Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Silva, Alfred Cezar July 14, 1872 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr jessicanorr@gmail.com January 5, 2012, 3:35 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist ALFRED CEZAR SILVA, Business Man. Backed by twenty-one years of experience in the retail drygoods business, Alfred C. Silva established his own store, Silva’s Toggery, in Honolulu in 1907. Beginning in a small way, additional floor space was obtained when necessary, new lines of merchandise added, and in 1910 the business was incorporated. Mr. Silva is president of the firm, James D. Reid vice president and L. A. Perry secretary-treasurer. Mr. Silva’s first position was as cash boy for Charles J. Fisher, Honolulu merchant. He remained with the Fisher concern from 1886 to 1898, when it was purchased by L. E. Tracy, for whom Mr. Silva continued working as a salesman for two years. From 1900 to 1907 he was a salesman for the Cash Co., a retail clothing store. Born in Honolulu on July 14, 1872, Mr. Silva is the son of Alexander A. and Mary Virginia Silva. He was educated in the old Royal school, Fort Street school and St. Louis College. In 1895 he married Mary Gomes of Honolulu, and they have four children, Rudolph Silva, associated with his father in Silva’s Toggery; Mrs. J. A. Reid of Honolulu, and Aldine and Alfred C. Silva, Jr., students. Mr. Silva is an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Y.M.C.A., and the Commercial Club. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/silva545bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb