Alameda-Siskiyou County CA Archives Biographies.....Perry, Joseph W. 1844 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

JOSEPH W. PERRY, undertaker on Castro street, between B and C streets, Haywards,
is by nature a mechanical genius. In his work-shop adjacent to his "parlors"
(salesroom) he manufactures guitars, mandolins and various other stringed
instruments of exquisite design and workmanship. He is also a designer of
patterns and does general cabinet work. He was born on the Western Islands,
(Azores) July 12, 1844. At the age of fifteen years he came to California,
locating at Yreka, Siskiyou County. In 1879 he came to Haywards and learned the
shoemaker's trade. After a time he engaged in keeping a boarding-house and a
saloon for three years, when he established his present business. He is
considered by his townsmen an enterprising and successful business man. He was
naturalized at Yreka in 1865, and he is now a member of the Portuguese
Beneficiary Association. His parents, Joseph and Marianna (Bittencurt) Perry,
were also both natives of the Western Islands. The father was a carpenter by
trade, and from him our subject has inherited his mechanical skill. He was
married at Hay-wards, February 4, 1889, to Miss Mary Rodrick, who is also a
native of the same islands. They have one child, who is named Mary.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.


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