California Genealogy

Carl Husemann is proprietor of the Carmel Bakery on Ocean avenue, a favorite rendezvous for housewives and at certain hours of the day one of the busiest marts in town. He was born in Germany July 25, 1880, and while still in his native country, learned the baker’s trade. This he also followed as a journeyman for several years in various parts of the country, working in the best bakeries in many large and representative cities like Berlin. He became an expert in his line long before he was ready to sail to the United States in 1908. At length … Read more

Leon G. Wolf, engaged in the poultry business on Cassanova avenue, Monterey, was born in Germany, March 23, 1882, the son of John and Kate (Gnad) Wolf. His father, who was for forty years connected with the management of the German railways, died in March, 1923, highly esteemed for those virtues for which the sturdy German citizen has always been of value in the world, nor was his devoted wife, when she breathed her last at the age of seventy-six years, less fortunate in the position she occupied in her day and generation. Leon G. Wolf enjoyed the advantages of … Read more

Philip J. Dougherty, former mayor of the city of Monterey, a member of the directorate of the Chamber of Commerce of that city, for ten years and more a director of the First National Bank of Monterey, proprietor of what is regarded as the most extensive establishment dealing in hay, grain, flour and fuel on the peninsula, is a native son of California, where he has made his home all his life, a resident of Monterey for the past fifteen years, during that time having come to be recognized as one of the leading personal factors in the general development … Read more

If the visitor to Plainfield, California, should inquire for the largest and best equipped dairy in the locality, he would no doubt be directed to that of R. H. Durham & Sons. R. H. Durham, the head of this prosperous and well managed dairy, was born in Suffolk, England. In the early years of his manhood he was a farmer on the estate of Lord Rendlesom. In 1877 and 1878 he was in Australia and New Zealand. From there he went to the Cape of Good Hope, where he remained for a time, finally returning to England by way of … Read more

Salvatore Cardinale, a wholesale dealer in all kinds of fish, on Washington street, Monterey, enjoys a prosperity which he has worked very hard to realize. He was born in Palermo, Sicily, September 4, 1869, the son of Oratizo and Agnes Cardinale, and not only was his father a fisherman but he comes from a long line of the same seafaring men. As a child, he was taken to sea to become familiar with his father’s occupation and hence did not have much chance for schooling. He was wide-awake and observant, however, and in one way or another, picked up a … Read more

Although Lee Dudgeon’s farm near Soledad is not the largest in the vicinity, it is acknowledged as one of the best managed and best improved in that part of Monterey county. Its owner was born in Knox county, Ohio, April 2, 1870, a son of David and Mary Jane (Freeman) Dudgeon. His paternal grandfather, Simon Dudgeon, was a native of the Emerald isle, though David Dudgeon was born in this country. The latter was engaged in farming all his life and was known as one of the leading sheep raisers of Knox county. Lee Dudgeon grew to manhood on his … Read more