Category: California Gold Rush

Categories: California History | California Gold Rush Project | California Projects | California, Gold Miners

This category is for the California Gold Rush Project, a sub-project of the California Project.

The California Gold Rush's boom was from 1848 to 1855, beginning with the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill. News of gold brought around 300,000 people to the state, dubbed "Forty-Niners", searching for riches.


This category is managed by the California Gold Rush Project in association with the Categorization Project. For assistance with this or related categories ask in G2G making sure to tag your question with both categorization and California Gold Rush.

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A

22 Oct 1812 Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States - 25 Oct 1860 photo
13 Jun 1820 Edwardsville, Illinois - 02 Sep 1878 photo
06 Jun 1822 Springboro, Warren, Ohio, United States - 30 Dec 1893
1805 Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States - 14 Jul 1852
abt 1816 Pennsylvania, United States - 28 Jan 1853 photo
20 Sep 1829 Wetheral, Cumberland, England - 10 Dec 1850 photo

B

30 Mar 1828 Pennsylvania, United States - 26 Apr 1908 photo
abt 1822 North Carolina - 16 Oct 1890 photo
abt 1833 Quebec, Canada - 11 Jul 1859 photo
30 Nov 1825 Bibb County, Alabama - 09 Sep 1849
04 Feb 1822 Washington, D.C., USA - 22 Apr 1893 photo
07 May 1801 Berks, Pennsylvania, United States - 13 Sep 1857
23 Jul 1836 Ohio, United States - 11 Jan 1901
01 Jun 1836 Augusta, Ontario, Canada - 23 Nov 1920 photo
Aug 1826 Augusta, Ontario, Canada - 26 May 1902
09 Jul 1827 Greene, Chenango Co., New York - 15 Sep 1903 photo
18 Aug 1822 Greene,Chenango, New York - 29 Jan 1904 photo
18 Aug 1824 New York - 08 Oct 1862 photo
16 Mar 1814 New Vineyard, Franklin County, Maine - 29 Jun 1889 photo
26 Nov 1821 Ireland - 15 May 1904 photo
10 Oct 1821 Lawrence, Alabama, United States - 09 Oct 1886

C

abt 1825 Norway, Herkimer, New York, United States - 24 Mar 1884
11 Feb 1805 Fort Mandan, Louisiana Territory - 16 May 1866 photo
Apr 1820 Virginia, USA - 13 Nov 1878
29 Jun 1824 Essex County, New York, United States - 20 Jan 1912
07 Jan 1820 Carricknamart, Donegal, Ireland - 28 Oct 1894 photo
12 Jun 1824 Bunker Hill, Berkeley, Virginia, United States - 16 Feb 1868 photo
17 Mar 1814 Southhampton, New York, United States - 23 Aug 1897 photo
04 Apr 1816 Damascus Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States - 03 Jul 1878 photo
08 Jan 1826 Newburgh, Orange County, New York, United States - 18 Apr 1895 photo
09 Mar 1837 Fort Covington, Franklin, New York, United States

D

14 Oct 1827 Falls Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States - 28 Oct 1913 photo
05 Sep 1817 Pennsylvania - 18 May 1903 photo
15 May 1825 Southwold, Elgin, Canada West - 06 Sep 1897 photo
08 Jan 1826 Madison, New York, United States - 06 May 1901

D cont.

abt 18 Apr 1829 Butler, Ohio, United States - 22 Jun 1913 photo
abt 1791 - aft 1849
abt 1823 Clinton, Indiana - aft 1870
18 Sep 1817 New York, United States - 28 Jan 1893 photo

E

10 Jan 1830 Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States - 18 Jul 1905 photo

F

11 Feb 1826 East Berkshire, Berkshire, Franklin, Vermont, United States - 27 Feb 1901 photo
abt 1789 Lincoln County, Maine, United States - 12 Apr 1864
20 Sep 1838 Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States - 1882
22 Feb 1813 Jefferson, Virginia, United States - 12 Sep 1900

