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==Early life== [[Image:J A Sutter Geburtshaus Kandern 3.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Sutter's birthplace in [[Kandern]], Germany]] Sutter was born<!--sic!--><ref name=HDS>{{HDS|029855}}</ref> on February 23, 1803, in [[Kandern]],<ref>Eric Howard, ''John Sutter'', '''California and Californians''', Vol. 4. [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 1998. Original data: Hunt, Rockwell D., ed. California and Californians. Vol. IV. Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing, 1932. pp. 36, 37.</ref> [[Margraviate of Baden|Baden]] in present-day Germany, to Johann Jakob Sutter, a [[Construction foreman|foreman]] at a [[paper mill]], and Christina Wilhelmine Sutter (née Stober). His father came from the nearby town of [[Rünenberg]], in the [[canton of Basel]] in [[Switzerland]], and his maternal grandfather was a pastor from [[Grenzach]], on the [[Swiss-German border]].<ref name=HDS/> After attending school in Kandern, Sutter studied at [[Saint-Blaise, Switzerland|Saint-Blaise]] from 1818 to 1819. He then worked as an [[apprentice]] at the Thurneysen printing and publishing house in [[Basel]] until 1823. From 1823 to 1828, he was employed as a clerk in clothing shops in [[Aarburg]] and [[Burgdorf, Switzerland|Burgdorf]].<ref name=HDS/> At age 21, Sutter married<ref name="owens">{{cite book|last1=Owens|first1=Kenneth N.|last2=Sutter|first2=John Augustus|title=John Sutter and a Wider West|publisher=[[University of Nebraska Press]]|year=2002|orig-year=1st. Pub. 1994|page=78|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F_Z268r2QOkC&pg=PA78|isbn=0-8032-8618-X}}</ref> the daughter of a wealthy widow. He briefly operated a store but spent more time indulging his interests than managing the business. Facing mounting debts and legal charges that could lead to imprisonment, he fled to America to avoid trial, adopting the name Captain John Augustus Sutter. In May 1834, he left his wife and five children behind in [[Burgdorf, Switzerland]], and with a French [[passport]], he boarded the ship ''Sully'', which traveled from [[Le Havre, France]], to New York City, where it arrived on July 14, 1834.
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