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• 17:30, 23 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Jenkins, Isabelle (Created page with "'''Isabelle Jenkins''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as coming with or following her parents to Watsonville. It seems this happened in the 1870s, but the Guinn text is unclear on dates of family moves and Isabelle's birth. She became the head librarian at the Watsonville Free Library in 1896. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.396. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Watsonville [...")
• 02:18, 23 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Hushbeck, Lewis (Created page with "'''Lewis Hushbeck''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1825 in Baltimore, MD, of German parents, coming in 1855 to farm near Watsonville. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.570. Category:Persons Category:Persons of Pajaro Valley Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")
• 02:13, 23 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Hughes, Alfred (Created page with "'''Alfred Hughes''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1825 in Michigan, coming in 1856 to farm in the Pajaro Valley. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.556. Category:Persons Category:1850-1859 arrivals Category:Persons of Pajaro Valley Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")
• 02:07, 23 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Hudson, William G. (Created page with "'''William G. Hudson''' (no local burial found, died 1902) is described in Guinn as born 1838 in Michigan, coming in 1859 to a 300-acre Pajaro Valley farm with his mother Anna and stepfather Nehemiah Davis. Hudson was elected to the state Assembly in 1894, serving two consecutive one-year terms. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.387. Category:Persons Category:1850-1859 arrivals Category:Persons...")
• 01:53, 23 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Hoyt, Hazen (Created page with "'''Hazen Hoyt''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1831 in Canada, coming in 1883 to farm in the Pajaro Valley, where he died in 1902, survived by his wife and eight children. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.388. Category:Persons Category:other foreign-born Category:Persons of Pajaro Valley Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")
• 01:45, 23 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Holohan, Richard (Created page with "'''Richard Holohan''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born in Ireland, coming in 1869 to farm in the Pajaro Valley. After his death in 1884, management of the farm was assumed by four sons and a daughter. There's a Holohan Road outside Watsonville. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.384. Category:Persons Category:Persons of Pajaro Valley Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no...")
• 01:37, 23 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Hassett, P. (Created page with "'''P. Hassett''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as a Roman Catholic priest born 1872 in Ireland, coming to Santa Cruz in 1896 as an assistant at Holy Cross church. In 1897, he was appointed rector St. Patrick's church in Watsonville, and was still in that job when Guinn wrote in 1903. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.318. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:...")
• 01:24, 23 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Hartman, Isaiah (Created page with "'''Isaiah Hartman''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162787363/isaiah-hartman 1870-1934]) is described in Guinn as born in Canada, coming to Boulder Creek in 1890, where he was in the real estate and insurance businesses, and involved in local politics. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.644 (photo)-645. Category:Persons Category:Persons of San Lorenzo Valley Category:Persons in Guinn C...")
• 01:11, 23 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Handley, J. J. (Created page with "'''James J. Handley''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1856 in New York state, coming in 1881 to farm in Santa Cruz, then moving to San Francisco shortly before his death in 1900. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.393. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")
• 00:34, 23 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Hamilton, William J. (Created page with "redirect Hamilton, Robert E. Category:Persons Category:Group-Irish Category:Santa Cruz Memorial")
• 00:33, 23 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Hamilton, Elizabeth Parsons (Created page with "redirect Hamilton, Robert E. Category:Persons Category:Santa Cruz Memorial")
• 00:30, 23 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Hamilton, Robert E. (Created page with "'''Robert E. Hamilton''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1856 in Ireland, coming in 1876 to Santa Cruz. After ten years of farming, he became junior partner to Henry F. Parsons in the firm of Parsons & Hamilton, manufacturers of soap and glue. Hamilton's wife Elizabeth ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/274230158/elizabeth-franziska-hamilton 1860-1960]) was a Parsons daughter. Robert's older brother William ([https://www.fin...")
• 19:16, 22 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Grant, John (Created page with "'''John Grant''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25546424/john-grant 1837-1901]) is described in Guinn as born in Canada, coming in 1866 to Santa Cruz County, and eventually becoming a foreman for F. A. Hihn, working in Capitola and at Hihn's bituminous rock mines. Daughter Eva May Grant ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5137217/eva-may-grant 1871-1935]) became a schoolteacher in Santa Cruz. * "Miss E. May Grant", History of the state of California and biog...")
