History of Contra Costa County, California:

with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present.

Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA (1926)

California Local History - Rocq -1486

Calif. State Library History Room (RR)
CALL NUMBER: [Alcove] 979.463 H67 -- Book NC
CALL NUMBER: [q] 979.463 H67 -- Book


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NamePageResearcher
A[Return to Jump Site]
Adams, Charles E 586
Adams, George W 724
Aine, Harry Eugene Jr 1041
Albertsen, Henry 451
Alexander, Carl R 1072
Allasia, Giovanni 1077
Allen, Jesse V 883
Alvarado, Henry V 408
Alvarado, Juan B 388
Andersen, Mathias C 744
Anderson, Axel T 1073
Anderson, George K 873
Anderson, William Harold 886
Antone, Louis 768
Arata, Joseph T 473
Ardizzoia, Battista 1017
Asmussen, John N 1093
Atchinson, George W Mr. and Mrs.703
Ausez, Frank 1091
Azevedo, Manuel G 905
B[Return to Jump Site]
Baeta, Manuel 493
Bagnall, Zona R 1078
Baldini, Florido 933
Ball, Edward J 1068
Ball, Thomas R 593
Bank of Antioch 625
Barber, Elam Brown 397
Barbikas, C. George 728
Barlettani, Sabatino 563
Barnaman, James Lee 1050
Barnard, Mrs. Gertrude 964
Barnes, Harry A 904
Barrett, John Peter 527
Bauer, Frank William Jr. 953
Bauer, Frank William Sr 940
Beasley, William H 912
Becker, N. A 1048
Beckman, Louis 648
Beede, Frank R 1074
Beede, Henry Fuller 91
Beede, Ralph Merrill 660
Beetle, Harry McNulty 675
Beier, Anne Mrs.477
Bell, John A 690
Belshaw, Charles Mortimer 407
Belshaw, John T497
Belshaw, Margaret Mrs.497
Bessent, Augustus 1007
Biglow, Franklin J 745
Biglow, Pharcellus K 745
Bishop, John George 720
Black, George F 596
Blake, Anson Stiles 444
Blake, Charles Robert M.D 1033
Blake, Edwin T 595
Bloomfield, W. H 1036
Boehm, Adolph Gustave 952
Boltzen, Henry E 612
Boone, James 0487
Boone, Numa Sims. 487
Boorman, Benjamin 436
Borghesani, Caesar 1031
Borland, William James 910
Bourrague, Savin 770
Brackman, Louis 554
Brady, Harry L 1071
Brennan, John J 588
Brewen, Fred Frank 525
Brewen, Marion Brisco666
Brignone, Benjamin 736
Brockhurst, George Albert 622
Brown, Elam C 510
Brown, Elam Hon.382
Brown, Thomas Allen379
Bruno, Pasqualli 870
Buckman, H. D. M.D 865
Buffo, Lorenzo F 1001
Bundesen, J. R 778
Burdewick, Harry 654
Burg, Edward J 611
Burkhalter, Lydia S Mrs.866
Burroughs Brothers 869
Busby, Fred 1060
Bush, Hartley M 462
Butt, Henry W 455
Byer, Allison 623
Byer, Eugene A 864
C[Return to Jump Site]
California Theatre, Pittsburg, Cal. 758
Calvert, George Robert 1067
Campaglia, Dominick 1029
Campbell, Edward V 906
Canciamilla, Leonardo 1065
Canevaro, John N 518
Capelle, William A 1059
Cardinalli, Arasimo 955
Cardinalli, Frank J 707
Carlfield, Fritz 858
Carpenter, William H 727
Carr, George H 914
Carrick, George W 917
Carson, Edward Allen Franklin 865
Carusa Brothers 718
Carusa, Stephen 718
Carusa, Vincent I718
Casey, Jeremiah P Hon.531
Cautiello, Casper T 946
Cavagnolo, Achille 698
Cesa, Joseph 766
Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburg908
Champlin, Charles C. Rev 678
Chandler, Mattie 1046
Chaney, George L 1054
Chapman, Charles E 416
