California Biographies Lamoreaux, G. W. Transcribed by Peggy Hooper This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm Lamoreaux, G. W. Born in Wayne county, New York, May 17, 1828. In 1859 he emigrated, via Panama, to California, arriving in San Francisco July 7, 1859, and immediately proceeded to this county and settled in Petaluma. After a residence here of eighteen months he embarked in the grocery business, which he has continued ever since, with the exception of 1874-5. He married Margaret Holbrook French November 25, 1858. She was born in New Hampshire March 25, 1833. By this union they have had five children, all deceased. Source: HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY, Alley, Bowen & Co. 1880