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Jimmy Gensaw died on Klamath at 108 years old

DT Data Page #: 
328
Newspaper: 
Humboldt Times
Newspaper Date: 
4/18/1953
Page #: 
11
Column: 
5
Item Type: 
Life history
Place: 
Klamath
TEXT: 
Jimmy Gensaw died on the Klamath on 4/17. He was estimated to have been born 1845, which makes him 108. His wife Kitty died in 1948 at age 101. He & his brother in-law ran the first ferry across the Klamath. He later worked for Mr. Baumhoff who built the first cannery on the Klamath.
Key Words: 
Jimmy Gensaw, Klamath, Died, Ran First Ferry