Marin County Biographies

JOHN GARCIA

Transcribed by Betty Wilson

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
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              Was born on the rancho Corte Madera del Presidio, in 
Marin county, in 1838.  He is the son of Rafael and Loreta Garcia.  His life has 
been spent on the old homestead, the ranch Tomales y Baulinas, and in that 
vicinity, where he has conducted a general farming business.  He resides at 
present in Olema, and is engaged in the butcher business.  He was married July 
4, 1864, to Guadelupe Higera, who was born in Sonoma in 1845.  Their children 
are:  Mary, born August 4, 1864; Maud, born June 15, 1866; Loreta, born May 6, 
1872; Rafael, born November 12, 1875; John, born February 16, 1879.
 
History of Marin County, California; Including Its Geography, Geology, 
Topography and Climatology; by J. P. Munro-Fraser, Historian; Alley, Bowen & 
Co., Publishers, San Francisco, California, 1880