William George Chard (1812 - September 19, 1877) was a California pioneer.
Life
William George Chard was born in
Columbia County, New York
Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 61,570. The county seat is Hudson. The name comes from the Latin feminine form of the name of Christopher Columbus, which was at th ...
in 1812. He came to California via
New Mexico
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with trappers
Cyrus Alexander and
Lemuel Carpenter, arriving in Los Angeles in 1832. He travelled to
Santa Barbara, and
Monterey
Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under bot ...
. Chard married Maria Esteven Robles (1823–1871) in 1837.
Tehama County Pioneers
by Keith Lingenfelter In 1844, he was granted the Rancho Las Flores
Rancho Las Flores was a Mexican land grant in present-day Tehama County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to William Chard. The name means "ranch of the flowers". The grant was on the west side of the Sacramento River a ...
Mexican land grant in present-day Tehama County, California
Tehama County ( ; Wintun for "high water") is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,829. The county seat and largest city is Red Bluff.
Tehama County comprises the ...
. Chard was Superintendent of the New Almaden
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quicksilver mine south of San Jose until 1846.
He died September 19, 1877.
References
External links
tigger.uic.edu
1812 births
1877 deaths
People from Columbia County, New York
People from Tehama County, California
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