Alameda County CA Archives Biographies.....Day, William 1852 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

WILLIAM DAY, one of the prominent business men of Sunol, was born at Aurora,
Erie County, New York, June 20, 1852. His father, Ithamar C., a Canadian by
birth, emigrated into the United States when a young man. He married Miss Elvira
Davis, a native of Vermont. William was reared and educated in his native town,
and on reaching the age of manhood he went to Portage County, Wisconsin, and in
a few months came on to California, by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and located
at Sunol. First he worked upon the ranch of Charles Hadsell for twelve years,
and in 1886 he established his present business, as proprietor and manager of
the livery, feed and sale stable and trader in live-stock. He has also a large
warehouse for the storage of hay, grain, etc., and he also has an extensive
commission business. He is a member of the Board of School Trustees, a worthy
citizen and a man who enjoys the confidence and respect of his neighbors.

  Mr. Day was married in San Leandro in 1871, to Miss Nettie Bennett, a native
of Wisconsin, and they have nine children, namely: Frank, Daisy, Frederick,
Walter, William, Emma, Arthur, Nellie and an infant son.

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Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

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from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
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Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
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