William Dugay Cruikshank

From: Nancy Hargiss
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 18:07:56 -0700
Subject: GOLDRUSH MOST WANTED - DUGAY

My grandmother's cousin's middle name was DUGAY and I can find no other DUGAY in California. His full name was William DUGAY CRUIKSHANK (as per voter's registration records) b. 1856 Fresno, Co. CA d. 1937 Monterey Co., CA, and discovered the Last Chance Mine, the richest gold mine in Monterey Co. Father William THOMPSON CRUIKSHANK b. Troy NY came to CA by ship circa 1954 and lived in Butte Co., Calaveras Co., Contra Costa Co., and Monterey Co., was the first recorder of mining claims in the Los Burros Mining District Monterey Co.
Nancy Hargiss, California, USA
Some Direct Ancestors: Anthony, Boswell, Bozorth, Cruikshank, Danner, Dopson, Drach, Draper, Dugay, Dunn, Finch, Fontaine, Hargase, Hargis, Horn, Jensen, Lea, Lookerman, Markel, Neimann, Norton, Raust, Reed, Rickett, Steven, Thompson, Trostel, Van Alstyne, Van Bommel, Vandenburg, Van Iveresn, Viele, Whitesides, Winne, Yates (and counting!)