• 18:57, 22 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Galligan, Bartholomew (Created page with "'''Bartholomew Galligan''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born in Ireland, coming to California in 1855, and apparently to a 275 acre farm in Santa Cruz County soon after. Son Peter C. Galligan (the actual subject of the Guinn bio) had become the farm manager by 1903. The farm was in the Rancho San Andres area, on today's San Andreas Road, south of La Selva Beach. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Gui...")
• 19:11, 21 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Fuller, James H. (Created page with "'''James H. Fuller''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1839 in New York state, coming in 1882 to Boulder Creek. In 1903 he was head of the Boulder Creek Mercantile Association. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.676. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")
• 19:01, 21 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Foster, Jacob (Created page with "'''Jacob Foster''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1831 in Germany, coming in 1873 to farm in the Pajaro Valley, after several years as a ship captain. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.720. Category:Persons Category:Group-Germans Category:1870-1879 arrivals Category:Persons of Pajaro Valley Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")
• 18:54, 21 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Fletcher, H. S. (Created page with "'''H. S. Fletcher''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1854 in Minnesota, coming in 1877 to Watsonville, where in 1903 he was cashier at the Bank of Watsonville. The Fletcher bio includes a description of the bank and its officers. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.278. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")
• 19:26, 19 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Esty, J. D. (Created page with "'''Jarvis Duncan “JD” Esty''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138114376/jarvis_duncan-esty 1849-1916]) is described in Guinn as born in New Brunswick, Canada. "In 1880 he came to California and located on his present [34 acre] farm, one mile east of Soquel, where he has since engaged in general farming and stock-raising." * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.556. * Son Lee D. Esty b...")
• 19:16, 19 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Enright, Joseph D. (Created page with "'''Joseph D. [Daniel] Enright''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83571177/joseph-daniel-enright 1866-1937]) is described in Guinn as born in the Santa Clara Valley, CA, of Irish parents; in the 1880s he became a dairy farmer on the coast NW of Santa Cruz. His wife Anna Elizabeth Inskeep Enright ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83571145/anna_elizabeth-enright 1865-1934]) was a Santa Cruz native. * History of the state of California and biographical record of...")
• 19:00, 19 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Ellis, Ozro M. (Created page with "'''Ozra M. Ellis''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158421886/ozra-m-ellis 1839-1909]) is described in Guinn as born in Maine, coming in 1882 to Soquel, where he farmed at first, and in 1887 became a merchant under the name "O. M. Ellis Company". * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.490. The first name is given as "Ozro", probably a misspelling. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Watsonville...")
• 18:50, 19 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Ehnert, August (Created page with "'''August Ehnert''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1856 in Austria, coming in 1896 to be a florist and landscape gardener in Santa Cruz, with an office at 168 Water Street (now the NW corner of May Ave.). Clients included F. W. Hihn. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.556. Category:Persons Category:Group-Germans Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:Persons in Guinn...")
• 18:35, 19 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Eaton, Robert W. (Created page with "'''Robert W. Eaton''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1846 in Pennsylvania, coming in 1875 to the Pajaro Valley, where he grew berries and apples on a 30-acre farm. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.568. Category:Persons Category:Persons of Pajaro Valley Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")
• 20:27, 18 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Driscoll, Bartholomew L. (Created page with "'''Bartholemew L. Driscoll''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1874 in Santa Cruz County, of parents both born in Ireland. Driscoll became a berry-grower in the Pajaro Valley. This Driscoll may have been a brother of Richard "Dick" Driscoll, one of the founders of today's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driscoll%27s Driscoll's] berry company. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.646. Ca...")
• 20:15, 18 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Dool, William H. (Created page with "'''William H. Dool''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/254767733/william-henry-dool 1857-1931]) is described in Guinn as born in Canada, coming in 1880 to Boulder Creek, where he worked in various trades, and was elected mayor of Boulder Creek in 1902. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.721. Category:Persons Category:other foreign-born Category:Persons of San Lorenzo Valley Category:Pers...")
• 20:08, 18 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page DeMartini, Paul B. (Created page with "'''Paul D. DeMartini''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1850 in Genoa, Italy; coming in 1878 to Watsonville, establishing a grocery store that he then sold and bought an apple orchard on the Monterey County side of the Pajaro River. The family became Watsonville residents and built a house there. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.556. * Several other DeMartinis from Genoa are buried a...")
