Monterey-Santa Clara County CA Archives Biographies.....Jordan, Patrick 1842 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

PATRICK JORDAN, a well-known merchant of Castroville, was born in east Canada,
near Quebec on November 14, 1842. His father, James Jordan, was a farmer by
occupation and married Miss Catherine Bulger, both being of Irish birth, he
coming to America in 1832. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom the
subject of this sketch is the second child.

  Patrick came to California in 1869 and worked on a ranch in Santa Clara county
for three years, and in 1873 embarked in the mercantile business in Castroville,
in which he has continued ever since.

  Mr. Jordan is a successful business man and he and his wife are highly
esteemed by their large circle of friends.

  His marriage occurred in 1873, to Miss Jane Whalen, a native of West Canada,
and they have one son, James P.


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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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