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'''James A. [Alexander] Tait''' was, according to Chase [and Stevens], "a saddlemaker who later entered the plumbing and hardware business". He may have lived in an 1870/71 house that still stands on California Street.
'''James A. [Alexander] Tait''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75231319/james-alexander-tait 1828-1899]) was, according to Chase [and indexer Stevens], "a saddlemaker who later entered the plumbing and hardware business". Born in Ireland, he may have lived in an 1870/71 house that still stands on California Street.
* ''[[The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023)]]'', Chapter Nine, entry (11), page 236.  
* ''[[The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023)]]'', Chapter Nine, entry (11), page 236.
*[https://archives.santacruzmah.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/CPL9-1950_11_23.pdf ''Riptide'' CPL9] states that he came to CA as one of Stevenson's volunteers, and worked with Hihn to develop a water system. Tait's Mexican-American War service in the New York Volunteers regiment is documented in [https://archive.org/details/cu31924020403162/page/n12/mode/2up "The First regiment of New York volunteers, commanded by Col. Jonathan D. Stevenson, in the Mexican war"], an 1882 book viewable online at Internet Archive.
 
James was a Soc. of Pioneers member, along with sons Joseph, Robert, and William (also a NY Volunteer). [[Tait, Robert S.|Robert]] became head of the Santa Cruz Water Dept. and Fire Dept.  


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Latest revision as of 16:24, 14 November 2025

James A. [Alexander] Tait (1828-1899) was, according to Chase [and indexer Stevens], "a saddlemaker who later entered the plumbing and hardware business". Born in Ireland, he may have lived in an 1870/71 house that still stands on California Street.

James was a Soc. of Pioneers member, along with sons Joseph, Robert, and William (also a NY Volunteer). Robert became head of the Santa Cruz Water Dept. and Fire Dept.