Thomas Saulsbury

1830 - 1911  (80 years)

• Name	Thomas Saulsbury
  	Born Thomas Salisbury... name was changed to Saulsbury when Thomas took leave of family in St. Louis and headed to California; 1851.
  Born	12 Oct 1830	Packington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
  	Some sources indicate Tomas was born at Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire, England. The latitude and longitude of Burton-on Trent and Packington England are virtually the same. From Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo A& Ventura County biographies. Thomas Saulsbury, a rancher of Santa Maria, was born in England in 1830. He began working in the coal mines at Oleburg, at nine years of age, continuing six years. He then worked in the iron factory and learned the trade of puddler. In 1848 he came to the United States, first settling in St. Louis, Missouri, where he worked at his trade, on the opening of the first iron factory in that city. He remained until 1852 when he came across the plains to California. He came with the freight train of Ben Holliday, as driver of a mule team, the train being loaded with whiskey, dry goods, and general merchandise. They landed at Sacramento, where Mr. Holliday established a store, and our subject remained with him for twelve years, much of the time being engaged in driving cattle from Salt Lake to California. At the time of the Mormon war, Mr. Holliday bought General Johnson's stock, consisting of 1,000 miles [mules], all of them being driven to California, in Mr. Saulsbury's care. In 1864 Mr. Saulsbury began farming in Alameda County where he bought land, and kept 100 head of cattle, remaining until 1873, when he came to Guadeloupe, and was one of the pioneers of that town. He bought 347 acres of land, and started the dairy business, keeping 75 cows, and making butter. He still owns the ranch, which rents with part of his stock. He and his sons also own a stock-ranch of 2,000 acres in the Cuyamaca country, where he raises horses and cattle. He is now renting a ranch of 160 acres near town, thus affording his children the advantages of the school; he and his sons plant 120 acres in beans. Mr. Saulsbury was married in Alameda County, in 1860, to Miss Isabelle Randall, and they have eleven children. A autobiography written by a David Salisbury dovetails into the Santa Barbara History account and adds this: ... So, my Father, Mother, two brothers and myself after bidding our kindred and friends good bye started for Liverpool. After staying there for two or three days getting our supplies and getting everything on board for our journey we bid adieu to our native land. We sang hymns and the sailors sang "Anchors Away" while the anchors were being raised. When we got to New Orleans we meant to look around. OUR VOYAGE Our ship's name was Commedow. There were 132 aboard including Captain Silvermaster, the crew and passengers. It was a sailing vessel. We encountered some rough weather while sailing through the Irish Channel. When we got through the channel we had fine sailing weather. During our voyage we had one sailor die and was buried in the ocean. During our voyage we caught a large shark. It caused quite an excitement on deck as the sailors landed him on the deck. The passengers had never seen such a large fish. We made the trip in 5 weeks and 3 days. They considered it a quick trip for a sailing vessel as it normally took them from 7 to 9 weeks on the water. One of the mates on the vessel was asking Father where he was contemplating to go. He told him he wanted to go to St. Louis, but it had taken more money to pay passage than he had expected. We would have to stay in New Orleans for a while until we could earn enough money to take us up the river. He said, "Mr. Salisbury, it will never do for you to stay in New Orleans. You will die with the yellow fever. I will loan you enough money to take you up the river to St. Louis." So, by that means we were able to pay our fare to St. Louis. In the fall of 1849 we arrived in St. Louis. There were quite a number of people we knew in England that had settled in St. Louis. Father rented a house and my two brothers and myself went to work in the rolling mills. We worked there all winter. We got along very well that winter. My brothers received good wages and I received $3.00 per week. It was quite a big difference compared to the $0.75 per week I was making in England. Provisions were very reasonable. In the summer of 1850 I worked in the brick yards and in the winter my brothers and myself worked in the Glass Works. My parents ran a boarding house for the hands that had worked in the Glass Works. As the Glass Works closed down in the spring we resided in St. Louis until the fall of 1851. My sister, Mary, was taken down with the cholera and died in a few hours. This was in St. Louis in the year 1850. My brother, Thomas, started to California in the spring of 1851 in the employ of Holaday and Warner Merchants.
  Gender	Male
  Other	1849	Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
  	Departed for America
  Other	1849	New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana, USA
  	Thomas Salisbury age 19 listed on Passenger List of the ship Camillas (Commedow) arriving in New Orleans.
  Residence or Lived at	1850	St. Louis, Missouri, USA
  	The three boys went to work in the Rollings Mills where they worked all winter. Thomas started off to California in the spring of 1851 in the employ of Halladay and Warner, Merchants
  Residence or Lived at	1851	Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA
  	Came with Ben Holladay as a driver of a mule team of the company Holladay (Halladay) and Warner, Merchants.
  Residence or Lived at	1864	Alameda County, California, USA
  	In 1864 Mr. Saulsbury began farming in Alameda County where he bought land, and kept 100 head of cattle, remaining until 1873.
