the New Mexican government and granted Gordon and his partners a 48,000 acre Rancho La Puente where they established the town of El Monte, the first agricultural town in California, now a rich suburb of Los Angeles. There were twenty-five men in the party, four of whom were heads of families: Gordon, William Knight, Workman and Rowland. The following year they returned to New Mexico for their families. Gordon and Knight married sisters and Knight's oldest daughter, Mrs. J. W. Snowball recounted the trip. "The children of the train were carried over deserts and high hills, through deep canyons, and dense forests, in baskets swinging on the sides of gentle ponies. A basket hung from each side of the horse with a child, awake or sleeping safely tucked away. Occasionally the children climbed on the pony's back, or jumped to the ground to walk.

    William Gordon ,William Knight, and J. R. Wolfskill, who married Knight's eldest daughter, Carmelita, came north together. It seems that Americans who married Mexicans were especially favored in grants. Gordon set himself up as overlord of Rancho Guesesosi on Cache Creek and Knight claimed title to Rancho Carmel on the Sacramento River. Wolfskill was overseer on his brother's Rancho on Putah Creek across from the present town of Winters.The Spanish "rancho" was a community of its own, with any number of adobe houses, a certain number of overseers and a vast number of Indian retainers, engaged in the raising of stock.

    On 27 January of 1843 Governo Micheltorena granted William Gordon a rancho of two leagues of land in Capay Valley, assessed value of $11,000 with taxes of $107.49 in 1850. Here his first wife died in 1845 and he lived the life of a bachelor for ten years before marrying Elizabeth Corum. His eldest daughter, Isabele, and Nathan Coombs rode two mounted horses to Sutter's Fort and were married by Captain Sutter. She was just 14 years old. They returned to the ranch arriving about midnight and partook of a bridal feast of cold beef. Shortly after, Coombs purchased a Napa Valley ranch from Salvador Vallejo and they went there to live. Nathan Coombs took part in the Bear Flag Filibuster in 1846 under Knight's leadership. Gordon never took part in the Usurping of California nor the events that led up to it.

    In 1851 William Gordon bought land in Napa County. It was named Gordon Valley after him.
    In Yolo County he gave aid and comfort to many settlers suffering hardships on the trail from Oregon and Missouri. His place of frontier hospitality was a place of refuge for many old friends and new who traveled through the area and it is mentioned as a stopping place, sometimes for months, sometimes for years, in the many Yolo County Histories. The Grigsby-Ide imigrant train of 1845 stayed at Gordon's for part of that winter. The land was mostly used for grazing stock, but in the year 1844, William Gordon and William Knight were first to plant grain in the county of Yolo. Gordon also introduced hogs to the county that same year. In 1845 he harvested seven acres of wheat and
    five acres of corn by using the water from Cache Creek which flowed from Clear Lake. William Gordon was Justice of the Peace of his precinct, the Capay Valley in1851.

    Some of the younger members of Gordon's family emigrated to Yolo County from Jackson County, Missouri in 1855 and temporarily occupied a log house on Gordon's property. A Mrs. Grayson was with them.

    Gordon came to California with nothing and built an estate out of perserverance and a willingness to undergo untold hardships. He retired about the time of the Civil War and moved into Lake County to spend the remainder of his life in his favorite sport-hunting. He died 3 October 1876.

