San Joaquin County
Biographies
CARL F. ANDERSON.
The identification of Carl F. Anderson with the business interests and substantial development of California dates from 1900, and with the city of Stockton since 1915, where he has been engaged in building operations. He was born in southern Sweden, July 13, 1869, and as soon as he was able to use a hammer and saw, began to learn the carpenter trade from his father. At eighteen years of age, he left home for America, first locating in Kansas City, where he followed his trade, then to Chicago. Next he went to Michigan and worked in the sawmills in that state; then he followed his trade in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota, and at odd times worked in the harvest field. In 1896 he went to Texas, where on July 13, 1897, he was married to Miss Annie M. Erickson, also a native of Sweden. Mr. Anderson experienced the discomforts of the disastrous flood in Galveston, and aided in reconstruction work until his removal to California in the spring of 1900. He settled in Stockton, where he worked for Joe Herald in building operations for five years; then he removed to Berkeley, this state, where he conducted a stair building shop for nine years.
In 1915 Mr. Anderson returned to Stockton, where he has since been actively engaged in contracting and building. He has specialized in designing and building his own houses and then putting them up for sale. He owns several lots in the Yosemite Lake subdivision, where he will build bungalows to be sold after completion. He erected the Kent flats at Sixth and Sutter streets; a modern flat building on West Poplar street near Commerce; he also erected a residence for the real estate firm of Albertson & Drais. Mr. Anderson finds no difficulty in disposing of his residences as fast as they are completed, for they are not only artistic in appearance, but are models of convenience and comfort.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have become the parents of two children, Ethel and Clarence C. Miss Ethel Anderson is one of the talented contralto singers of Stockton and is well known in the musical circles of that city. She studied vocal music in Stockton with Mrs. M. R. Green and during the winter of 1921-1922 was in New York City, where she studied with Madame Garrigue. While in New York City, Miss Anderson was soloist in the Reform Church, and upon her return to Stockton, she was soloist in the Grace Methodist Church, and at the present time is soloist in the Presbyterian Church in Stockton. She has given recitals at the Philomathean Club House in Stockton, and her beautiful voice has been heard on many occasions in concert work in Stockton and other cities of the valley. Mr. Anderson is classed among the enterprising, progressive and influential citizens of Stockton, where he is well known, commanding confidence and respect by reason of his reliability in business, his loyalty in citizenship, and his trustworthiness in private life. Mrs. Anderson passed away February 24, 1923.
History of San Joaquin County, California – Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 1923
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Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.
JOHN J. BRENNAN.
A well-earned success has been the reward of John J. Brennan, and it has come about entirely through his own efforts and in the face of handicaps that might have easily discouraged one of less stability of character. A native of Ireland, Mr. Brennan was born January 12, 1862, and in 1881, when nineteen years old, he landed in New York. His first work there was as a clerk in a grocery store, and then for a number of years he worked on the Third Avenue line of the New York Elevated Railroad. While a resident of the metropolis he was married to Miss Maria Gilboy, and in 1906 he brought her and their five sons, ranging from five to sixteen years, to Tracy in the hope of benefiting her health. After only ten months' residence here she passed away, leaving him with the responsibility of rearing and caring for the five children.
For a time Mr. Brennan worked in the baggage and freight department of the Southern Pacific Railroad at Tracy, but after his wife's death he went to Stockton, where for the next four years he was connected with the street department of the city, under Oscar Wright, the superintendent of streets. He then ran a grocery at Fair Oaks a short time, and in 1908 bought the grocery store and building at Center and Jackson streets. This he conducted a number of years with splendid success, later turning it over to his son, Frank Brennan, who is now in charge. Mr. Brennan now has another store at 317 South Stanislaus street. Coming to California with only $140, he has indeed made the most of his opportunities and is now rated in Dun and Bradstreet from $10,000 to $20,000. Successful in his business ventures, he has invested his profits in real estate and is now the owner of the California Bakery building and has erected an apartment house adjoining; he also owns valuable Richmond property. Mr. Brennan is the father of five sons who grew to maturity: Harry; William; Joseph P., who died at Stockton while serving in the Commissary Department, U. S. A.; Frank and Edward.
History of San Joaquin County, California – Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 1923
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Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.
FRED E. GOODELL, D. D. S.
A native son of Stockton who has early in life established himself in the professional life of the city of his birth is Dr. Fred E. Goodell, who was born here on August 27, 1899. He is the son of Frank E. and Rowena (Wollam) Goodell, the former a native of Calaveras County, while Mrs. Goodell was born in Columbus, Ohio. The family has made their home here for many years and Mr. Goodell is head of the pioneer hardware firm of Ruhl, Goodell & Company.
Fred E. Goodell attended the Weber, El Dorado and Washington schools in his youth and graduated from the Stockton high school in the class of 1917. Deciding to take up the profession of dentistry, he entered the affiliated college of the University of California, at San Francisco, finishing its four years' course in 1921, when he was graduated with the degree of D. D. S. He then spent one year in Mt. Zion Hospital, San Francisco, gaining a valuable practical experience in his professional work, and being a close student, profited well by every opportunity opened to him to increase his knowledge of his chosen work. In September, 1922, he returned to his native city and opened his offices in the Commercial Bank Building, and through his skill and scientific knowledge he is already well established in his practice.
History of San Joaquin County, California – Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 1923
p 1507
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.