Greer family papers, circa 1839-1935.

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Greer family papers, circa 1839-1935.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/743387809

The collection relates mainly to ranches and other property owned and administered by the Greer family in the town of Mayfield (later Palo Alto), California, and in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Much of the property was inherited by Maria Soto Greer from the Soto and Coppinger estates. Also included are a group of letters relating to business transactions received by Capt. John Greer during his career as a merchant seaman. Other family correspondence includes letters from Robert L. Greer (a son) to his father and other family members, from Pachuca, Mexico City, and Zacatecas, with details of his mining career. The bulk of the collection consists of documents relating to property rights and transfers, including leases, deeds, indentures, abstracts of titles, etc., plus a number of account books. Also includes wills and other papers re: settlement of family members' estates. Oversize folder 1: legal documents relating to Rancho Canada Raymundo, 1866 and 1881; life insurance policies, 1901. Oversize folder 2: Supplement to the San Francisco Daily Herald regarding land grants, October 16, 1853; two maps of Ranco Canada Raymundo, 1863 and 1892; map of Rinconada, 1885. Oversize folder 3: map of San Mateo County showing Rancho Canada de Raymundo and Rancho Rinconada del Arroyo de San Franciscquito.

1 carton, 1 box, 1 volume, 3 oversize folders (1.47 linear feet)

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Greer, Robert B.

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Greer, John, 1808-1885.

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Captain John Greer was born in Ireland in 1808 and died in 1885 at his home near Mayfield (later Palo Alto), Calif. At the age of 18 he went to sea and rose to command ships in the commercial trade. In 1849 he commanded a passenger vessel from Montevideo to California, whereupon he joined the gold rush and for a short time was located in Sacramento. In 1850 he married Maria Luisa Soto (1822-1883), daughter of a prominent California family and the widow of English officer John Coppinger. Capt. Gr...

Coppinger, Juan.

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Greer family.

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Greer, María Soto.

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