Initial article on Caldwell Family
I finished today an article on the coming together of the Willis and Caldwell branches of our family. I call it the San Francisco Connection. The article is published on the right.
In completing research for this piece, I found most helpful three sources. In the first place, the San Francisco City Directory from 1860-1900 proved invaluable in locating the dwelling places of various family members and in ascertaining their work, whether alone, together, or for a company. Complementing this, the federal census records from 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 established households, membership in households, birth and marriage years. Other government records–military, natualization, voter registration–filled out the story of these immigrant families becoming active participants in their new land.
I intend to follow up this article with two more initial explorations of the Steltjes and Lynch links: Steltjes to Hermsen, and Lynch to Fleming.