    The following excerpt was taken from the book, "Historic Spots in California", by Mildred Brooke Hoover, Douglas E. Kyle, Ethel G. Rensch:
    Within what is now Yolo County, nine grants of land for permanent settlement were made by Mexican authorities between 1842 and the American conquest in 1846. Only five of these titles, however, were later confirmed by the United States government.
    William Gordon, a native of Ohio who brought his family to California with the Workman-Rowland party in 1841, settled on Rancho Quesesosi in July 1842. This pioneering venture was located on a grant of two square leagues bisected by Cache Creek west of what is now Woodland. (The boundaries can be followed on County Roads 94B, 19 and 87 and SR16.) "Uncle Billy" Gordon had been a trapper and hunter in New Mexico, "rough, honest, and hospitable." His place on Cache Creek became a "general rendezvous for settlers and hunters" from 1843 to 1846. James Clyman, in his diary for July 12, 1845, noted that at the time of his visit, Gordon was the only permanent settler on Cache Creek. On this rancho the first wheat in Yolo County was grown. In a primitive building one mile from Gordon's home, the county's first school was started in 1847 with an enrollment of eight pupils. Gordon sold land and water right to James Moore, who began construction in 1856 of the first irrigation dam and ditch system to utilize the natural water supply of Cache Creek, which flows out of Clear Lake in the mountains of Lake County.
    Rancho Quesesosi, more commonly known as Gordon's Ranch was sold in 1866, when William Gordon moved to Cobb Valley in Lake County, where he lived until his death in 1876. All that remains today is a family cemetery situated north of Cache Creek, near the former homesite on County Road 19 and marked with a plaque in 1948 by the Native Daughters of the Golden West.

    CALIFORNIA PIONEER REGISTER AND INDEX 1542 - 1848 page 165 Gordon (Wm), 1841, nat. of Ohio, who became a Mex. citizen in N. Mex., where he married Maria Lucero, and came to Cal. in the Rowland-Workman party. iv. 277-9. In '42 came north to Sonoma, original passport. in my collection; and in '43 was grantee of Quesesosi rancho on Cache Cr., becoming the pio¤er settler of Yolo Co. Here he lived till about '66, then moved to Cobb Valley, Lake Co., where he died in '76, at the age of 75. His wife died in '44, her sister being the wife of Cyrus Alexander; and in '55 G. married Elizabeth Corum. One of his daughters, Mrs Sarah Ingraham, died in Gordon Val. '68; another, Isabel, was the wife of Nathan Coombs. 'Uncle Billy' had been a trapper in his early years, and continued to be fond of the hunt in Cal.; a rough, uneducated, honest, and hospitable man. In '43-6 his place on Cache Cr. was a general rendezvous for settlers and hunters, and is oftener mentioned than any other place except Sutter's Fort and Sonoma. It was in the vicinity of the modern town of Fremont. (my note: not Fremont, but Woodland) Portrait Yolo Co. Hist., 26; ment. iv. 573, 672; v. iii. 672.

    An exerpt from "California Inter Pocula" by Hubert Howe Bancroft, p 629
    John C Murphy one day innocently borrowed without permission a horse belonging to William Gordon, a strong-minded magistrate of Yolo County. Hearing of it, the justice sent the constable after Murphy, who was brought before Gordon, tried, convicted, and sentenced to be hanged that afternoon. The magistrate was in earnest; and it was with the utmost difficulty, and only by appealing to his sense of fairness, and to his reputation as a magistrate in criminating a man where the judge was prosecuter, that delay was gained. Finally the case was referred to another court, and the prisoner discharged, greatly to the disgust of Gordon who immediately resigned office, affirming he would no longer be judge where he could not administer justice.

    1850 United States Federal Census
    Name: Wm Gordon Age: 15 Estimated birth year: abt 1835 Birth Place: New Mexico Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Cache Creek, Yolo, California
    Family:
    Wm Gordon 50 Ranchero born, Ohio
    Thomas 22 Ranchero born, N Mexico
    John 20 Ranchero born, N Mexico
    William 15 Ranchero born, N Mexico
    note: Sarah and Joseph were living with their sister and her husband, Isabele and Nathan Coombs in Napa, California. Margaret and Jose Ricardo are not listed either place. (There is a Margaret Alexander age 4 living with Rufina and Cyrus Alexander in Sonoma in 1850. Could this be William's daughter, Margaret? Rufina is the sister to William Gordon's wife Maria, who died in 1845.)

