Alameda County Biographies HERMANN POHLMANN Transcribed by Kathy Sedler This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm Was born in Germany, April 10, 1855, and there resided on a farm until 1871, in which year he emigrated to the United States, and settled in the State of Nebraska. In 1875 he came to California, located in San Jose, and resided there six years; was in business there three years. In March, 1882, he took possession of the Twelve-mile House, on the San Jose Road, where he has four acres of ground, and at present resides. History of Alameda County, California�, Oakland, M.W. Wood Publ., 1883, p. 960