  Residence or Lived at	1873	Guadalupe, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
  	Came to Guadalupe in 1873 buying property in October of 1874.
  Residence or Lived at	1900	San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA
  	Home was at 775 Asbury Street
  Died	13 Mar 1911	San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA
  Buried	Mission City Memorial Park, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA
  Person ID	I824	Froom Genealogy | Saulsbury
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Richard Salisbury,   b. 1792, Packington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 8 May 1857, Ezra Taft Benson City, Tooele County, Utah, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hannah Cassel (Castle),   b. 1795, Stoke Golding, Leicestershire, England ,   d. Apr 1858, Tooele County, Utah, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	20 Aug 1815	Packington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
  	Married 20 August either 1815 or 1822
  Family ID	F555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabela Elizabeth Randall,   b. 18 Sept 1843, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA ,   d. 13 Aug 1920, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Married	19 Feb 1860	Alameda County, California, USA
  Children	+ 1. Ella A Saulsbury,   b. 1860, Alameda, Alameda County, California, USA ,   d. 26 Oct 1900, Guadalupe, Santa Barbara County, California, USA  (Age 40 years)  [Birth]   2. David Saulsbury,   b. 11 Aug 1863, Alameda, Alameda County, California, USA ,   d. 25 Dec 1925, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County, California  (Age 62 years)  [Birth] + 3. Jesse Saulsbury,   b. 8 Sep 1865, Alameda, Alameda County, California, USA ,   d. 12 Oct 1946, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA  (Age 81 years)  [Birth]   4. Thomas Saulsbury, Jr.,   b. 31 May 1869, Alameda County, California, USA ,   d. 13 Jan 1941, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA  (Age 71 years)  [Birth] + 5. James Irwin Saulsbury,   b. 21 Nov 1870, Alameda County, California, USA ,   d. 15 Dec 1918, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA  (Age 48 years)  [Birth] + 6. Anna Amelia Saulsbury,   b. 8 Oct 1873, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA ,   d. 12 Oct 1958, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California, USA  (Age 85 years)  [Birth]   7. Isabel E. Saulsbury,   b. 28 Jun 1876, Guadalupe, Santa Barbara County, California, USA ,   d. 7 Aug 1958, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA  (Age 82 years)  [Birth]   8. Harry Randall Saulsbury,   b. 21 Aug 1877, Guadalupe, Santa Barbara County, California, USA ,   d. 26 Jun 1941, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, California, USA  (Age 63 years)  [Birth] + 9. Harriet Amelia Saulsbury,   b. 21 Oct 1879, Guadalupe, Santa Barbara County, California, USA ,   d. 2 Sep 1957, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA  (Age 77 years)  [Birth]   10. Charles Saulsbury,   b. 1879, Guadalupe, Santa Barbara, California, USA ,   d. 1880, Guadalupe, Santa Barbara, California, USA  (Age 1 years)  [Birth]   11. Clara Saulsbury + 12. May Saulsbury,   b. 25 Jan 1884, Guadalupe, Santa Barbara County, California, USA ,   d. 4 Sept 1966, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA  (Age 82 years)  [Birth]   13. Frank Saulsbury,   b. 15 Feb 1885, Guadalupe, Santa Barbara County, California, USA ,   d. 18 Sept 1885, Guadalupe, Santa Barbara County, California, USA  (Age 0 years)  [Birth] + 14. Fern Saulsbury,   b. 8 Aug 1886, Guadalupe, Santa Barbara County, California, USA ,   d. 17 Sep 1964, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA  (Age 78 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2019
  Family ID	F312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Oct 1830 - Packington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom Other - Departed for America - 1849 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Other - Thomas Salisbury age 19 listed on Passenger List of the ship Camillas (Commedow) arriving in New Orleans. - 1849 - New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana, USA Residence or Lived at - The three boys went to work in the Rollings Mills where they worked all winter. Thomas started off to California in the spring of 1851 in the employ of Halladay and Warner, Merchants - 1850 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA Residence or Lived at - Came with Ben Holladay as a driver of a mule team of the company Holladay (Halladay) and Warner, Merchants. - 1851 - Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA Married - 19 Feb 1860 - Alameda County, California, USA Residence or Lived at - In 1864 Mr. Saulsbury began farming in Alameda County where he bought land, and kept 100 head of cattle, remaining until 1873. - 1864 - Alameda County, California, USA Residence or Lived at - Came to Guadalupe in 1873 buying property in October of 1874. - 1873 - Guadalupe, Santa Barbara County, California, USA Residence or Lived at - Home was at 775 Asbury Street - 1900 - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA Died - 13 Mar 1911 - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA Buried - - Mission City Memorial Park, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos
  		Froom & Saulsbury grand parents Thornton & Mary Froom - Thomas & Isabella Saulsbury - along with Gladys & Darrell Froom. About 1910.