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Theodore Plaskett - The Son WLP Never Saw
His son Theodore was born while William Lucas dug for gold — and died before he could get home.
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True stories of the Plasketts and their neighbors — bears and gold, shipwrecks and weddings — drawn from letters, newspapers, and family memory.
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Sarah Plaskett Lived in Tent in San Francisco
Fresh off the Panama steamer, the Plasketts lived in a tent on the San Francisco sand while they built.
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R.A. Plaskett First White Child Born in Cherokee
The miners of Cherokee camp celebrated their first native son: Reason Alpha Plaskett, born December 1852.
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Sarah Plasketts 96th Birthday on Mothers Day
Sarah Plaskett's 95th birthday fell on Mother's Day, 1922 — fitting, for a mother of twelve who outlived the century she was born in.
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William Plasket the Quaker Mason of Trenton
It begins with William Plasket: Quaker, mason, married in Trenton in 1734.
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Patricia Abelard Andersen Genealogy Research
The paper trail from Pacific Valley back to colonial Trenton, assembled by genealogist Patricia Abelard Andersen.
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The Ancestry of Sarah Barnes Plaskett
Acadian exiles, a cousin who signed the Declaration, and a Mayflower speculation — the deep roots of the family's iron matriarch.
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Martha Bennett Cried Every Day for Her Family
Eighteen years old and homesick, Martha Plaskett cried every day for the family she left in Fresno.
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Mother Krenkel - Margaret Dug Well 50 Feet
City-bred Margaret Krenkel dug the family well through its first fifty feet — with her sister on the windlass.
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Mother Krenkel Rode Mule "Gabe" to Her Wedding
Margaret Schmidt rode a mule named Gabe to her own wedding, June 23, 1902.
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Willey Cruikshank Jilted Twice
Willey Cruikshank bought the ring twice. He never married.
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Willey Cruikshank Recovered Body from Deep Mine Shaft
When a young miner fell to his death in the deep shaft, only Willey Cruikshank would go down after him.