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San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA



 


Notizen:
Wikipedia 2015:

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

The only consolidated city-county in California, San Francisco encompasses a land area of about 46.9 square miles (121 km2) on the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, giving it a density of about 18,187 people per square mile (7,022 people per km2). It is the most densely settled large city (population greater than 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most densely populated major city in the United States after New York City. San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in California, after Los Angeles, San Diego and San Jose, and the 14th-most populous city in the United States—with a Census-estimated 2014 population of 852,469. The city and its surroundings are known as the San Francisco Bay Area, part of the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland combined statistical area, with an estimated population of 8.5 million.

San Francisco (Spanish for "Saint Francis") was founded on June 29, 1776, when colonists from Spain established a fort at the Golden Gate and a mission named for St. Francis of Assisi a few miles away. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought rapid growth, making it the largest city on the West Coast at the time. Due to the growth of its population, San Francisco became a consolidated city-county in 1856. After three-quarters of the city was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fire, San Francisco was quickly rebuilt, hosting the Panama-Pacific International Exposition nine years later. During World War II, San Francisco was the port of embarkation for service members shipping out to the Pacific Theater. After the war, the confluence of returning servicemen, massive immigration, liberalizing attitudes, along with the rise of the "hippie" counterculture, the Sexual Revolution, the Peace Movement growing from opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War, and other factors led to the Summer of Love and the gay rights movement, cementing San Francisco as a center of liberal activism in the United States. Politically, the city votes strongly along liberal Democratic Party lines.

San Francisco is a popular tourist destination, known for its cool summers, fog, steep rolling hills, eclectic mix of architecture, and landmarks including the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, the former prison on Alcatraz Island, and its Chinatown district. San Francisco is also the headquarters of five major banking institutions and various other companies such as Levi Strauss & Co., the Gap Inc., Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Yelp, Pinterest, Twitter, Uber, Mozilla, Wikimedia Foundation and Craigslist. San Francisco has many nicknames including "The City by the Bay", "Fog City", "San Fran", "Frisco" (controversial), "The City that Knows How" (antiquated), "Baghdad by the Bay" (antiquated), "The Paris of the West".

History:

The earliest archaeological evidence of human habitation of the territory of the city of San Francisco dates to 3000 BC. The Yelamu group of the Ohlone people resided in a few small villages when an overland Spanish exploration party, led by Don Gaspar de Portolà arrived on November 2, 1769, the first documented European visit to San Francisco Bay. Seven years later, on March 28, 1776, the Spanish established the Presidio of San Francisco, followed by a mission, Mission San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores), established by the Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza.

Upon independence from Spain in 1821, the area became part of Mexico. Under Mexican rule, the mission system gradually ended, and its lands became privatized. In 1835, Englishman William Richardson erected the first independent homestead, near a boat anchorage around what is today Portsmouth Square. Together with Alcalde Francisco de Haro, he laid out a street plan for the expanded settlement, and the town, named Yerba Buena, began to attract American settlers. Commodore John D. Sloat claimed California for the United States on July 7, 1846, during the Mexican-American War, and Captain John B. Montgomery arrived to claim Yerba Buena two days later. Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco on January 30 of the next year, and Mexico officially ceded the territory to the United States at the end of the war. Despite its attractive location as a port and naval base, San Francisco was still a small settlement with inhospitable geography.

The California Gold Rush brought a flood of treasure seekers. With their sourdough bread in tow, prospectors accumulated in San Francisco over rival Benicia, raising the population from 1,000 in 1848 to 25,000 by December 1849. The promise of fabulous riches was so strong that crews on arriving vessels deserted and rushed off to the gold fields, leaving behind a forest of masts in San Francisco harbor. California was quickly granted statehood, and the U.S. military built Fort Point at the Golden Gate and a fort on Alcatraz Island to secure the San Francisco Bay. Silver discoveries, including the Comstock Lode in 1859, further drove rapid population growth. With hordes of fortune seekers streaming through the city, lawlessness was common, and the Barbary Coast section of town gained notoriety as a haven for criminals, prostitution, and gambling.

