John Augustus Sutter, Jr.
| John Augustus Sutter Jr. | |
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| Born |
October 25, 1826 Burgdorf, Switzerland |
| Died | September 21, 1897 (aged 70) Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Occupation |
City Planner U.S. Consul |
| Known for | Founding and Planning the City of Sacramento, California |
| Spouse(s) | María del Carmen Rivas (1850-1862) Nicolasa Solís (1870-1897) |
| Children | John A. Sutter III (b. 1852) Anna Eliza Sutter (b. 1856) María del Carmen Sutter (b. 1857) Cristina Sutter (b. 1874) Carlos Alfredo Sutter (b. 1875) Reginaldo Sutter (b. 1878) Rosa Sofía Sutter (b. unknown) Juan Norbert Sutter (b. 1882) Arturo Sutter (b. 1884) Anna "Anita" Sutter Young (b. 1888) Alfredo C. Sutter (b. 1890) |
| Parent(s) |
John Augustus Sutter Sr. Anna Sutter |
John Augustus Sutter Jr. (25 October 1826 – 21 September 1897) was the founder and planner of the City of Sacramento, California, a U.S. Consul in Acapulco, Mexico and the son of Swiss-born American pioneer John Augustus Sutter Sr.
Sutter was born in Burgdorf, Switzerland. His father, John Augustus Sutter Sr., abandoned his family in Switzerland, for California to avoid debtors' prison. While in California, Sutter Sr. managed to get into debt again. He decided to transfer some of his land holdings, from a Mexican land grant that Sutter Sr. called New Helvetia, to his son, all while Sutter Jr. was a minor and still in Europe. Sutter Jr. was raised by his mother, Anna Sutter, and put through counting school before traveling to California to join his father.
When Sutter Jr. arrived at New Helvetia, he found it to be unorganized and in need of leadership. Sutter's Fort was overrun by loiterers and drunkards. Sutter Sr., soon after his son's arrival, left for Coloma, California, where gold was discovered, to start a business selling supplies to gold prospectors. Despite the fact that his father was planning on starting a town, named Sutterville, Sutter Jr. planned and began to implement his vision for a city near the fork of the American & Sacramento Rivers. This was the beginning of the City of Sacramento which at that time was called Sacramento City.
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