Bachrach (Simon) papers, 1861-1916

Simon Bachrach was born in Richmond, Virginia and settled in Oakland, California in the early 1880s. Before he died, he served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908.

The collection includes a translation of a marriage certificate for Aaron Senderman, father-in-law of Simon Bachrach (who was married in San Francisco in 1861); a resolution from the Young Men’s Hebrew Association thanking Bachrach for his services as secretary (1878); a resolution from the Melrose Business and Improvement Association in memory of Simon Bachrach (1916); and a resolution from Congregation Shaari Zedeck in San Francisco thanking Bachrach for his words on the occasion of the congregation’s celebration of Moses Montefiore’s centennial