Entrepreneurs sought to capitalize on the wealth generated by the Gold Rush. Early winners were the banking industry, with the founding of Wells Fargo in 1852 and the Bank of California in 1864. Development of the Port of San Francisco and the establishment in 1869 of overland access to the Eastern U.S. rail system via the newly completed Pacific Railroad (the construction of which the city only reluctantly helped support) helped make the Bay Area a center for trade. Catering to the needs and tastes of the growing population, Levi Strauss opened a dry goods business and Domingo Ghirardelli began manufacturing chocolate. Immigrant laborers made the city a polyglot culture, with Chinese railroad workers, drawn to "Old Gold Mountain", creating the city's Chinatown quarter. In 1870, Asians made up 8% of the population. The first cable cars carried San Franciscans up Clay Street in 1873. The city's sea of Victorian houses began to take shape, and civic leaders campaigned for a spacious public park, resulting in plans for Golden Gate Park. San Franciscans built schools, churches, theaters, and all the hallmarks of civic life. The Presidio developed into the most important American military installation on the Pacific coast. By 1890, San Francisco's population approached 300,000, making it the eighth-largest city in the U.S. at the time. Around 1901, San Francisco was a major city known for its flamboyant style, stately hotels, ostentatious mansions on Nob Hill, and a thriving arts scene. The first North American plague epidemic was the San Francisco plague of 1900–1904.

At 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, a major earthquake struck San Francisco and northern California. As buildings collapsed from the shaking, ruptured gas lines ignited fires that spread across the city and burned out of control for several days. With water mains out of service, the Presidio Artillery Corps attempted to contain the inferno by dynamiting blocks of buildings to create firebreaks. More than three-quarters of the city lay in ruins, including almost all of the downtown core. Contemporary accounts reported that 498 people lost their lives, though modern estimates put the number in the several thousands. More than half of the city's population of 400,000 was left homeless. Refugees settled temporarily in makeshift tent villages in Golden Gate Park, the Presidio, on the beaches, and elsewhere. Many fled permanently to the East Bay.

Rebuilding was rapid and performed on a grand scale. Rejecting calls to completely remake the street grid, San Franciscans opted for speed. Amadeo Giannini's Bank of Italy, later to become Bank of America, provided loans for many of those whose livelihoods had been devastated. The influential San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association or SPUR was founded in 1910 to address the quality of housing after the earthquake. The earthquake hastened development of western neighborhoods that survived the fire, including Pacific Heights, where many of the city's wealthy rebuilt their homes. In turn, the destroyed mansions of Nob Hill became grand hotels. City Hall rose again in splendorous Beaux Arts style, and the city celebrated its rebirth at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915.