Chapman, George 0 416
Chapot, Joseph 769
Child, Joseph935
Christensen, Elmer856
Christenson, George768
Christian, A. F 687
Christiansen, W. A.959
Christopher, Millard F735
Cipollina, Giuseppe941
Claeys, Raymond E1058
Claeys, S. J977
Claghorn, James L767
Clary, Peter898
Coats, Bethel S460
Coats, Felix Grundy460
Codeglia, Antonio Nicodemo653
Comazzi, James668
Continente, Giovanni943
Coots, Walter776
Cople, Charles949
Cordua, Edward W916
Cortes, Carlos E907
Coward, John James1049
Cowell Portland Cement Co496
Cox, Daniel660
Cramer, Townsend T738
Creely, John1062
Crinklaw, George W. D.C950
Crivelli, E. A1004
Cummings, Charles Edwin1056
Cunningham, William Edgar M.D884
Curry, Bert723
D[Return to Jump Site]
Dahlgren, C. Otto981
Dal Porto, Bernard777
Dal Porto, Salvatore777
Davi, Horace A1053
Davi, John J925
Davis, Roy V625
Davis, Warren A968
Davis, William Stone1064
De Gregorio, Louis666
de Laveaga, Edward I823
De Martini, Paul451
De Piazza, Harry896
Dehn, Andrew A880
Del Monte, Michael Louis1012
Del Rosso, Frank1055
Della Rosa, Louis706
Delulio, Sam$98
Denehy, Daniel466
Di Betta, John1069
Di Betta, Lulu L843
Dickinson, James I463
Dickinson, Mrs. Mary A463
Diethelm, John U888
Dimm, Charles Stanley775
Donovan, Hugh H1063
Dougherty, K. Louis1031
Douglass, Charles B597
Downer, Edward M936
Dragon, Frank1020
Dragon, Mickel Martin803
Driscoll, Agnes M1025
Duane, Thomas S491
Dunn, Gaylord Rosern985
E[Return to Jump Site]
Eakle, James Leroy495
Ebsen, Edward C874
Edstrom, Roy E757
Edwards, David426
Edwards, Thomas399
Edwards, Thomas452
Eicher, Henry747
Eklund, John857
Enea, S vatore758
Enea, Sylvester758
Erickson, Andrew Henry658
Evans, Edward Esley1021
Evans, Llewellyn1023
Evans, Richard868
Evola, Michele941
F[Return to Jump Site]
Faccini, Charles1035
Fallon, Clifford T855
Fallon, Harold F855
Ferche, Severin1018
Ferrario, Biagio F685
Ferre, Theodoro1067
Filomeo, Antonio1024
Fischer, Arno893
Fish, Julia Frances414
Fish, Lafayette Irving405
Fitzgerald, James665
Fleming, Patrick435
Flores, Ernest1027
Foltz, Hudson937
Fontana, Louis557
Foote, Arthur Clifford638
Ford, Clinton Sylvestor859
Fortado, Manuel Lewis942
Frank, Alfred440
Fray, Joseph440
Frazer, George M447
Frazer, Mrs. Mary447
Frazer, William Alexander409
Freitas, Joseph757
French, Charles A876
G[Return to Jump Site]
Galvin, John F1035
Ganzert, Frank708
Garrett, Manuel Mordecai Col.696
Gaspardone, G1084
Gatto, David A562
Gatto, Louis562
Gebauer, Emil Gustav945
Geddes, John."443
Gehringer, Andrew C433Andrew Dodd
Gemetti, John Baptiste476
George, Fred E.911
George, William H.1042
Giacosa, John1023
Giammona Brothers807
Giberti, Victor D.1061
Gilberti Brothers1061
Gilberti, Albert D.1061
Ginochio, Louis R.748
Giumini, Caroline Pioda1040
Glancy, John Charles951Gerald
Glass, Albert William427
Goodfellow, Henry H.1030
Goold, Charles Gardner798
Goold, Gardner Capt.798
Granshaw, Arthur873
Gray, Kirk Elsworth689
Greene, John Howard1034
Gregory, Henry J.993
Gribbin, John Henry584
Griffin, Ernest G.504
Griffith, R. C.744
Grigsby, Byron L.465
Grimsley, Franklin P695
Grisham, Nettie986
Grothman, Emma Ann Mrs.1080
