Merced-Alameda-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Vierra, Joaquin (Sr.) 1856 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

JOAQUIN VIERRA, SR.

   The life of Joaquin Vierra which began on the island of Terceria, of the
Azores group, on March 14, 1856, sustained one of the greatest afflictions that
can befall a young child, for his mother died when he was only fourteen months
old. His father, also named Joaquin, was a farmer and lived to the age of
seventy-two. His mother's maiden name was Josephine Gomez. The son grew up on
his father's farm and went to the common school until he was sixteen years old.
Then he started out for himself, came to America and directly to California, and
eventually arrived at Haywards, Alameda County, where he spent the winter. He
then came to the West Side and worked for Mr. Bunker in the Cottonwood district
of Merced County, on the ranch now owned by John Jeffers. Young Vierra worked on
this ranch six years and then made a trip back to his native land for a visit.
Returning to California he worked another year for Mr. Bunker and then started
out for himself and began raising stock on a small scale on the Donahue ranch
for a number of years. He later sold this place of forty acres and purchased ten
acres in another location and carried on a small dairy for six years. In 1910 he
had so prospered that he was able to buy sixty-five acres under the ditch and is
now making that his home, living practically retired, having turned the dairy
over to his boys, who also run the McCabe ranch of 160 acres, of which 100 acres
are in alfalfa.

   While living on his first ranch Mr. Vierra sent back to his native island
where his intended wife, Angeline Menzes, lived and she came to California and
they were married in San Francisco on September 18, 1891. Her parents were
Gariot and Margaret (Martinez) Menzes, and of this union there have been five
children, viz.: Margaret, Mrs. Rocha of Volta; Joaquin, Jr., who manages the
ranching interests; and Joseph, Frank and Estella. There are fifteen
grandchildren in the Vierra home circle to brighten his fireside. He belongs to
the I. D. E. S., and the U. P. E. C, of Los Banos and is an ex-officer of both
lodges. He has served for years as trustee of the Santa Nella school district of
Merced County.


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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