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Carl David Salfield -- A Biography

  • isthisagoodtime
  • Jun 14
  • 1 min read

1890 Page Street, San Francisco, California
1890 Page Street, San Francisco, California

I've been working for several months to document what I know about C.D. Salfield (1849-1929). He was married to my great-great-grandmother, and, in the absence of documentation about her (because... female), I have researched the men to whom she was adjacent. Somehow, that turned into a rather longer-than-expected biography. My hope is that someday, someone will read it and find it useful.


However, if anyone were to read it and find it to be incorrect, I surely hope they will let me know. My email address is in the preface. I'm happy to fix mistakes! (And happier to be aware of them).


This was fun.



 
 
 

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Guest
Jul 23, 2023
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Your dad and my maternal grandfather probably would have had lots to talk about. My grandpa worked on the Apollo 11 and 13 missions.

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Guest
Dec 26, 2023

What a lovely article on your adventures in genealogy and meeting wonderful cousins.


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Guest
Nov 18, 2023

My grandmother was a baker who made 4-tier wedding cakes and made bread but I found out in August that one branch of my family (descended from her sister) had confectioner as a profession in the Census. My father's cousin was descended from this line but till then I didn't know which branch she was from.


Thank you so much for your writing.

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isthisagoodtime
Admin
Nov 19, 2023
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Thank you so much for sharing! Who knew there were so many confectioners?

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Guest
Sep 15, 2023

Interesting to learn of your grandfather's life, which sure started out with some adversity. It looks like he really turned that around in trying to be a good father...though still keeping secret how his early life had been. I couldn't find this posted over on Facebook under the group Generations Cafe'. I would have made this comment there if it had been there.

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isthisagoodtime
Admin
Oct 13, 2023
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Thank you for this! I'm sorry it took me so long to see it. Yes, I think the secrets they kept meant my grandparents were rather isolated. It's sad, really!

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Guest
Aug 26, 2023

I enjoyed reading your 'prattle', it is very similar to the searching and discovering I have experienced. Thanks for sharing. 😎

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isthisagoodtime
Admin
Aug 29, 2023
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Thank you so much!

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Guest
Aug 05, 2023

What an enterprising family!

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Guest
Jun 24, 2023

Your mother sounds like an interesting person. Shame about the T bird. My brother once had a Triumph with the wooden panels. That was an interesting quote about the bread too.

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isthisagoodtime
Admin
Jun 26, 2023
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Thank you! I was also a HUGE Triumph fan, that was my dream car!

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Guest
Jun 23, 2023

I am likely the only person, ever, who bought a Corvette one day on a whim!! I was actually helping a recently single friend look for a car--but I too was recently single and thought the Corvette was just my style. I loved that car although some prior research would have told me a 77 'vette was not much more than a pretty lemon! The bank manager sighed when she reminded me that the car payments would be more than my monthly rent!! Was I discouraged? Not on your life. At the end of 6 months I sold the car--since every time I drove it the car ended up in the garage for repairs. BUT--and this is a big BUT--I had a Corvette at the age of 26 and newly-single--and I LOVED it.

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isthisagoodtime
Admin
Jun 26, 2023
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Good for you! That's what I like to hear!!!!

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Guest
Jun 16, 2023

How terrific that you have the photos of the Corvette and know so many details to share with relatives. Enjoyed this post so much!

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isthisagoodtime
Admin
Jun 26, 2023
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Thank you! I have the original maintenance agreement for the car (or, more correctly, the digital image of it, now).

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Guest
Jun 09, 2023

I had never heard of the Filles du Roi until just the other day, when I learned of some historical fiction books about them. My daughter introduced me to the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon several years ago, and this falls in that category. Thanks for the great read. I really enjoyed it.

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