Alameda County
Biographies
W. P. BARTLETT
The Livermore Herald
The Livermore Herald is a distinctively local newspaper, established in 1877 by W. P. Bartlett, its present editor and proprietor. It is the medium of the party of improvement in Livermore Valley, and has taken a very prominent part in the introduction of many new industries, such as vine and fruit-growing, manufacturing, coal and chromo mining, which has added so materially to the growth and prosperity of the country. Personalities and all matters (including advertising) of a questionable character are excluded from its columns.
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891, pp 333-334
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
JOSEPH W. PERRY
undertaker on Castro street, between B and C streets, Haywards, is by nature a mechanical genius. In his work-shop adjacent to his “parlors” (sales-room) he manufactures guitars, mandolins and various other stringed instruments of exquisite design and workmanship. He is also a designer of patterns and does general cabinet work. He was born on the Western Islands, (Azores) July12, 1844. At the age of fifteen years he came to California, locating at Yreka, Siskiyou County. In 1879 he came to Haywards and learned the shoemaker’s trade. After a time he engaged in keeping a boarding-house and a saloon for three years, when he established his present business. He is considered by his townsmen an enterprising and successful business man. He was naturalized at Yreka in 1865, and his is now a member of the Portugese Beneficiary Association. His parents, Joseph and Marianna (Bittencurt) Perry, were also both natives of the Western Islands. The father was a carpenter by trade, and from him our subject has inherited his mechanical skill. He was married at Haywards, February 4, 1889, to Miss Mary Rodrick, who is also a native of the same islands. They have one child, who is named Mary.
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891 – p. 489
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
JOSEPH S. BORGES
a progressive farmer residing near Haywards, was born in Portugal, at St. George, October 8, 1833; became a seaman at the age of twenty years, making his first voyage on a whaling vessel; afterward he was in the merchant service eight years, a portion of this time being in the revenue service. In 1862 he was a passenger on the schooner Starlight, which was captured by the Confederate ram Alabama. In 1863 he came to America, landing at New Bedford, Massachusetts, and from there by way of Panama to California. The first three years he spent in mining in Yuba County, but not with the desired success. Going East he spent a year at Boston, and then returned to this State, locating in Butte County one year. In 1879 he purchased his present home of twenty-seven acres a mile east of Haywards, where he has an orchard of many choice varieties of fruits and nuts, which he sells to the local trade.
He is an active Republican. Was married at San Leandro, in May, 1878, to Mrs. Mary Borges, his brother’s widow, there being five children by her former marriage. Only Manuel and Annie are now living. By the present marriage there is one child, named Joseph. Mr. Borges’ parents were Antonio and Maria (Joaquina) Borges, both natives of Portugal, who lived to pass their eightieth birthday.
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891 – p 490
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler