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Bethel Holmes

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02/28/2002

Mary & Martha Barker

A photo of Mary & Martha Barker. My grandmother & her sister worked for Jeff Wilcox as housekeepers when they first came to California. They use to watch riverboats go by the mansion which overlooked the river. He gave them the gold buckles for Christmas made of Placer nuggets. Photo taken at Esterle's Gallery in Sacramento.

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AncientFaces

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09/13/2018

The belt buckles on those tiny, corseted waists are made of gold nuggets. Ahhhh . . . old California!

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Puente Diane

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09/13/2018

They are darling girls! Belt buckles of gold nuggets? Hopefully those became heirlooms for future family members! The history behind them is fun!

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Mary Ann Barker born Jul 25, 1831

Mary Ann Barker was born on July 25, 1831. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Ann Barker.

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Bethel Holmes

Bethel Nadine Holmes of the gold dredging town of Hammonton, Calif. Author of "Peeks Into Sierra Pantries" & "Wood Chips To Game Chips, History of North Lake Tahoe Casinos." Retired from Univ of Nevada Library. Grandaughter of Samuel Jackson Lewis & Martha Love Barker and John Hughes Holmes & Clarissa Angella Laine. Descendant of Wm Braden & Euphemia Jackson, Van Rensselaer Holmes & Elizabeth Ross (dau of Ignatius), Melissa Sheral, Casandra Le Sueur, and James Barker & Martha Patsie Love Emmitt.

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