• 19:54, 18 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page DeHart, William (Created page with "'''William DeHart''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as raised in Iowa, coming in 1869 to Watsonville. In 1896, he and partner Edmund White (no bio found) established a company that, according to Guinn, "turned out all kinds of fruit boxes, berry crates and baskets, and they also conduct a feed mill and general lumber mill." In 1899, DeHart bought out White. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p....")
• 19:13, 17 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Cox, Abraham P. (Created page with "'''Abraham P. Cox''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born on his father's "Pajaro Valley" farm in 1867. The father, Abraham Cox ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73845121/abraham-cox unknown-1863]) is buried in Evergreen Cem. This may be the Cox family for whom Cox Road (Day Valley area) is named. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.455. Category:Persons [[Category:Persons in Guinn]...")
• 19:00, 17 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Cowles, Timothy (Created page with "'''Timothy Cowles''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born in Vermont, coming to California in 1851, and retiring to Watsonville in 1887. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.556. Son Horace H. Cowles, also profiled in Guinn, became a fruit-grower in the Pajaro Valley. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")
• 18:50, 17 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Costello, Abraham (Created page with "'''Abraham Costello''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1869 in Gilroy CA, coming in 1888 with his parents to Watsonville, where he became "deputy constable, constable, deputy marshal and deputy sheriff, which various offices he has held about eight years". * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.565. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:Persons in Guinn C...")
• 18:41, 17 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Congdon, Willis R. (Created page with "'''Willis Rollin Congdon Sr.''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225590629/willis-rollin-congdon 1868-1934]) is described in Guinn as born in Indiana, coming in 1896 to practice medicine in Santa Cruz. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.660-661 (photo). Category:Persons Category:Persons in Guinn Category:Santa Cruz Memorial")
• 18:17, 17 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Clark, William W. (Created page with "'''William W. [Wallace] Clark'''([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73845043/william-wallace-clark 1825-1898]) is described in Guinn as born in Illinois (obit on Find-a-Grave says Vermont), coming in 1874 to Santa Cruz, where he worked in bridge-building and dairying before being appointed chief of police in 1886. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.491. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Guinn...")
• 18:07, 17 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Clark, Henry H. (Created page with "'''Henry H. Clark''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1835 in upstate NY, coming in 1889 to practice medicine in Santa Cruz, where he was "associated professionally" with Dr. Pierce B. Fagen until Fagen's death in 1899, then continuing in solo practice. Clark was elected Mayor of Santa Cruz in 1896, and was public administrator/county coroner from 1894-98. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa...")
• 18:38, 16 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Callihan, William (Created page with "'''William Callihan''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1829 in Pennsylvania, coming in 1852 to Watsonville. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.568. Category:Persons Category:1850-1859 arrivals Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")
• 18:13, 16 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Burke, Mary (Pearson) (Created page with "'''Mary (Pearson) Burke (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born in Ireland, coming in 1864 to Santa Cruz, married James Burke (also from Ireland, died 1899). * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.653. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")
• 18:06, 16 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Brown, James A. (Created page with "'''James A. Brown''' (no local burial found), is described in Guinn as "a retired and honored citizen of Boulder Creek . . . born in the state of Rhode Island, March 16, 1828." * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.492. Category:Persons Category:Persons in San Lorenzo Valley Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")
• 17:59, 16 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Bridgewater, Cyrus W. (Created page with "'''Cyrus W. Bridgewater''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1843 in Illinois, serving in the Union Army in Kansas, coming in 1876 to Watsonville, elected eight times as city marshal. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.553. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")
• 17:53, 16 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Brassell, Hans P. (Created page with "'''Hans Peter Brassell''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born 1848 in Denmark, coming in 1874 to reside in Watsonville, and participating in several different businesses; including milling, agriculture, and commercial property ownership. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.552. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")
• 17:45, 16 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Bradbury, Frank R. (Created page with "'''Frank R. Bradbury''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as a Watsonville "dealer in paints, oils, varnishes, brushes, all kinds of wall and decorative papers, as well as a contractor for painting, papering, decorating and calcimining." Born in Maryland, he came to Watsonville in 1894. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.554. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:P...")
