San Francisco County Biographies

CHARLES BALLHAUS 

Louise E. Shoemaker, Transcriber February 23, 2004

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	Of 598 Italy Avenue in San Francisco, is a son of one of the 
very earliest of California�s pioneers. 
His father was born in Germany, July 2, 1816. He was reared and educated there 
and in 1842 came to the United States. He lived in the South for four years, and 
was stricken with the yellow fever. In 1846 he came to California and engaged in 
farming, being one of the first Americans to till the soil in this state. In 
1849, after the discovery of gold, he went into the mines, remaining there until 
taken ill. He then moved to San Francisco and engaged in the daily business, and 
subsequently owned a brewery, and before the close of his life had made himself 
a very substantial position in financial affairs.
He married in 1856 Katherine Frank. They had five children: Fred, Theresa, 
Armanda, Mary and Charles.
Mr. Charles Ballhaus was born in 1868, and is a native son of California. He 
married Hester Donnis, a native of San Francisco. They have four children, 
Charles, William F., Albert and Emily.

Source: "The San Francisco Bay Region" by Bailey Millard Vol. 3 page 102-103. 
Published by The American Historical Society, Inc. 1924.