Monterey County CA Archives Biographies.....Goncalves, Manuel Marino 1828 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

MANUEL MARINO GONCALVES of Monterey, is a native of Portugal, where he was born
August 13,1828; since 1841, however, he has lived under the American flag,
having come to Boston, Massachusetts when only thirteen years of age. From this
port he made two voyages, in the bark Ninos, Capt. LaFayette in command. This
was a whaling vessel and these voyages consumed about five years of his life. At
the end of the second cruise he shipped aboard the Commodore Preble and sailed
into the Kamtschatka sea. This was a most successful tbree years' cruise, in
which they took 3,000 barrelsof whale oil and a valuable lot of whalebone, but
the latter article was low in price, its market value being only twenty-five
cents per pound, whereas it is now worth $4 to $4.50 per pound. During this
voyage several whaling boats were "stoven up" and seven men lost their lives
while capturing the vicious whale of that region.

  Upon the expiration of this last cruise our subject engaged in the
merchant-marine service, but this proved monotonous to the hardy sailor and tame
after his adventures in the far North, and after two years he again resumed
whaling, from New Bedford, Massachusetts, this time in the South seas. He made
two voyages of twenty-two months each. Later he shipped from Stonington,
Connecticut, aboard the Betsy Waltham, to the Artic sea, where, in two seasons,
they secured 5,000 barrels of whale oil, taking as much as 250 barrels from one
fish.

  Upon a cruise to the Sandwich Islands his vessel, the United States, was
condemned, and from the year 1856 to 1862 he was at the head of the Monterey
Whaling Company, at Monterey. They only took about 100 barrels of oil per season
at this station, except the year 1861, when they secured about 1,500 barrels.
The last whale captured at Monterey was in the season of 1886. This was a fine
specimen. Capt. Marino Goncalves then sold his interest in the company and
retired from the business, and now resides in Monterey.

  Our subject was married in 1862, to Miss Clotilda Gardner, a daughter of
William R. Gardner, an Englishman by birth, and they have nine children living.

  The Captain is greatly respected where he is so well-known as a pioneer and
worthy citizen of the old capital city.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.

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