Where People Who Live In California Were Born (Ladera Heights: hospital, hills)

[mrsltd]

Glendale, California, as my father before me (rest his soul, he just passed on in March). His dad was born in Los Angeles, as was my mom. But I grew up in Whittier/La Habra, where we moved from Montebello when I was 3.

[BeauCharles]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

I was born in the Richmond Hospital, my mother was born in the Point Richmond Hospital of Scandinavian parents; a Norwegian father and Swedish Mother. My Dad was born in San Francisco at home, delivered by a midwife of French Basque parents who immigrated to the US in 1901, my Grandparents owned a laundry in SF but lost that and their home in the SF Earthquake and moved across the bay to start over in San Pablo where my Dad grew up and met my mom.

What a fascinating family history!

[smpliving]

I was born in Burlingame, my brother in San Mateo, my younger brother and my two children in Thousand Oaks. My parents met and married in San Francisco (mid-1950s) ... father from South Dakota and mother from Switzerland.

[EdJS]

My family is a real mix: My parents were born in Europe. I was born in Pennsylvania. We moved to California in 1977. My wife was born in Illinois. Our son was born in Fremont.

[Mr5150]

Does being born in San Francisco count?

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Mr5150

Does being born in San Francisco count?

Only if you have a passport!

[3rdGen SFan]

Originally Posted by Unsettomati

This is a fascinating interactive New York Times piece, showing where people in each state were born by census (from 2010, back to 1900).

As of 2010, 55% of Californians were born in California (up from 35% in 1930).
4% were born in Western states other than CA
2% were born in New York
3% were born in Northeast states other than NY
1% were born in Illinois
4% were born in Midwestern states other than IL
1% were born in Texas
3% were born in Southern states other than TX
28% were born outside the United States (compare that to 9% in 1960 and 25% in both 1910 and 1900)

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...g=0#California

Those statistics don't seem to match here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I rarely meet native Californians around here these days.

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

I was born in the Richmond Hospital, my mother was born in the Point Richmond Hospital of Scandinavian parents; a Norwegian father and Swedish Mother. My Dad was born in San Francisco at home, delivered by a midwife of French Basque parents who immigrated to the US in 1901, my Grandparents owned a laundry in SF but lost that and their home in the SF Earthquake and moved across the bay to start over in San Pablo where my Dad grew up and met my mom.

My wife was a midwife and delivered children in at-home births in the Bay and Sacramento areas as well as the Gold Country foothills for years. She stopped counting deliveries when she reached 200. That was a bunch of new Californians through 1985.

[bruhms]

Thanks for the personal info, y'all.

[the city]

I was born in Oxnard. My dad lost his job in the 90s and decided to find a job else where and move us out of the rising 90s crime in the working class community.