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Louis J. Agostini (b. 1845) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Italy,
May
10, 1845.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; shipping agent; language
teacher; U.S. Consular Agent in Tarragona, 1899-1911.
Burial location unknown.
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Wilfrid Barrett Chapman (1848-1913) —
also known as Wilfrid B. Chapman —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Surrey, England,
1848.
Champaigne
importer; Consul
for Belgium in San
Francisco, Calif., 1882-96; Consul
for Netherlands in San
Francisco, Calif., 1901-02.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
25, 1913 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of William Chapman and Elizabeth (Morris) Chapman; married 1888 to Dora
Sherwood. |
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Spencer Pettis Gracey (1865-1933) —
also known as Spencer P. Gracey —
of Atlanta, Logan
County, Ill.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
18, 1865.
Opera
singer; U.S. Vice Consul in Foochow, as of 1898; U.S. Consular Marshal in Foochow, as of 1898; worked for Standard Oil company
in Japan and China; foreign exchange broker.
Died, from peritonitis
and heart
failure, in International Hospital,
Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China,
January
15, 1933 (age 67 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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George Eli Patrick Hall (1863-1911) —
also known as George E. Hall —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Nice, France,
of American parents, March
17, 1863.
Champaigne
importer; Consul-General
for Turkey in San
Francisco, Calif., 1891-1907.
Died in Lima, Peru,
November
28, 1911 (age 48 years, 256
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Olmsted Hall and Mary Abbie (Dale) Hall; married, June 12,
1910, to Maria Elena Rafaela Ludowieg Cantuarias. |
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Rea Hanna (b. 1878) —
of Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., March
11, 1878.
Musical
instrument salesman; customhouse broker; U.S. Vice &
Deputy Consul in Amoy, 1906-07; U.S. Consul in Iquique, 1907-11; Georgetown, 1913.
Interment at Cementerio de Santa Inés, Viña del Mar, Chile.
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Relatives: Son
of George Hanna and Julia (Mandigo) Hanna. |
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Ralph L. Knapp —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Importer; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1923, 1925, 1929 (primary).
Burial location unknown.
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Carlos Barreno Lastreto (1867-1957) —
also known as Carlos B. Lastreto; Charles B.
Lastreto —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 3,
1867.
Coffee
importer; Vice-Consul
for Ecuador in San
Francisco, Calif., 1901-02.
Italian
and French
ancestry.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., July 4,
1957 (age 90 years, 62
days).
Entombed at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Luigi Felice Lastreto (1841-1913) —
also known as Luis F. Lastreto —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Paris, France.
Born in Santa Margherita, Italy,
1841.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; importer and exporter; chocolate
maker; Consul
for Ecuador in San
Francisco, Calif., 1898-1901; Consul
for Nicaragua in San
Francisco, Calif., 1899-1900; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in San
Francisco, Calif., 1901-02.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Audubon
Society.
Died in Paris, France,
May
27, 1913 (age about 71
years).
Entombed at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Knud Henry Lund (1832-1919) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Norway,
October
5, 1832.
Commission
merchant; importer and exporter; marine insurance
business; Consul
for Sweden & Norway in San
Francisco, Calif., 1885-1903; Consul
for Norway in San
Francisco, Calif., 1910-11.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
5, 1919 (age 86 years, 123
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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James Otis (1826-1875) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., August
11, 1826.
Republican. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; importer and
exporter; candidate for Presidential Elector for California;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1872
(delegation chair); mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1873-75; died in office 1875.
Unitarian.
Died, of diphtheria,
in San
Francisco, Calif., October
30, 1875 (age 49 years, 80
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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William Silver (b. 1852) —
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., February
8, 1852.
Customhouse broker; commission
merchant; U.S. Vice Consul in La Paz, 1884-85, 1889-91, 1907-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Aaron Spencer (1865-1936) —
also known as Frank A. Spencer —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
24, 1865.
Democrat. Commission
merchant; importer; Consul
for Mexico in Portland,
Ore., 1895-1914; wholesale grocery
manager; administrator, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, 1935;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon.
Jumped
from the high Vista Avenue Viaduct, and fell
hundreds of feet to his death amid traffic on Canyon Road, in
Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., December
22, 1936 (age 71 years, 333
days). His suicide
note was quoted in news reports as follows: "Frankly, the pace has
been too fast for me, and I cannot convince myself that I can make a
comeback.".
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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