Guinan, Edward R. M.D.1089
Guy, Charles Henry793
H[Return to Jump Site]
Hall, Harry H867
Hammond, James W. M.D.699
Hammond, William846
Hanlon, William H.539
Hansen, Hans A. M.557
Harder, August683
Harlan, Elisha C.449
Harlan, Joel449
Harlow, Edward Howe485
Hart, L. E.1036
Harvill, Young L.920
Haseltine, Warren Edmond950
Hayden, Charles H.561
Hayward, Orville E.676
Heidorn, Henry W.850
Henning, Karl J.913
Herbert, Ellwood F., D.D.S763David
Heylman, F. C.1083
Higgins, Ernest H.680
Higuera, James S.1092
Hill, Sam847
Hislop, James White1079
Hislop, Lewis James1091
Hislop, William Ahart1086
Hitchcock, Jesse Clarence844
Hobson, James844
HOffamn, Samuel667
Hoffman, Edward A863
Hoffman, Walter W496
Holleday, Gunnar1061
Hollman, Henry694
Holway, Fred M457
Hooper, Charles Appleton922
Hornback, Charles W517
Hughes, Arthur Albert849
Hughes, Thomas958
Hugo, William P580
Hurley, Mrs. F. Irene571
Hutchinson, Frank W737
Hutchison, John D837
Hutchison, William W837
I[Return to Jump Site]
Iacona, Frank G760
Imerone, Matteo836
J[Return to Jump Site]
Jackson, Edward P733
Jacobs, Hiram Elnathan1082
Jensen, C. W528
Jensen, Hans833
Johnsen, Martin773
Johnson, Clarence William1081
Johnson, George Albert834
Johnson, Leander830
Johnson, William396
Jongeneel, Albert677
Joseph, Brother Z651
Josselyn, Andrew Waterman553
K[Return to Jump Site]
Keith, James Dunbar632
Keller, Charles H.934
Keltz, William V577
Ketelhut, Frank853
Keyser, Herbert T829
Kirkhouse, Samuel806
Kratzer, Clark C469
Kreim, Cornelius L803
Kresse, Otto614
Kristich, John N893
Krumland, Henry G735
L[Return to Jump Site]
La Montagne, Frank787
Lacassie, Mary E Mrs.734
Laidlaw, William Murray975
Lanz, Bert W900
Lanzafame, Camillo1092
Larsen, Peter839
Lasell, Ernest Randolph1087
Lasell, H. A1090
Lasell, Loren Marcellus423
Latimer, Randall H938
Lauritzen, Christian August961
Lauritzen, Hans P930
Lauritzen, Howard F804
Lawrence, Lester G759
Lee, George628
Lee, Philip A980
Leishman, Robert R899
Lepori, Carlo1085
Lexon, Henry535
Lindquist, C. L835
Listek, Frank693
Lloyd, Griffith784
Lodge, John P730
Lombardo, G1058
Lopez, Joseph939
Lopez, Peter939
Love, John464
Love, Robert B506
Loveridge, Otis482
Lucey, Patrick557
Lutz, Fred725
Lutz, William784
Lytle, Z. C1088
M[Return to Jump Site]
Macartney, David516
MacKinnon, Alexander H1052
Maplesden, Richard Daniel716
Marsh, John M.D380
Martens, Frank683
Martin, James Henry538
Mason, Henry Dewey1010
Massa, Antonio F705
Matheron, Frank572
Matheron, Joseph F679
Mauzy, James Frank598
Mayer, William G698
McCabe, James B973
McCaddam, Earl D1028
McCausland, George Victor1075
McClelland, E. R797
McClory, J. W. Rev790
McDermott, Frank1047
McDonald, French806
McDonald, James L924
McElheney, John E536
McFaul, Archie V655
McGee, Frank1074
McKenzie, A. B592
McKeown, Thomas605
McMahon, Andrew J540
McMullan, Edward G. Rev637
McNamara, John J403
McNeil, William M618
McRacken, Winfield Scott537
McVittie, James A714
Melrose, Antone910
Mendel, David1057
Merrithew, Edwin W. M.D663
Merry, Seward Bryan739
Meyer, Fred601
Meyer, Nels J1070
Miller, George H978
Miller, Hans A.456
Minaiker, Calvin558
