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Bernard Nadal Baker (1854-1918) —
also known as Bernard N. Baker —
of Catonsville, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 11,
1854.
Democrat. Glass
manufacturing business; established Atlantic Transport Line,
operating steamships, shipping freight and passengers from
Baltimore and Philadelphia to Europe; also had lighterage and
cold
storage enterprises; philanthropist; member, U.S. Shipping Board,
1917; resigned 1917.
Died in Cottage Hospital,
Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., December
20, 1918 (age 64 years, 223
days).
Burial location unknown.
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H. H. Birkholm (1847-1912) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Denmark,
September
23, 1847.
Ship captain; hotelier;
Consul
for Denmark in San
Francisco, Calif., 1898-1910.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., January
8, 1912 (age 64 years, 107
days).
Interment at Olivet
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Henry Goode Blasdel (1825-1900) —
also known as Henry G. Blasdel —
of Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
29, 1825.
Republican. Farmer; merchant;
riverboat captain; miller; mining
business; Governor of
Nevada, 1864-71.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 22,
1900 (age 75 years, 174
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Gabriel John Gallina (1926-2002) —
also known as Gabriel Gallina —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va., March
11, 1926.
Democrat. Candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Preston County, 1948; auditor;
Assistant Director, Port of San Diego.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., September
15, 2002 (age 76 years, 188
days).
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Cornelius Kingsland Garrison (1809-1885) —
also known as C. K. Garrison —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; St.
Louis, Mo.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near West Point, Orange
County, N.Y., March 1,
1809.
Banker;
shipbuilder; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1853-54; railroad
president.
Died, of a heart
attack, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1885 (age 76 years, 61
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Charles Goodall (1824-1899) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in England,
1824.
Member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1871-73.
Co-founded a San Francisco shipping firm; served as
harbormaster of San Francisco in 1861-65.
Died in 1899
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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William Semple Green (1832-1905) —
also known as Will S. Green —
of Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif.
Born December
26, 1832.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; hotel-keeper;
steamboat captain; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of California
state assembly 25th District, 1867-69; California
state treasurer, 1898-99; promoter of irrigation projects.
Elected to the California Newspaper Hall of
Fame.
Died July 2,
1905 (age 72 years, 188
days).
Interment somewhere
in Colusa, Calif.; memorial monument at Will
S. Green Memorial, Near Hamilton City, Glenn County, Calif.
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Edward Hellman Heller (1900-1961) —
also known as Edward H. Heller —
of Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March
15, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; financier;
director, and member executive committee, Wells Fargo Bank;
director, Permanente Cement
Co., Bandini Petroleum
Co., Olympic Radio and
Television, Inc., Heller Land
Co., Permanente Steamship Co.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1960;
Regent, University of California, 1942-58.
Jewish.
Died in Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif., December
18, 1961 (age 61 years, 278
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Roger Dearborn Lapham (1883-1966) —
also known as Roger D. Lapham —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1883.
President, American-Hawaiian Steamship Company; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1944-48.
Died April
16, 1966 (age 82 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Grandfather of Lewis H. Lapham. |
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article |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, July 15,
1946 |
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Wenceslao Y. Loaiza (1874-1921) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Born in Hermosillo, Sonora,
1874.
Maritime shipping business; Consul
for Argentina in San
Francisco, Calif., 1898-1900.
Catholic.
Mexican
ancestry.
Died in 1921
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Frank Lovell (1913-1998) —
also known as Frederick J. Lang —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ipava, Fulton
County, Ill., July 24,
1913.
Socialist. Seaman; automobile
worker; candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1953; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1954, 1958, 1964; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1960; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan; Socialist Workers candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1968.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1998 (age 84 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1949 to Sarah
Zucker. |
| | | Image source: The Militant, October 27,
1958 |
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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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Cyril Isaac Magnin (1899-1988) —
also known as Cyril Magnin; "Mr. San
Francisco" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 6,
1899.
Democrat. Women's
appearel business; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1948
(alternate), 1964;
Chief of Protocol for the City of San Francisco, 1964-1986; president
of the Port of San Francisco.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 8,
1988 (age 88 years, 338
days).
Interment at Hills
of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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William Lawrence Merry (1842-1911) —
also known as William L. Merry —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
December
27, 1842.
Steamship captain; wholesale
grocer; lawyer; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in San
Francisco, Calif., 1891-96; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1897-1907; Nicaragua, 1897-1908; Costa Rica, 1897-1911.
Member, Freemasons.
Advocate of Nicaraguan Canal.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., December
14, 1911 (age 68 years, 352
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Warren Olney (1841-1921) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Davis
County, Iowa, March
11, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from California, 1896;
director, California Title
Insurance and Trust Company; president, South San Francisco
Dock Company; mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1903-05.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 2,
1921 (age 80 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Thomas Gedney Patten (1861-1939) —
also known as Thomas G. Patten —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1861.
Democrat. Real estate
business; president, New York and Long Branch Steamboat
Co.; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1911-17 (15th District 1911-13,
18th District 1913-17); defeated, 1916; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1917-21.
Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
23, 1939 (age 77 years, 164
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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George Clement Perkins (1839-1923) —
also known as George C. Perkins —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Kennebunkport, York
County, Maine, August
23, 1839.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
miller;
steamship business; member of California
state senate, 1869-76; Governor of
California, 1880-83; U.S.
Senator from California, 1893-1915; appointed 1893.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., February
26, 1923 (age 83 years, 187
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Bradstreet Stinson Rairden (1858-1944) —
also known as Bradstreet S. Rairden —
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
7, 1858.
Ship captain; insurance
agent; U.S. Consul in Batavia, 1892-97, 1900-17; Riviere du Loup, 1917-20; Curaçao, 1920-24; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Batavia, 1898-1900.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
9, 1944 (age 86 years, 2
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
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Alfred Redington (1802-1875) —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Vassalboro, Kennebec
County, Maine, September
21, 1802.
Mayor
of Augusta, Maine, 1850-51; steamboat agent; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., May 22,
1875 (age 72 years, 243
days).
Interment at Sacramento
City Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
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James Rolph Jr. (1869-1934) —
also known as "Sunny Jim" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
23, 1869.
Republican. Banker;
shipbuilder; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1912-31; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1920
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928,
1932;
Governor
of California, 1931-34; defeated, 1918; died in office 1934.
Died in Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 2,
1934 (age 64 years, 283
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Lorenzo P. Sanger (1809-1875) —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H., March 2,
1809.
Contractor;
built canals and railroads;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1840; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; stone
quarry proprietor.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., March
23, 1875 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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Irving Murray Scott (1837-1903) —
also known as Irving M. Scott —
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., December
25, 1837.
Republican. Civil
engineer; shipbuilder; candidate for Presidential Elector
for California.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., April
28, 1903 (age 65 years, 124
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Adolph Bernard Spreckels (1857-1924) —
also known as Adolph B. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
5, 1857.
Republican. President, Spreckels Sugar
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1884;
angered by an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, on
November 19, 1884, he shot
and badly wounded the paper's publisher, M.
H. de Young; arrested
and charged
with attempted
murder; pleaded temporary insanity; tried in
1885 and found not guilty; president, San Francisco and San Mateo Electric
Railway; vice-president, Western Sugar
Company; vice-president, Oceanic Steamship Company.
German
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia
and syphilis,
in San
Francisco, Calif., June 28,
1924 (age 67 years, 175
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of John
Diedrich Spreckels; married to Alma de
Bretteville. |
| | | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | Spreckels Lake,
in Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco, California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance
venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) —
also known as John D. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., August
16, 1853.
Republican. Founder and president, Oceanic Steamship Company;
president, Western Sugar
Company; owned the Hotel de
Coronado, the San Diego Electric
Railway, newspapers
in San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and Arizona Railway,
from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896,
1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1896.
German
ancestry.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., June 7,
1926 (age 72 years, 295
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of Adolph
Bernard Spreckels; married 1877 to Lillie
C. Siebein. |
| | | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | The Spreckels Theatre,
in San
Diego, California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Elementary
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Park,
in Coronado,
California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance
venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Richard M. Stadden (1856-1918) —
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., May 27,
1856.
Civil
engineer and contractor
on railways
and harbor projects in the U.S. and Mexico; Hawaiian consul at
Manzanillo, 1886-87; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1886-87; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Manzanillo, 1906-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Manzanillo, as of 1916-17.
Died, of influenza,
1918
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Victoria Carbajal. |
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Carl Plin Taylor (1884-1968) —
also known as Carl P. Taylor —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Rushford, Allegany
County, N.Y., January
2, 1884.
Worked on construction of the Panama Canal; steel construction
business; built many oil storage
tanks; candidate for mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1939.
Died in Lynwood, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
25, 1968 (age 84 years, 23
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Roland Lyman Taylor and Marion (JacksoN) Taylor; married, November
29, 1905, to Mayme Alice Brokaw; married 1916 to Etta
L. Porter. |
| | | Image source: Casper (Wyoming)
Star-Tribune, September 27, 1939 |
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Ernest Untermann (1864-1956) —
of Idaho; California.
Born in Brandenburg, Prussia (now Germany),
November
6, 1864.
Socialist. Sailor; naturalized U.S. citizen; author; translator;
first American translator of Das Kapital by Karl Marx;
candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1908; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1914.
German
ancestry.
Died in Vernal, Uintah
County, Utah, January
5, 1956 (age 91 years, 60
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Irving Charles Velson (1913-1976) —
also known as Irving C. Velson; Irving Charles
Shavelson; Charles Wilson; "Nick";
"Shavey" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 3,
1913.
Machinist;
boilermaker;
shipfitter; president,
Local 13, Shipbuilders Union; American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 11th District, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; in 1951 and 1953, he was brought to testify before
Congressional committees about his Communist and Soviet activities,
including efforts to infiltrate
the U.S. military with Soviet spies; he repeatedly refused to answer
questions, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination;
as a result, he was "barred for
life" by the Shipbuilders' union; later, served as international
representative for the (West Coast) International Longshoreman's
and Warehousemen's Union.
Venona Project documents (decrypted Soviet messages from the World
War II era), released in 1995, show that he was an agent
for Soviet military intelligence under the code name "Nick".
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
18, 1976 (age 62 years, 260
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay.
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