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I found the 1880 census listing of Andrew Beisiegel in San Francisco a long time ago,
but resisted reporting it since it seemed so incongruous for a hard-core New Yorker to
be found on the left coast.
In trying to get a handle on his home in Prussia, I started looking at all the Beisiegels in the US
and that led me to decide a case could be made for our Andrew to have been Bi-Coastal.
The following timeline reports all the documentation I found regarding someone named Andrew Beisiegel
from the time of his arrival to his marriage and settling in NYC.
- 1868MAR06
- Petitioned for citizenship, denouncing allegiance to King of Prussia.
Apparently also his year of immigration from Prussia.
- 1871
- Listed in city directory of San Francisco. Living 32 Rausch St. Working as a waiter.
- 1872
- Listed in city directory of Hoboken, NJ. Living 168 Hudson St. Working as a gardener.
- 1875
- Listed in city directory of New York City. Living 70 Eldridge St. Working as grocer.
- 1876SEP25
- Granted citizenship. Living in Brooklyn. Working as florist.
- 1879
- Registered to vote in San Bruno, San Mateo, CA. Working as gardener.
- 1880JUN19
- Listed in census for Milbrae, San Mateo, CA. Working as bar tender.
- 1886
- Registered to vote in San Mateo, CA. Working as gardener.
- 1889MAY02
- Married in Brooklyn, NY.
I think that it is significant that I found no further data on Andrew in California after 1886.
While it may be that a different Andrew died in California without issue, no death record has surfaced, yet.
Also, the pattern of work as gardener/florist ties the NY and CA Andrews together,
as does the coincidence that no voter registration occurs in CA until after 1876, when NY Andrew was naturalized.
Both CA and NY Andrew were the same age and of Prussian nativity.
2018JAN14
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