Minta, Joseph606
Minter, Arthur Burr749
Misner, Jackson H594
Mitchell, Ellwood Ormsbee1094
Moitoza, Manuel G999
Monteverde, James A1071
Moore, Wade W637
Moreno, Andres895
Morgan, Edwin Sr545
Morgan, Isaac N418
Morgan, Norton J545
Morgan, Walter W545
Morris, Benjamin E1083
Muir, John413
Murchio, Dominic Jr623
Murchio, Dominic623
Murchio, Joseph623
Murray, George E526
Musetti, Edward789
Mylander, Howard Henry1076
Myrick, Christopher Mitchell548
Myrick, Fred N548
Myrick, Stanley G591
N[Return to Jump Site]
Naas, Rolf789
Nancett, Peter Henry954
Narbett, James T573
Navellier, Ernest960
Near, Erna G Mrs.998
Near, Henry E785
Nelson, Andrew534
Nelson, Charles N Capt.987
Nelson, N. S919
Netherton, Edward Wallace419
Neville, Presley Morgan827
Nevius, Fred P. M.D894
Newlove, Cyrus833
Nicholl, John398
Nicol, Lawrence779
Nienburg, John997
Nissen, Theodore M652
Norton, Fred Ulysses634
Norton, Ralph994
Nugent, Patrick Joseph669
Nystrom, John Richard499June
O[Return to Jump Site]
O'Connor, Owen944
Odell, Clarence Archer808
Ogborn, Joseph B579
Ogborn, Marie L579
O'Hara, William1022
Oldham, Daniel518
Oliveiri, Edward 1063
Olsen, 0. Peter 635
Olsson, Oscar F 688
O'Neill, C. J. 432
O'Neill, John Francis Jr 1001
O'Neill, John Francis Sr 972
Ordway, Warren Arthur 995
Orsmby, Alfred S 421
Osborn, Robert T 915
Ott, John 673
P[Return to Jump Site]
Palmer, Carrie L 624
Palmer, Lewis R 624
Patane, Morris 918
Patterson, Thomas J 645
Peacock, Frank J 533
Pearson, Sarah J 621
Pedersen, Casper 646
Pembroke, John Raymond 1066
Pennington, William M 484
Perino, Michael 999
Peters, George 475
Peterson, Edward 615
Phillips, Herbert Wallace 1045
Pierce, Wilbur S.963
Pimm, Thomas Charles 795
Pineaux, Georges P. D.C 997
Pioneer Dairy Company 919
Pistochini, Michael M 796A. Pistochini
Pizio, Joseph 1034
Pongrace, Steve J 1028
Porta, Joseph Rev. Fr 1038
Portman, Andrew 535
Portman, Andrew Francis 535
Pratini, Frank 903
Preston, Colburn Johnson 394
Preston, Mott C 848
Prytz, Oscar Otto 956
Purchase, William C 890
Purviance, James A 820
Putnam, George A 543
Q[Return to Jump Site]
Quill, Albert A 988
Quinn, J. E. D.V.S 828
R[Return to Jump Site]
Rahlfs, Fred W 800
Rampoldi, David 644
Rasino, John 787
Rasmussen, Hans R 794
Reber, Oswald Harry 1015
Reed, Henry Bascom 395
Reed, Walter G 626
Regello, John 519
Regello, John G 519
Rehnert, Ernest William 500
Rehnert, Louise E 500
Rial, James E 1013
Richards, Charles J 633
Richards, William Charles 1009
Richardson, Alpheus 971
Richmond-San Refael Ferry & Transportation Co 607
Ridgway, Mary A 617
Riemke, August Fred 643
Rison, Frank L 1019
Roberson, Silas Beckwith 746
Roberts, Frank H 1038
Rogers, Bloom B 438
Rogers, C. W 438
Rogers, Walter Austin 897
Rolando, Joseph 608
Rolph, George Morrison 927
Roman, Clarence H 1017
Roman, Henry 813
Ronald, Alexander 1006
Rosa, Frank H 756
Rose, Irwin 576
Ross, Perry 0 566
Rossi, Giulio 1003
Rowell, William Arthur M.D 983
Ruff, Carl Frederick 933
Rugg, William A 583
Rust, William F 445
Rutherford, Frank 627
Ryan, George Washington 825
S[Return to Jump Site]
Sanford, William H 431
Santos, Crain P 989
