Marin County Biographies

GEORGE S. HAVEN

Transcribed by Betty Wilson

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              Born in Maine, September 2, 1837, where he resided 
and engaged in clerking until he emigrated to California in 1859.  Arrived from 
Panama in San Francisco during the last days of April in that year, and went 
direct to the mines in Placer county, where he remained for three years and a 
half.  Came to Marin in April, 1864; paid a three months� visit to Arizona; 
returned to this county and located at Novato, where he now resides, being 
engaged in dairying.  Married, September 6, 1872, Mary M. Humphrey, a native of 
Maine, and has Frank, Grace, Charles and Frederick.
 
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.
 

of Los Angeles, has been a resident of California since 1859. He is native of 
Yarmouth, Maine, born September 2, 1836. From his native place he sailed 
southward, crossed the Isthmus of Panama, and from thence came by steamer to San 
Francisco. He followed mining in Placer County to some extent until 1862. He 
visited Los Angeles and Southern California towns in the dry season of 1863. 
After visiting various localities he, in 1887, located at 231 Commercial street, 
Los Angeles, and opened the Boston Chop House, a restaurant which he still 
conducts. Mr. Haven has been an extensive traveler on the Western Slope. 
September 6, 1866, he married Miss Mary M. Humphrey. They have four children: 
Frank B., Grace E., Charles A. and Fred H.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 755
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler