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'''Frank K. [Kaen] Alzina''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/260408032/frank-kaen-alzina 1850-1898]), one of fourteen children of Spanish immigrant [[Alzina, Francisco|Francisco Alzina]], became a grocer and married Lora, a daughter of [[Effey, William|William Effey]]. The family business and residence were on Mission Street. A brother, [[Alzina, Enoch|Enoch]], followed his father into the sheriff's dept. Both Frank and Enoch were members of the Pilots hose-cart team in the 1880s.
'''Francisco "Frank" Alzina''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73418272/francisco-k-alzina 1821-1887]), a native of Spain, stowed away on an American ship leaving the Spanish island of Minorca in 1840, and arrived in Santa Cruz in 1846, where he became a clerk for ''alcalde'' [[Blackburn, William|William Blackburn]]. He married a daughter of the local [[Gonzales family]] and, in 1850, built what is now the oldest wood-frame structure in Santa Cruz. It stands next-door to where his in-laws adobe house once was, on the west side of [[Mission Plaza]]. From 1850 to 1853, Alzina was the first [https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/134098#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0 Santa Cruz County Sheriff]. He had two sons, Francisco (Frank) and [[Alzina, Enoch|Enoch]]. Enoch followed his father into the sheriff's dept.
* John L. Chase, ''[[The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023)]]'', Chapter Four, item (5), page 82.
*[[History Pages: 15 - Uptown and Downtown]]
* [[History Pages: 42 - Go, Team, Go: The First Team Sport in Santa Cruz, ca. 1880]]




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Frank K. [Kaen] Alzina (1850-1898), one of fourteen children of Spanish immigrant Francisco Alzina, became a grocer and married Lora, a daughter of William Effey. The family business and residence were on Mission Street. A brother, Enoch, followed his father into the sheriff's dept. Both Frank and Enoch were members of the Pilots hose-cart team in the 1880s.

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