Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog number |
2014.8.297 |
Object Name |
Reminiscence |
Description |
Family history by Iva Colliver, written February, 1990 Narrative of family history beginning with Thomas Colliver, born 1849 near Penzance, Cornwall. Thomas attended school until age 7 then went to work in the hard rock mines. Thomas was among a group of miners who joined a camp at Hornitos, California around 1876. Thomas moved his family to New Almaden in 1905 where his older boys worked in the mines. |
People |
Colliver, Thomas Colliver, Frederic Cornelius Colliver, Mathew Colliver, George Harrison Colliver, William Colliver, Harriet Colliver, George Harrison Colliver, Iva |
Cataloged by |
Laverty, Ann |
Collection |
Individual Donors 8 |
Credit line |
Donated by James H. Coburn |