• 17:38, 16 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Blessing brothers (Created page with "The '''Blessing brothers''' (no local burial found) are described in Guinn as born in Placerville, CA, coming in 1875 to Watsonville where they bought out an existing livery stable business called Fashion Stables. Guinn includes one profile for the two brothers, and gives only their initials - J. F. and O. C. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.722. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Watsonville [...")
• 17:28, 16 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Bixby, A. William (Created page with "'''A. William Bixby''' (no local burial found) is described in Guinn as born in Ohio, coming in 1882 to practice medicine in Watsonville. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.556. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")
• 17:20, 16 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Bloom, Irvin T. (Created page with "'''Irvin Thompson Bloom Sr.''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263337304/irvin-thompson-bloom 1856-1935]), born in Pennsylvania, is described in Guinn as "a prominent sawmill and lumber man of Boulder Creek". * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.734. Category:Persons Category:Persons of San Lorenzo Valley Category:Persons in Guinn Category:Santa Cruz Memorial")
• 17:20, 16 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Category:Persons of San Lorenzo Valley (Created page with "Category:Persons")
• 19:12, 12 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Beilby, Joseph W. (Created page with "'''Joseph W. [either Walter or Walker] Beilby''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120173272/joseph-walker-beilby 1863-1929]), born in Iowa, was a Pajaro Valley orchardist. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.652. * Find-a-Grave appears to have a duplicate entry, with Joseph ''Walter'' Beilby buried in Pioneer Cemetery. Category:Persons Category:Persons of Pajaro Valley Category:Persons in Guin...")
• 18:54, 12 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Bedell House (Created page with "'''Bedell House''' was a Santa Cruz boarding house on Mission Street, established in 1894 by Alexander and Sarah Bedell. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.498. Category:Hotels")
• 18:54, 12 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Bedell, Alexander (Created page with "'''Alexander Bedell''' (1836-1913]), born in New Hampshire, came to Santa Cruz in 1859, finding work in the lumber-milling business. Ill-health forced him to retire from that work and, with his wife Sarah, established Bedell House, a Santa Cruz boarding house. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.498. * No burial info was found for Alexander, but Sarah ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231606884/sarah-...")
• 18:03, 12 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Austin, F. Sands (Created page with "'''F. Sands Austin''', born 1855 in Pennsylvania, was in 1903 manager of the Loma Prieta Lumber Company of Watsonville. The company had lumber yards and finishing mills at Santa Cruz, Capitola, Watsonville, Hollister, Gilroy, San Jose, Salinas, Monterey and Pacific Grove. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.547. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:Persons in Guinn Cate...")
• 18:03, 12 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Loma Prieta Lumber Company (Created page with "The '''Loma Prieta Lumber Company''' of Watsonville was one of the largest timber/lumber operations in Santa Cruz County in the late 1800s. The company had lumber yards and finishing mills at Santa Cruz, Capitola, Watsonville, Hollister, Gilroy, San Jose, Salinas, Monterey and Pacific Grove. Manager in 1903 was F. Sands Austin, whose bio is in Guinn. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.54...")
• 17:51, 12 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Atteridge, Arthur (Created page with "'''Arthur Atteridge''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19752750/arthur-j-atteridge 1849-1888]), born in Ireland, was a merchant in Watsonville. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.632 (photo), 633. Category:Persons Category:Persons in Watsonville Category:Persons in Guinn Category:Valley Catholic Cemetery")
• 17:44, 12 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Angell, F. A. (Created page with "'''F. A. Angell''' was a Soquel merchant in 1903, along with his brother, Horatio Y. ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137402849/horatio-v-angell 1864-1956]) The brothers came to Soquel in 1877. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.502. * No burial info was found on F. A. Angell, but brother Horatio, wife Margaret ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105279132/margaret-angell 1852-1926]), and several rela...")
• 17:29, 12 October 2025 Carey talk contribs created page Arentz, Theodore (Created page with "'''Theodore Arentz''' (no local burial found) was a Franciscan priest, superior (in 1903) of the Pajaro Valley Orphan Asylum and pastor of the parish. He was also commissary provincial of the Franciscan Fathers in California and Phoenix, Ariz. * History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903), p.646. Category:Persons Category:Persons of Pajaro Valley Category:Persons in Guinn Category:no burial info")