Also known as Matthew Ezra Ormsby.
Head of one of the pioneer families of San Diego County, California.
1850 U. S. Census (dated September 12, 1850):
Name: Ezra M.
Age 23.
Living in Salem Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
Occupation: Farmer
1870 U. S. Census (dated August 1, 1870):
Name: Ezra.
Age 43.
Living in San Pascual & Pala District , San Diego County, California.
Occupation: Farm Laborer.
Spouse: Augusta, age 30.
Children: Libby 13, Ezra B. 9, Celesta 6, Electa 3, John W. 9 mos.
1900 U. S. Census (dated June 22, 1900):
Name: Matthew E.
Age: 72.
Living in San Luis Rey Township, Oceanside, San Diego County, California.
Occupation: Farmer.
Spouse: Margaret B.
Children: Margaret E., Wilton C., Milton C.
He first arrived in California during the 1849 Gold Rush at the age of 22. He worked with two older brothers in the Sacramento area where they operated a private mint and a stage line. He was a driver for the mail and passenger stage between Sacramento and Marysville in 1853. About 1855 he returned east. While attending an academy in Alabama he met and married his first wife, Augusta Abigail Bradford. They moved to Texas where Ezra was involved in the cattle business, and had four children. In 1868 he brought the family to Southern California, traveling with a wagon train along the Butterfield Overland Stage route. Augusta died in childbirth in 1871 and in 1872 Ezra married Margaret Belle Houston.
See: Ormsby Story at
http://home.znet.com/schester/fallbrook/
history/memories/ormsby_story.html
The section of the present Gopher Canyon Road that lies between East Vista Way and Little Gopher Canyon Road was formerly known as Ormsby Road.
Ezra and Margaret were originally interred in the Isaac Frazee family's private burial ground, where the Castle Creek Golf Course and Resort is presently located. When the property was purchased for the golf course, their remains were disinterred and moved to San Marcos Cemetery in 1930.
Head of one of the pioneer families of San Diego County, California.
1850 U. S. Census (dated September 12, 1850):
Name: Ezra M.
Age 23.
Living in Salem Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
Occupation: Farmer
1870 U. S. Census (dated August 1, 1870):
Name: Ezra.
Age 43.
Living in San Pascual & Pala District , San Diego County, California.
Occupation: Farm Laborer.
Spouse: Augusta, age 30.
Children: Libby 13, Ezra B. 9, Celesta 6, Electa 3, John W. 9 mos.
1900 U. S. Census (dated June 22, 1900):
Name: Matthew E.
Age: 72.
Living in San Luis Rey Township, Oceanside, San Diego County, California.
Occupation: Farmer.
Spouse: Margaret B.
Children: Margaret E., Wilton C., Milton C.
He first arrived in California during the 1849 Gold Rush at the age of 22. He worked with two older brothers in the Sacramento area where they operated a private mint and a stage line. He was a driver for the mail and passenger stage between Sacramento and Marysville in 1853. About 1855 he returned east. While attending an academy in Alabama he met and married his first wife, Augusta Abigail Bradford. They moved to Texas where Ezra was involved in the cattle business, and had four children. In 1868 he brought the family to Southern California, traveling with a wagon train along the Butterfield Overland Stage route. Augusta died in childbirth in 1871 and in 1872 Ezra married Margaret Belle Houston.
See: Ormsby Story at
http://home.znet.com/schester/fallbrook/
history/memories/ormsby_story.html
The section of the present Gopher Canyon Road that lies between East Vista Way and Little Gopher Canyon Road was formerly known as Ormsby Road.
Ezra and Margaret were originally interred in the Isaac Frazee family's private burial ground, where the Castle Creek Golf Course and Resort is presently located. When the property was purchased for the golf course, their remains were disinterred and moved to San Marcos Cemetery in 1930.
Also known as Matthew Ezra Ormsby.
Head of one of the pioneer families of San Diego County, California.
1850 U. S. Census (dated September 12, 1850):
Name: Ezra M.
Age 23.
Living in Salem Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
Occupation: Farmer
1870 U. S. Census (dated August 1, 1870):
Name: Ezra.
Age 43.
Living in San Pascual & Pala District , San Diego County, California.
Occupation: Farm Laborer.
Spouse: Augusta, age 30.
Children: Libby 13, Ezra B. 9, Celesta 6, Electa 3, John W. 9 mos.
1900 U. S. Census (dated June 22, 1900):
Name: Matthew E.
Age: 72.
Living in San Luis Rey Township, Oceanside, San Diego County, California.
Occupation: Farmer.
Spouse: Margaret B.
Children: Margaret E., Wilton C., Milton C.
He first arrived in California during the 1849 Gold Rush at the age of 22. He worked with two older brothers in the Sacramento area where they operated a private mint and a stage line. He was a driver for the mail and passenger stage between Sacramento and Marysville in 1853. About 1855 he returned east. While attending an academy in Alabama he met and married his first wife, Augusta Abigail Bradford. They moved to Texas where Ezra was involved in the cattle business, and had four children. In 1868 he brought the family to Southern California, traveling with a wagon train along the Butterfield Overland Stage route. Augusta died in childbirth in 1871 and in 1872 Ezra married Margaret Belle Houston.
See: Ormsby Story at
http://home.znet.com/schester/fallbrook/
history/memories/ormsby_story.html
The section of the present Gopher Canyon Road that lies between East Vista Way and Little Gopher Canyon Road was formerly known as Ormsby Road.
Ezra and Margaret were originally interred in the Isaac Frazee family's private burial ground, where the Castle Creek Golf Course and Resort is presently located. When the property was purchased for the golf course, their remains were disinterred and moved to San Marcos Cemetery in 1930.
Head of one of the pioneer families of San Diego County, California.
1850 U. S. Census (dated September 12, 1850):
Name: Ezra M.
Age 23.
Living in Salem Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
Occupation: Farmer
1870 U. S. Census (dated August 1, 1870):
Name: Ezra.
Age 43.
Living in San Pascual & Pala District , San Diego County, California.
Occupation: Farm Laborer.
Spouse: Augusta, age 30.
Children: Libby 13, Ezra B. 9, Celesta 6, Electa 3, John W. 9 mos.
1900 U. S. Census (dated June 22, 1900):
Name: Matthew E.
Age: 72.
Living in San Luis Rey Township, Oceanside, San Diego County, California.
Occupation: Farmer.
Spouse: Margaret B.
Children: Margaret E., Wilton C., Milton C.
He first arrived in California during the 1849 Gold Rush at the age of 22. He worked with two older brothers in the Sacramento area where they operated a private mint and a stage line. He was a driver for the mail and passenger stage between Sacramento and Marysville in 1853. About 1855 he returned east. While attending an academy in Alabama he met and married his first wife, Augusta Abigail Bradford. They moved to Texas where Ezra was involved in the cattle business, and had four children. In 1868 he brought the family to Southern California, traveling with a wagon train along the Butterfield Overland Stage route. Augusta died in childbirth in 1871 and in 1872 Ezra married Margaret Belle Houston.
See: Ormsby Story at
http://home.znet.com/schester/fallbrook/
history/memories/ormsby_story.html
The section of the present Gopher Canyon Road that lies between East Vista Way and Little Gopher Canyon Road was formerly known as Ormsby Road.
Ezra and Margaret were originally interred in the Isaac Frazee family's private burial ground, where the Castle Creek Golf Course and Resort is presently located. When the property was purchased for the golf course, their remains were disinterred and moved to San Marcos Cemetery in 1930.
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With Margaret Houston Ormsby and Wilton C. Ormsby, between Milton C. Ormsby and Baby Ormsby.
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