Early Northern San Mateo County Settlers

Russell Brabec has finished a number of biographies on the early settlers of Northern San Mateo County.  You will find links to the pdf files below.  Look for another list of families later this spring.  

Mother Minerva 1927
OpenSFHistory.org

Along with the early settlers you will find a biography of John Patrick (Jack) Lawson: Mayor of Bayshore.   Bayshore was a short lived city located near the border of San Francisco behind where the Cow Palace is located today.  Incorporated in 1932 to "...ensure a local government friendly to the racetrack and bookies. Dog racing was the town's purpose."  Dog racing was outlawed in 1939 under pressure from  horse racing interests and the city unincorporated. You can read more about Bayshore City in the San Mateo Daily Journal article, Bayshore City was built for the dogs, of 5 Mar 2007.


Don't miss the biography of Mother Minerva Hartman 1832-1937, a nurse in the Civil War, the Crimea, the Spanish American War.... and more.  A late settler in the area, Mother Minerva died in a fire at the age of 104 in Colma, where she had lived for about 30 years. 

Early Settlers of Northern San Mateo County

• Bepler -  Justice and Louise H Christaine Bepler
• Brown - Henry Ward Brown and Margaret Pauline Brown
• Carter - Charles D Carter at Visitacion Valley
• Comerford - Michael Comerford
• Daly - Michael Daly (John Donald Daly's father)
• Doncks - Peter Herman Doncks, Johanna G Doncks and their Daughters
• Gardner - John & Ellen Gardner
• Haquette - Isabelle Daly Haquette (John Donald Daly's Sister) 
• King - Jacob and Mary Ann King
• Knowles
  • Isreal Graham Knowles & Mary Sanderson Knowles
  • Knowles Matson Marriage Mystery 
• Locker
  • John Wesley Locker, Elizabeth Rachel Atkinson Locker
  • ​Levi W. Locker (brother)
• Matson  - Knowles Matson Marriage Mystery
• Prince - William Tyron Prince
• Walbridge - Hiram Waldbridge at Visitacion Valley
• White - Samuel Stetson White and Marry Ladd White