    1852 California State Census about Wm Gordon
    Name: Wm Gordon
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Birth Place: Ohio
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
    Age: 52
    Residence County: Yolo Last residence; Mexico
    others with him: J Gordon age 23, born Mexico, rancher; Wm Gordon Jr, age 18, rancher, born Mexico; Jos Gordon, rancher, age 14, born Mexico

    1860 United States Federal Census
    Name: William Gordon
    Age in 1860: 68 (looks like 60 to me)
    Birth Year: abt 1792
    Birthplace: Ohio
    Home in 1860: Cottonwood, Yolo, California
    Gender: Male
    Post Office: Cache Creek
    Value of real estate: $35,000, $38,000
    Household Members: Name Age
    William Gordon 68 (looks like 60 to me), stalk dealer
    Elizabeth Gordon 38 born Virginia
    William Gordon 22 New Mexico, Stalk dealer
    Joseph Gordon 20 New Mexico, Stalk dealer
    Robert Gordon 1 California (whose child is this? as he isn't on 1870 census)
    William Walter 22 labor
    John Gorden 25 New Mexico, Stalk dealer
    M Seaburn 40 labor
    Rosa Comore 28 ?
    Olin Pattee 58 Shepherd

    1870 United States Federal Census
    Name: Wm Gordon
    Estimated birth year: abt 1801
    Age in 1870: 69
    Birthplace: Ohio
    Home in 1870: Lower Lake, Lake, California
    Race: White
    Gender: Male
    Value of real estate: 6000, 300
    Post Office: Lower Lake
    Family and neighbors:
    Elizabeth age 40 keeping house, born Kentucky
    (no Robert Gordon)

    William married Juana Maria LUCERO on 27 Jun 1826 in Taos, Taos, New Mexico, United States. Juana (daughter of Pedro Antonio LUSERO and Maria de la Luz FERNANDEZ) was born on 11 Oct 1805 in Taos, Mexican Territory; died in 1845 in Capay, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in , Yolo, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Juana Maria LUCERO was born on 11 Oct 1805 in Taos, Mexican Territory (daughter of Pedro Antonio LUSERO and Maria de la Luz FERNANDEZ); died in 1845 in Capay, Yolo, California, United States; was buried in , Yolo, California, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: ^
    • _MARNM: Gordon
    • _UID: C5AB2D939B838447AE7FD3D298FF2BE6935C

    Notes:

    at home

    family cemetary on north bank of Cache Creek

    Notes:

    San Francisco del Rancho Toas, Mexican Territory

    Children:
    1. Jose Tomas "Thomas" GORDON was born on 27 Apr 1827 in San Francisco Del RanchoTaos, Mexican Territory; died on 23 Nov 1854 in , Yolo, California, United States.
    2. Juan de Jesus "John" GORDON was born on 3 Sep 1829 in San Francisco del Rancho Toas, Mexican Territory; died on 22 Jan 1908 in , Yolo, California, United States.
    3. Maria Isabella GORDON was born on 27 Aug 1831 in San Francisco del Rancho Toas, Mexican Territory; died on 1 May 1890 in Napa, Napa, California, United States.
    4. Julian William Jr. GORDON was born on 22 Sep 1833 in San Francisco del Rancho Toas, Mexican Territory; died in 1912 in Rockville, Solano, California, United States; was buried in Rockville, Solano, California, United States.
    5. Jose Manuel (Joseph) GORDON was born on 30 Nov 1835 in San Francisco del Rancho Toas, Mexican Territory; died in 1912 in Gordon Valley, Napa, California, United States.
    6. Sarah GORDON was born on 16 Jan 1838 in San Francisco Del RanchoTaos, Mexican Territory; died on 28 May 1868 in Gordon Valley, Napa, California, United States.
    7. Jose Ricardo GORDON was born on 21 Nov 1840 in San Francisco Del RanchoTaos, Mexican Territory.
    8. 7. Margaret GORDON was born on 17 Dec 1841 in Los Angeles, Mexican Territory; died in 1882 in , Yolo, California, United States.