William Leidesdorff
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 176 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 23,1810 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Christiansted |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | |
| Died | San Francisco |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Place of burial | Misión San Francisco de Asís, San Francisco, California, United States |
| Date of died | May 18,1848 |
| Burial place | Mission San Francisco de Asís |
| Nationality | American |
| Mexican | |
| Parents | Wilhelm Alexander Leidesdorff ; Anna Marie Sparks (mother) |
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| ID | 3584800 |
William Leidesdorff Life story
William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. was one of the earliest biracial-black U.S. citizens in California and one of the founders of the city that became San Francisco. A highly successful, enterprising businessman, he was a West Indian immigrant of African Cuban, possibly Carib, Danish/Swedish and Jewish ancestry.
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