Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameFrederick Spencer Hotchkiss Sr. 
806
806Census1850, South Fork of the American River, El Dorado County, CA, USA3362
MemoLine 25: Fred Hotchkiss, age 27, born in O (assumed to be Ohio).
Census1860, 2nd Ward of Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA, USA3363
MemoName given as Fred Hotchkiss, Page 138. Age 38. ID# CA36460296
Census1870, 2nd Ward of Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA, USA2461
MemoPage 208, ID# CA12990030 Name given as F S Hotchkiss, Age 46. Born in Connecticut.
MemoLine 32: F D Hotchkiss, age 56, born in Connecticut as were both parents. Profession is carpenter.
Census1900, 2nd Ward of Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA, USA3364
MemoLine 91: Frederick S Hotchkiss, age 73, born in April 1827 in Connecticut as were both parents. Widowed. Married for 35 years.
Census1910, 2nd Ward of Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA, USA3365
MemoLine 96: F. H. Hotchkiss age 86, born in Connecticut with father also from Connecticut and mother from Wisconsin. Widowed, living with son George and married daughter Mimie
OccupationCarpenter2462
Residence24 Jan 1849, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA, USA3366
MemoArrived on the Velasco
FlagsDeceased
FatherHerman Sanford Hotchkiss (~1800-)
MotherSarah Arnold Sumner (1800-1834)
Spouses
BurialSacramento City Cemetery, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA, USA3372
FatherJoshua Fountain (1811-1891)
MotherPrudence Rebecca Walton (1815-1872)
ChildrenAlice R (1861-1949)
Mary Eliza (1865-1913)
Frederick Spencer (1867-1951)
George Fountain (1872-1944)
Notes for Frederick Spencer Hotchkiss Sr.
Left Connecticut and arrived in California on the schooner Velasco on January 24, 1849.3366,3361
Owned sawmill that changed hands/names a number of times. In 1868 it was named Hotchkiss & Co. but in 1880 it was identified as HARTWELL, HOTCHKISS & STALKER, Sacramento Planing Mills, located on Front and Q. Member of Sacramento Society of California Pioneers. Moved to Sacramento in 1851.806
Possibly unrelated, but the Society of California Pioneers lists a Henry A Hotchkiss who arrived in California on May 5, 1849 as well as a George W Hotchkiss who returned to Connecticut.3374 These are likely close relatives of Frederick. The Sacramento Society of California Pioneers lists an F. S. Hotchkiss which I believe to be this Frederick Hotchkiss (I have circled his picture in the photograph).3375 F. S. Hotchkiss was elected a member on October 26, 1866 and a director in the organization from 1896-1910 and F. Hotchkiss was president in 1902-3. F. S. Hotchkiss is listed as a senior member who arrived in July __, 1849. Anita C. Hotchkiss and Fred Hotchkiss are listed as junior members.3376
He and son George attempted to stake a claim in the Kondike but gave up after reaching Sheep Camp on the climb out of Dyea.
Owned sawmill that changed hands/names a number of times. In 1868 it was named Hotchkiss & Co. but in 1880 it was identified as HARTWELL, HOTCHKISS & STALKER, Sacramento Planing Mills, located on Front and Q. Member of Sacramento Society of California Pioneers. Moved to Sacramento in 1851.806
Possibly unrelated, but the Society of California Pioneers lists a Henry A Hotchkiss who arrived in California on May 5, 1849 as well as a George W Hotchkiss who returned to Connecticut.3374 These are likely close relatives of Frederick. The Sacramento Society of California Pioneers lists an F. S. Hotchkiss which I believe to be this Frederick Hotchkiss (I have circled his picture in the photograph).3375 F. S. Hotchkiss was elected a member on October 26, 1866 and a director in the organization from 1896-1910 and F. Hotchkiss was president in 1902-3. F. S. Hotchkiss is listed as a senior member who arrived in July __, 1849. Anita C. Hotchkiss and Fred Hotchkiss are listed as junior members.3376
He and son George attempted to stake a claim in the Kondike but gave up after reaching Sheep Camp on the climb out of Dyea.