Yolo County Biographies


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EDMOND G. BURGER
 
     Edmond G. Burger, a farmer near Black�s Station, Yolo County, was born in 
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1826, the son of Joseph and 
Elizabeth (Schoch) Burger, natives also of that State; the father was the most 
of his life in the gold and silver watch dial business.  Edmond was seven years 
of age when he went with his parents in their change of residence to New York, 
where he served his time in the same trade, working at it until 1849, when he 
sailed for California, landing at San Francisco.  From July to September he 
followed mining on the Yuba River, and next until the fall of 1851, he was at 
Shasta City; then he visited the valley, and soon afterward settled upon the 
place where he now resides, about three miles from Black�s Station, and where he 
has been a constant resident ever since 1852.  At present he has 160 acres, 
which is well improved.
     He was married in Philadelphia, February 16, 1860, to Miss Susan Schoch, a 
native of Pennsylvania, born February 16, 1842, and they have had eight 
children, six of whom are living; Lynford E., born in 1861; Joseph, deceased, 
born in 1862; Clara, born in 1866; William, 1863; Nellie, 1868; Howard, 1872; 
Edna, 1883; and Edmond, deceased, born in 1865.
 
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California
The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891
Pages 659-660
Transcribed by: Christine Helmick