My Bohemian Ancestors

Here is why I am so interested in the Californa Barrel Company. My grandfathers came from Bohemia and lived in the Bhemian Capital of the World, outside Paris.

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My great grandfather, Wensel, was named after Wenceslaus the Duke of Bohemia.

Jon Presco

Preskowitz – Master Tailors

presk33presk34presk35presk36presk37presk38The Preskowitz family came to Hartford Connecticut and established Tailor shops in two location downtown. Wenzel Preskowitz came to San Francisco and worked at Bulloch & Jones.

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Yet in late November, Bullock & Jones, whose history can be traced back to Gold Rush San Francisco, made a comeback. This time it found a home in a smaller street-level space on Post Street at Stockton, one block from its former location.

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gsln=Preskowitz&gspl=35&gss=angs-g&rank=1&gl=allgs&gst=&ghc=20&fh=20&fsk=BEFDumgIgAAJpSl1Ssg-61-

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gsln=Preskowitz&gspl=35&gss=seo&ghc=20

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&rank=1&gsfn=Victor+W&gsln=Presco&gskw=

https://rosamondpress.com/2011/09/02/victor-hugo-presco/

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/shofar/summary/v014/14.1.peskowitz01.html

Victor Hugo Presco
Birth:  18 Jul 1885
Death:  21 Jul 1955 – San Francisco, California
F: Wenzel Preskowitz
M: Christine Marie Roth

Victor William Presco
Birth:  12 Aug 1923
Death:  04 Nov 1994 (4 Nov 1994) – Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County (Contra Costa), California

F: 

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