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Alameda County, Oakland, California, 1853 - 1879

Alameda County, California,
Including Its
Geology, Topography, Soil and Productions
Oakland.: M.W. Wood Publisher, 1883

There are nearly forty churches in the city of Oakland of all denominations, but our space will only admit of our giving histories of the oldest of these. From the days when "two or three were gathered together" under the shade of one of Oakland's spreading oaks, up to the present the city has been the home of churches that have grown in beauty of design and magnificence of architecture, as the years flew by. She is sometimes called the "City of Spires," as she deserves to be, for more graceful outlines are not to be found anywhere. Her number of devotees is large, and, in truth, Oakland is a city of families, boasting in her churches and her schools.



Nevada County, Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, 1876 - 1942

Submitted by Holmes L. and Kathryn Ellis


From 1876 to 1941 the Nevada County Narow Gauge Railroad, (nicknamed by its passengers, the "Never Come, Never Go R.R.") ran the twenty-two miles between Clfax, Palcer County, and Nevada City, Nevada County, California with stops at Oilville, Smiths, Chicago Park, Coleman, Buena Vista, Hatton, Cedar Kress, Union Hill, Grass Valley, Glenbrook, and Town Talk. It carried gold miners, dance hall girls, merchants, traveling salesman, promoters, and just plain citizens up and down the Sierra Nevada gold country for ten cents a mile.

As was the custom on the railroads of that time, many special passes were granted to privileged citizens. Complimentary passes went to presidents, traffic and passenger agents, managers, engineers, and purchasing agents of other railroads in the southwest. Members of the clergy travelling between the two towns of Grass Valley and Nevada City were extended half-fare passes.

Among the old railroad records in the possession of Holmes and Kathryn Ellis is the Pass Book of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Company listing the half-fare and complimentary passes granted by the Railroad from 1907 to 1914. Of special interest to genealogists are the names of some of the traveling clergy that served the miners of these California gold mine communities. are listed below:

Bamford, W.N., Capt. Grass Valley, 1915
Baynton, Jas. A., Pastor Nevada City Spic. Ch. 1912
Beacock, W.L. N.S.J. (?) Methodist Ch 1912
Benninghene, Capt. & Mrs. G.V., Salvation Army 1912
Bruce, G.E., Grass Valley Episcopal Ch 1913
Carter, Rev. W. J., Colfax 1914
Church, Emily, Helper, Grass Valley Salva. Army 1912
Clark, Rev. Wm., Grass Valley 1914, 1915
Clyne, P.J., Pastor Grass Valley Catholic Ch 1912
D'Arcy, M., Pastor & Priest Grass Valley Catholic Ch 1912, 1913
Dauson, Marshall, Acting Pastor Gr. Valley Cong. Ch 1912
Dawson, T., Pastor Grass Valley Eposc. Ch 1912 Sacra. 1912
Denninger, G., Pastor Chicago Park, St Paul's Ch 1912
Ellis, W. T., Sacramento Christ Cath. Ch. 1912
Ellis, John H., St. Patrick Ch Jackson Calif. 1913 1914, 1915
Foster, Bert, Pastor Grass Valey Epis. C. 1912, 1913, 1915
Gillette, John C., Sacramento Ca 1915
Grant W.P., Pastor Grass Valley Meth. Ch. 1912 Oakland, 1913
Heiber, E., Rev. Chicago Park, 1914, 1915
Hogan, M., Priest, Nevada City Cath. Ch 1912, 1913
Holt, D.E., Archdeacon, Sacramento, Calif. 1914
Kiely, Michael, Priest, Grass Valley Cath, Ch. 1913, 1914, 1915
McGarry, John, Grass Valley, 1915
Moreland, Bishop, Sacramento, Calif. Episcopal
Murphy, Father E., Grass Valley Church, 1913, 1914, 1915
Nolan, P., Priest, Auburn Cath. Ch. 1913, 1914, 1915
O'Reilly, Patrick, Priest, Nevada City Cath. Ch, 1912, 1913, 1915
Pearson, George L., Dist. Supt. Sacramento Meth. Ch. 1912, 1913, 1914
Riley, Wm. A., Adjunt. Salavation Army, 1914
Robins, W.C. Pastor Nevada City Meth. Ch 1912, 1913, 1914
Sargent, B.F. Pastor Grass Valley Cong. Ch 1912, 1913
Sears, Father, Sacramento Christ Church, 1912
Sharp, Col. John D., San Francisco Salvation Army, 1914
Sheldon, F.S., Pastor, Colfax Meth. Ch. 1912, 1913
Sims, J., Pastor, Nevada City Congregational Ch. 1912, 1913, 1914
Smith, E.H., Pastor, Grass Valley Meth. Ch. 1912, 1913, 1914
Spoolman, J. Nevada City Church, 1913
Squires, J.E., State Supt. Inter. Reform., San Franc. 1914
Sylvester, C.B. Pastor, Nevada City Meth. Ch. 1912, 1913
Tedford, J.E., Pastor, Wastonville, Calif. 1914
Two Sisters of Mercy, Grass Valley Orphan Asylum, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915
Walker, Edward, Alameda Episcopal Ch. 1913, 1325 Ardley Av. Oakland, 1914
West, Jas. C. Capt. & Mrs., Grass Valley Salvation Army, 1912
Wood, George, Brig. San Francisco Salv. Army 1914
Woodside, Capt. John, Salvation Army 1914


Dates indicate dates passes were issued.

Further reading about Narrow Gauge Railroads:

Botkin, B.A. & Alvin F. Harlow, eds.
A Treasury of Railroad Folklore. (Crown, 1953)
Fleming, Howard
Narrow Gauge Railways in America. Originally pub. N.Y. 1875
Edited by Grahame Hardy & Paul Darrell. 1949
Shaw, Frederic, Clement Fisher, Jr. & George H. Harlan
Oil Lamps and Iron Ponies. A chronicale of the narrow Gauges.
(Bay Books, 1949)


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This record book is all hand-written, and documents the congregations baptisms, births, deaths, etc. Dates seem to be from the early 1800's up thru the early/mid 1900's.

There is also a note attached w/ staple on the first page of the book, that says "Third District Court of Appeal, 3 CIV. 7989, Dec 12, 1950, Case No # 2294, Defendents Exhibit No "A".

Donated by Sherry Rodrigues, San Ramon, CA
April 2010

Sierra Valley Church Records


Record of Pilgrim Cong'l Church
Sierra Valley, Cal.

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