San Joaquin County Biographies
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CARL DANGERS
Over fifty years have passed since Carl Dangers came to California to cast his lot with the pioneers. He was born in Hanover, Germany, on September 11, 1840, a son of William and Rebecca (Engehausen) Dangers, also natives of Germany, both parents now deceased. Mr. Dangers is descended from an old Huguenot family in France, the name being D'Angers. Members of the family were obliged to flee from France at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and after settling in Germany the name became Dangers. The father brought his family on a sailing vessel, the trip taking forty-nine days, and they landed in Galveston, Texas, in the fall of 1854. The father bought a section of land in Gillespie County, Texas, and engaged in cattle raising; then removed to Mason County. At the time of his settling in Texas the country was wild and desolate, with buffaloes and Indians roving the country, but he remained there until 1873 when he sold out and came to California to join his sons, who had previously migrated to California. There were three sons and one daughter in his family, as follows: August, deceased, Carl, George, deceased, and Mrs. Mina Salmon. August Dangers came from Central America to California in the '60s. He settled on Roberts Island where he bought land and farmed to grain and also raised chickory. He was married and passed away in 1907, leaving a daughter, Juanita.
Carl Dangers' education was obtained in excellent schools in Hanover, and having been a student and reader coupled with his years of experience have given him knowledge and wide range of information. During his residence in Texas he helped his father in the cattle business and during the Civil War drove herds of cattle into Old Mexico where he sold them; later he drove cattle to New Mexico and Colorado where he experienced many hardships and privations, encountering herds of buffaloes and Indians. Selling their cattle in Pueblo, in November of 1870 he and his brother George came to California on an emigrant train from Denver and joined their brother August in San Joaquin County and remained with him for two years; then he and his brother George bought 308 acres of the Meyer ranch near French Camp where they raised barley and chickory. George Dangers died in 1908. In 1909 Carl Dangers sold his ranch and moved to Stockton where he invested in real estate. He is now living retired from active life with his sister, Mrs. Mina Saloman, at 405 East Church Street; his niece, Miss Juanita Dangers, also resides there. He attends the German Lutheran Church. Mr. Dangers' early experiences at ranching were not all ease and comfort, but attended with hard work as well as disappointments. He has been through five floods, each covering the ranch, saved stock by driving to higher places, and living in the second story, coming and going in a boat. His interest in everything pertaining to the welfare and progress of the state is deep and sincere, and in as far as he has found it possible has cooperated in public measures for the general good.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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