Mendocino County Biographies

K. Ackerman

Transcribed by: Pat Howard

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Captain K Ackerman was born in Prussia December 25, 1849, where he remained till 
he was fifteen years of age. He then began going to sea which he followed in his 
native country till 1868. He then came to San Francisco and began sailing along 
the coast. In 1873 he began running to Mendocino City regularly. He is now 
master of the schooner Alfred, ninety-five tons burthen, with which he is 
engaged in carrying lumber to the city and freight thence. His family reside in 
San Francisco. He was married April 19, 1876, to Miss Hattie Herbert, a native 
of Prussia, born July 19, 1856. Their children are: Martha, born June, 1877; and 
Hattie, born December 22, 1879.
 
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, 
Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 p. 528