Ort : Geographische Breite: 37.7819997, Geographische Länge: -122.4195385


Geburt

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Geburt    Personen-Kennung 
1 Zimbelman, George Raymond  11 Sep 1887San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I195116
2 Winsor, Gerald Clifford  19 Jan 1944San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I31111
3 Whitfield, Robert P.  1920San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I8718
4 Warren, Herbert Jr.  14 Aug 1929San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I234746
5 Walsh, Elizabeth E.  6 Dez 1902San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I137107
6 Sullivan, Edna Elizabeth  11 Feb 1925San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I95206
7 Strause, Helen Marian  14 Nov 1906San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I238449
8 Schori, Rose  1913San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I230397
9 Schori, Michael Oscar  26 Sep 1922San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I230398
10 Scheerer, Unbekannt  1957San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I157702
11 Scheerer, Rudolf Paul  8 Aug 1929San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I157689
12 Scheerer, Norman Everett  17 Jul 1934San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I157711
13 Scheerer, Mary Ann  31 Jul 1936San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I157715
14 Scheerer, Dawn Joy  27 Feb 1938San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I157719
15 Scheerer, Charlene Inez  24 Feb 1928San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I157673
16 Scheerer, Beverly Norma  18 Sep 1931San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I157703
17 Rains, Elisabeth Ruth  13 Okt 1925San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I270428
18 Powell, Lois Alice  29 Jun 1926San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I243156
19 Morris, Don Whipple Jr.  10 Feb 1916San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I26302
20 McDonald, Raymond  um 1908San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I24605
21 McDonald, Myrtle  um 1905San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I24604
22 McDonald, Marguerite Marian  um 1900San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I24600
23 McDonald, Alexander  um 1902San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I24603
24 Magorty, John  um 1865San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I235743
25 Lindegren, Bertil L.  um 1904San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I26550
26 Lindegren, Arvid Norbert  6 Apr 1901San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I26547
27 LeVain, Thomas John  17 Feb 1945San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I215778
28 Lambert, Susan Elaine  15 Mrz 1946San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I12522
29 Keegan, Alexander  9 Aug 1903San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I6161
30 Kamp, Donald Wallace  geschätzt 1911San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I62481
31 Hyams, Lena  25 Dez 1879San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I269125
32 Hoff, Leo Howard Jr.  2 Feb 1942San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I7746
33 Guglimetti, Frank Daniel  3 Jun 1917San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I3824
34 Gore, Violet Louise  9 Mai 1897San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I27050
35 Gore, Norman Armistead  2 Jan 1910San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I23777
36 Gore, Nadine Doris  6 Jun 1927San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I26529
37 Gore, James Morehead III  27 Mrz 1904San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I26527
38 Gore, Doris Newton  3 Feb 1903San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I26526
39 Englander, Julius  1856San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I31034
40 Eaton, John B.  2 Jul 1916San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I25636
41 Eaton, Ann  26 Feb 1919San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I25637
42 Crawford, Robert Spencer  16 Nov 1925San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I27042
43 Crawford, Arthur Grant  22 Jul 1928San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I27043
44 Brannan, William Francis  9 Mai 1934San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I105126
45 Bowerman, Joan - wife of  28 Dez 1917San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I258953
46 Bambach, Lucille A.  1 Jan 1914San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I75201
47 Baccus, Unbekannt  1876San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I31354
48 Baccus, Stella Celine  1 Apr 1880San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I25747
49 Baccus, Richard Steven  18 Aug 1900San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I31241
50 Baccus, Phyllis  7 Jul 1901San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I31243

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Taufe

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Taufe    Personen-Kennung 
1 Baccus, Louis Richard John  San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I31235
2 Baccus, Charles Julius  26 Mrz 1871San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I31236