G

abt 1814 Georgia, United States - 1861
27 Apr 1822 Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, USA - 23 Jul 1885 photo
11 Aug 1793 Gallatin, Kentucky, United States - abt 21 Dec 1863
22 Feb 1825 Gallatin, Kentucky, United States - 02 Feb 1914 photo

H

22 Sep 1826 Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 1906
1822 Ireland - 22 Dec 1854
1809 New York, United States - 24 Nov 1875
01 Aug 1849 Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas, USA - 10 Jul 1879
26 Aug 1830 Vermont, United States
06 Apr 1830 Urbana, Champaign, Ohio, United States - 20 Dec 1909
10 Apr 1828 New York, United States - 31 Aug 1914 photo

I

abt 29 Apr 1830 Morpeth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 12 Aug 1895

J

25 Nov 1839 Goshen Township, Mahoning, Ohio, United States - 14 Jul 1911
27 Jan 1829 Herefordshire, England - 27 Nov 1912 photo

K

1808 Kentucky, United States photo
22 Oct 1830 Appanoose County, Pennsylvania, USA - 16 Jan 1894 photo
18 Mar 1791 Montgomery, Virginia, United States - 27 Apr 1875 photo

L

1811 Albemarle, Virginia, United States - 1885

M

abt 18 Aug 1819 Peacham, Caledonia County, Vermont - 25 May 1905
10 Apr 1806 Anson County, North Carolina, USA - Nov 1863
17 Jun 1829 Crains Island, Randolph County, Illinois - abt 1901
17 Mar 1826 Pictou, Nova Scotia - 25 Jun 1908
11 Apr 1794 Henry, Morgan, Kentucky, United States - 03 Aug 1869
08 Jul 1834 Charlton, Saratoga County, New York, United States - 25 Aug 1918
20 Aug 1822 South Carolina - 19 Nov 1903

M cont.

1826 Georgia
27 Jul 1832 Washington Township, Macomb, Michigan, United States - 15 Nov 1916 photo
09 Oct 1819 Wayne, County Kentucky, United States - 04 Feb 1892
1789 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States - 22 Jun 1849
1831 - 17 Feb 1863
16 Oct 1799 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States - 08 Sep 1882 photo
10 Jun 1824 Quebec, Canada - 19 Feb 1892

P

07 May 1819 New Hampshire, United States - 29 Sep 1889
11 May 1827 Union Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States - 06 Aug 1908 photo

R

24 Apr 1823 Youngstown, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States - 15 Nov 1904
27 Nov 1787 St. Mary's County, Maryland - 06 Jun 1853 photo
abt Aug 1811 Maryland, United States - 17 Sep 1901
1798 Gray, Cumberland, Maine, Massachusetts, United States - 03 Jul 1878 photo

S

abt 1822 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana - 16 Aug 1852
18 Oct 1828 Elberfeld, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany - 22 Jan 1900
18 Oct 1823 Elberfeld, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - 11 Nov 1891
abt 1820 New York, New York, USA - 09 Jun 1875
19 Sep 1827 Santiago, Chile - abt 1899
19 Oct 1812 Athens, Windham, Vermont, United States - 23 Jan 1873 photo
14 Nov 1828 Montgomery, Fulton, New York - 16 Apr 1907 photo
01 Dec 1824 Marion, Kentucky, United States - 01 Dec 1896
08 Jan 1826 Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States - 19 Jan 1877
18 Apr 1825 Guernsey County, Ohio - 21 Oct 1900 photo

T

27 Mar 1833 Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, United States - 31 Jan 1909
09 Mar 1809 Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - abt Oct 1861
1843 Meenkeragh, Meelin, County Cork, Ireland - 06 Dec 1927 photo

W

30 Nov 1818 Morgan Co., Ohio - 22 Jun 1915 photo
20 Mar 1820 Morgan Co., Ohio - 16 Nov 1915 photo
21 Sep 1828 Rodman, Jefferson, New York, United States - 14 Mar 1899
22 Jun 1830 Sangerfield, Oneida, New York, United States - Feb 1914
25 Dec 1830 North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States - 09 Oct 1909
abt 1818 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 21 Feb 1896 photo
04 Mar 1822 Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States - 18 Aug 1918




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