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1422:Joseph Hyans
1381:Bernard Cohn
1322:Albert Brown
1308:J. B. O'Neil
1257:D.V. Waldron
1253:Thomas Leahy
1169:Frank R. Day
1164:Henry Hammel
1125:Bernard Cohn
1120:Jacob Kuhrts
1095:Matthew Teed
1058:James Hanley
1044:James Velsir
891:Jacob Weizel
852:Abel Stearns
817:Louis Roeder
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775:Myron Norton
552:Joseph Bayer
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125:wooden pipes
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20:Louis Roeder
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1575:1915 deaths
1570:1835 births
1418:John Lovell
1401:D. E. Miles
1377:O. H. Bliss
1219:John Osborn
1090:George Fall
1048:Thomas Goss
1027:J. G. Bower
931:(1870–1889)
872:John Turner
658:John Goller
539:Peter Baltz
514:(1850–1870)
348:Presidents:
340:(1850–1889)
75:Old Mission
51:aboard the
1544:Categories
1343:J. H. Book
1140:C. C. Lips
1067:C. N. Earl
973:Oscar Macy
965:John Jones
856:Eli Taylor
632:Ezra Drown
548:John Barre
477:Sinsabaugh
439:MacDougall
121:draw bands
113:woodworker
53:steamship
997:F. Tamiet
723:Obed Macy
713:John King
486:Humphreys
424:O'Melveny
394:Woodworth
354:Alexander
148:San Diego
62:near the
49:San Pedro
41:Gold Rush
1436:5th Ward
1356:4th Ward
1200:3rd Ward
1078:2nd Ward
1000:B. Valle
950:1st Ward
512:Members
409:Morrison
117:vocation
107:Vocation
34:Personal
434:Beaudry
429:Sabichi
379:Coronel
369:Nichols
359:Requena
55:Senator
929:Wards
490:Kuhrts
459:Spence
454:Lawlor
389:Sterns
384:Potter
364:Mellus
135:and a
482:Breed
473:Miles
469:Moore
464:Moran
419:Jones
404:Perry
399:Huber
374:Drown
449:Beck
444:Cohn
414:King
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