Tod

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Tod    Personen-Kennung 
1 Zimbelman, Letha Lydia  24 Jun 1967San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I4210
2 Yerzy, George Albrecht  20 Jul 1952San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I26377
3 Wittmayer, Edwin Irvin  18 Mai 1963San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I3670
4 Werle, Charles Armand  23 Dez 1916San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I88835
5 Weigum, Erna Katherine  15 Aug 1980San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I89065
6 Walters, Arthur  1937San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I4022
7 Vansickle, Uma  7 Mrz 1954San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I24304
8 Strause, Moses  Jun 1951San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I269124
9 Stine, Vance David  31 Jan 1957San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I340
10 Stanly, Edward  12 Jul 1872San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I30922
11 Schori, Rose  Datum unbekanntSan Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I230397
12 Schori, Michael Oscar  11 Mai 1984San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I230398
13 Scheerer, Unbekannt  1957San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I157702
14 Schauer, Magdalena  8 Jul 1944San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I62328
15 Schatz, Andreas Julius  10 Aug 1951San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I262029
16 Saulay, Rose Celina  4 Mai 1903San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I31252
17 Rennich, Elisabetha  26 Mai 1989San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I172391
18 Rawlings, Emily Marie  9 Jan 1970San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I97435
19 Rau, James Allen  1 Nov 1944San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I117544
20 Ramsay, John Allan Jr.  12 Dez 1965San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I26317
21 Ramsay, John Allan Sr.  6 Apr 1936San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I26316
22 Pippus, Evelyn K.  Jan 1976San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I234744
23 Offenberg, Josephine Marie Jeane  20 Sep 1930San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I26619
24 Offenberg, Jean Lambert  31 Jul 1887San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I31253
25 Offenberg, Jacobus H.  19 Feb 1877San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I31266
26 Ochsner, Elizabeth  19 Aug 1948San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I7609
27 O'Neill, Mary Philomena  30 Okt 1945San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I31242
28 Motl, Albert A.  10 Apr 2003San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I26378
29 Moser, William Jr.  12 Sep 1974San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I132952
30 Moody, Ida May  Datum unbekanntSan Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I25588
31 Miller, Katherine  19 Mai 1988San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I5908
32 Miller, Howard Bunion  12 Mai 2002San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I5911
33 Miller, Henrietta Sykes  13 Jan 1950San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I26086
34 Meiszner, Margaretha  23 Apr 1965San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I261617
35 McNulty, Patrick Peter  3 Mai 1967San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I5910
36 Matthis, Maude Irene  16 Nov 1955San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I32568
37 Manck, Emma Philippina  29 Apr 1972San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I230395
38 Magorty, John  um 1914San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I235743
39 Magorty, Dennis William  24 Okt 1902San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I235745
40 Lindegren, Gustaf B.  23 Okt 1928San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I26548
41 Lindegren, Bertil L.  9 Nov 1906San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I26550
42 Lindegren, Arvid Norbert  30 Apr 1988San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I26547
43 Lehr, Emanuel  5 Feb 1962San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I99156
44 Kuk, Christian  25 Aug 1957San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I65644
45 Kuch, Theophil  1934San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I227535
46 Krier, Jakob  11 Mai 1954San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I261616
47 Klunk, Col. Mark C. B.  6 Jun 2010San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I165203
48 Karr, John  14 Mai 1904San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I25721
49 Jones, Les Edward Jr.  21 Sep 1952San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I5771
50 Jacobs, Raymond Veach  15 Mai 1969San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I24614

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Beerdigung

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   Nachname, Taufnamen    Beerdigung    Personen-Kennung 
1 Maywald, Marguerite Elizabeth  26 Jul 1971San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA I234742

Eheschließung

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   Familie    Eheschließung    Familien-Kennung 
1 Warren / Pippus  25 Feb 1929San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F80876
2 Schori / Manck  geschätzt 1913San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F78965
3 Schori / Combs  8 Sep 1946San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F78966
4 Scheerer / Hurlbert  31 Dez 1928San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F51868
5 Purrington / Hogg  1855San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F8778
6 Pope / McDonald  22 Aug 1943San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F2755
7 Pippus / Maywald  24 Mai 1927San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F80875
8 Peek / Baccus  1892San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F10630
9 Motl / Parker  1953San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F8848
10 Moore / Powell  1 Jan 1944San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F80235
11 Moody / Brown  1 Nov 1905San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F8392
12 Lindegren / Gore  geschätzt 1920San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F8906
13 Hayes / Bauer  11 Sep 1954San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F4401
14 Grillo / Lehr  20 Sep 1949San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F56747
15 Gore / Jarvis  30 Sep 1915San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F9112
16 Flemmer / Grangle  14 Nov 1940San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F26919
17 Fandrich / Sullivan  9 Sep 1950San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F29556
18 Edwards / Ottossen  um 1946San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F10999
19 Chase / Moody  15 Dez 1902San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F8400
20 Barnes / Miller  10 Mrz 1925San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F2101
21 Baccus / Offenberg  10 Mai 1868San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F8931
22 Baccus / Clinton  1873San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA F10619