Sunday's Column - Jensen Alvarado Ranch

The life of Cornelius Jensen was a very full one.  Born on the small Frisian island of Sylt, he took to the sea and became a captain.  Arriving in San Francisco at the start of the gold rush, his crew jumped ship and went mining.  Cornelius joined them and found he was no good at the art.  He therefore became a shopkeeper and was very good at that.

He was then 40 and one of his customers was called Ignacio Alvarado who had a sister of "a marrying age," she was 16.  Cornelius moved south and married the wench.  They had 10 children so something must have worked.  This is Mercedes above. You can read the entire column at www.sbsun.com/trevorstravels