Merced-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Court, Albert 1862 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

ALBERT COURT

   Well-known among the industrious, respected and prosperous business men of
Livingston is Albert Court, proprietor of the Court Theater and the Court
Confectionery Store. He was born in the County of Surry, England, on May 23,
1862, a son of Albert and Elizabeth (Stanley) Court. The father, who was a
carpenter and joiner, made two visits to America and for a time followed his
trade in Philadelphia. The paternal grandfather, George Court, was an Englishman
and his wife was a native of Wales. He also was a carpenter and builder; his
family, consisting of his wife and seven children lived in County Surry,
England, where he and his wife passed their last days.

   Albert Court attended school in England and at the age of twenty-one was
married to Miss Marion Leeding, native of County Surry, and daughter of Edwin
and Charlotte (Thompson) Leeding. In 1892 Mr. Court removed to Saskatchewan,
Canada, where he worked as a carpenter, building many of the substantial
buildings of that place. In 1907 the family moved to San Francisco, where he
followed his trade for two years. In the fall of 1909 Mr. Court located in
Livingston, purchased ten acres near town and in partnership with Finch Wilcox,
built the first real estate office south of the Southern Pacific Railroad
tracks; his firm, known as Court and Wilcox, built the Crowell block, the
grammar school building, and many business houses and residences in the town. In
1917 Mr. Court erected the Court Theater building and since that time has added
to it and remodeled and enlarged it until it will now comfortably seat 250
people. Mr. and Mrs. Court are the parents of nine children: May Stanley is the
wife of Herbert Holley, Southern Pacific freight agent at Livingston; they own a
twelve-and-a-half-acre vineyard within the city limits. Arthur Stanley served
four years over seas with the Canadian Army during the World War and received a
medal from King George; he married Emily Kimmerle and is a carpenter and builder
residing in Livingston. Gilbert Stanley married Hazel McConnell and is in the
ice and fuel business in Livingston; Harold E. Stanley died at the age of twenty
years; Eleanor Stanley is the wife of Richard Allen, a railroad brakeman, and
they reside at San Jose; Edwin Stanley married Sarah Mary Smith and he is a
farmer in Saskatchewan, Canada. Albert Stanley married Naomi Herndon and is in
partnership with his father; he served in the United States Navy during the
World War. Dorothy Stanley is the wife of William Choisser, a barber in the
Court building; and Vincent Stanley is assistant cashier in the First Bank of
Livingston. There are thirteen grand-' children in the families. Mr. Court votes
the Republican ticket. In 1921 he became a member of the first board of trustees
of the city of Livingston and is still serving in that capacity. Mr. and Mrs.
Court are members of the Episcopal Church at Livingston, of which Mrs. Court is
organist; she has been a teacher of piano for many years, but is now retired.
The daughter Dorothy Stanley and the son Albert Stanley are both musicians; they
play the organ in the Court Theater and are in demand at local functions.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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