Marin County Biographies

J. P. CHRISTIESON

Transcribed by Paul R. Montrose.

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J. P. Christieson is the manager of the pioneer mill and lumber company, of San 
Rafael, who are dealers in redwood and pine lumber, shingles and lath, carry a 
full line of building material and manufacture plain and fancy mill work.  In 
1874 Mr. Christieson became the bookeeper of this company, then controlled by 
Isaac Shaver, the plant being erected four years previously.  In 1886 Mr. 
Christieson became a stockholder, and has since managed the mill and lumber 
department.  The entire plant has been remodeled, larger and more expensive 
machinery put in, and is now turning out as good work as any mill in the state.  
Mr. Christieson is also a member of the firm of Wood, Christieson & Co., real- 
estate dealers and insurance agents.
He is a native of Denmark, dating his birth September 7, 1846, the eldest in a 
family of six children.   He was reared and educated in his native country, and 
emigrated to America in 1867, locating at San Francisco until 1874, and was 
married at San Francisco, in September, 1886, to Miss Hattie Fisher, a native of 
California.  They have one son, Harry.  Mr. Christieson is a man of pleasing 
address.   Socially he affiliates with the  F. & A. M. Lodge, No. 191, of which 
he is Past Master; also the I. O. O. F., Marion Lodge, No. 200, both of San 
Rafael.
 
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2, page 247, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.