Schaefer, Rose Mrs 991
Schapiro, Bernhard 641
Schedler, C. W 877
Scheffer, William B 889
Schott, Louisa A 458
Schuh, Albert H 717
Schwake, Charles Henry 990
Scudero, Charles 719
Sears, William A. Jr. 793
Seeno, Frank 783
Seeno, Gaetano E 786
Sellers, George 470
Sellick, William G 1000
Serpa, Ben R 909
Serpa, Manuel R 984
Shafer, Elizabeth M 509
Shafer, George H 532
Sharkey, William R 964
Shaw, James H 824
Sherlock, Alva Sherman 713
Shoemaker, Clarence M 840
Showalter, Henry 879
Silva, Frank C 647
Silva, Frank J 743
Silvas, James A 971
Sincich, Antone 990
Sincich, Miro 996
Skeoch, Irvine 887
Skimmer, Henry H.726
Skogen, George 603
Skow, Soren Pedersen 1032
Slate, Ellen Mrs.932
Slattery, Edgar F 715
Snelgrove, Wallase 1016
Solari, David A. 425
Solari, Louis F.1051John
Solari, Mrs. Rosa 425
South, George H 567
Sparacino, Giuseppe 780
Spaulding, George Landon 670
Staehle, Charles Albert 947
Stairley, Waverley 474
Stallings, John E 1011
Standerson, Mary Mrs.795
Standish, Raymond Haynes 809
Stathakis, D. G 1014
Stemmle, Fred 483
Stephens, William Henry 1069
Stockfleth, John Capt 709
Stockfleth, Joseph 709
Stone, Albert W 471
Stone, Alonzo L471
Stotts, Ben Edward 1015
Stow, James M 546
Strentzel, John Theophil M.D 506
Sullenger, John J 482
Sullivan, Herbert E 1026
Swanson, E. J 805
Sweeney, Charles A 404
Swett, John 479
Swett, John F 516
T[Return to Jump Site]
Taillefer, Bernard 876
Tandy, George S 602
Taylor, Volney 428
Thomason, Hugh D 875
Thompson, James M 826
Tikiob, I. P 1005David Tikiob
Tilden, Edwin Marmaduke 966
Tiller, Nebuzaradan B.585Vickie
Timm, Henry 520
Todaro, Guido 982
Tormey, Patrick 631
Tost, Martin 921
Trette, Albert 700
Trezona, Tom F 1005
Troia, Giuseppe 1013
U[Return to Jump Site]
V[Return to Jump Site]
Valli, Lorenzo 818
van der Bundt, G. 1008
van der Bundt, L. J 1008
Van Gordon, George 551
Van Winkle, Walter S 657
Vaughan, Cora E Mrs.817
Veale, Mortimer B 885
Veale, Richard R 753
Veregge Brothers 1049
Viera, Eugene J 816
Viera, Manuel 493
Vincent, George 995
Viscuso, Aquilina Mrs.459
W[Return to Jump Site]
Wadman, William Henry 819
Walker, John M 503
Walker, Thomas D 704
Wall, R. H 410
Wallace, Robert Jr439
Ward, Ernest H 659
Ward, Matthew 0 815
Ward, William A 606
Watkins, Roy Avery 1044
Watson, Dudley Dean 1094
Watson, W. E 992
Weatherbee, Lewis B. M.D 814
Weeks, Charles B764
Weir, Matthew 975
Weissich, Theo 1043
Wells, Jasper H555
Wenn, Frank Arthur 750
Whitaker, William948
Whitbeck, Alice G613
Whitcraft, Josephine 986
White, James J 810
Wightman, Carleton E 618
Wightman, Charles B 765
Wightman, Joel David 513
Wightman, Ray S 774
Willis, Joseph B740
Wind, Peter H 776
Winkelman, George J 1002
Wood, Charles J 514
Wood, Charles Sr 514
Wood, Warren D 974
Woods, John Pitt 674
Wright, Forest H 684
Wright, George H 564
Wuelzer, Edward N 988
X[Return to Jump Site]
Y[Return to Jump Site]
Yeaton, Herman Edwin 878
Young, Albert Jefferson 523
Young, William E.576
Z[Return to Jump Site]
Zenone, Chester 788
Zimmerman, Charles W 957
Zocher, John A.664
Zuberbuhler, John773

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