Santa Clara-Yuba County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Machado, Antonio Silvera February 8, 1918
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San Jose Mercury Herald,  Feb, 1918
SAN JOSE MAN, WHOSE EARLY LIFE SPENT ON WHALER, PASSES AWAY

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   The funeral service of Antone Machado, a former well known wine maker and 
distiller of Santa Clara will be held from the rsidence of the deceased on the 
Jacklin road, . . .(illegible)
   Mr. Machado was born on St. George Island, Portugal, November 14, 1843.  
When he was 17 years of age he left home on a whaling ship and landed at a 
Chilean port.  He was there but a few weeks when he sailed for America, landing 
in New Orleans just at the outbreak of the Civil war in '61.
   Here he entered the employ of a Mr. Craft and worked for him for two years.  
Deciding to strike out for himself, he again moved.  This time is was the 
vicinity of Halfmoon Bay and Marysville.  Here he purchased some property and 
started a winerey and distillery business.
   He was married to Miss Rosie Fonts and his several business ventures proving 
successful he moved to Santa Clara.  Here his first wife died.
   After remaining a widower for several years, he married Merisanna Vinces and 
settled down on his home on the Jacklin Road.
   Mr. Machado passed away on February 8 in his seventy-fifth year at the 
O'Connor sanitarioum where he had been confined for the past two weeks.  Death 
was caused by acute dilatation of the heart.  He is survived by three children, 
Anthony J., Joseph F. and Mary Machado.  All arrangments for the funeral are in 
the hands of T. McNally Sons.

Additional Comments:
This is actually a news article.

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