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FRENCH, Alden

Male 1879 - 1965  (85 years)


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  • Name FRENCH, Alden 
    • NAME VARIATIONS:
      - Aldin FRENCH --- 1880 Census
    Gender Male 
    Born 2 Nov 1879  Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • BIRTH DATE DISCREPANY:
      - 02 Nov 1878 --- Death record
      - 02 Nov 1879 --- Biography
    Census 26 Jun 1880  Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    w/parents, widowed pat. grandmother & uncles 
    Census 11 Jun 1900  San Jose, Santa Clara, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    w/parents & siblings 
    Biography 1879-1922  Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    BIOGRAPHY 
    Died 14 Jan 1965  Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Abt. 16 Jan 1965  Oak Hill Memorial Park San Jose, Santa Clara, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I26324  1. Schwald - WA-NY-OR-TX
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2017 

    Father FRENCH, Mortimer Delano,   b. 25 Jan 1840, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1906, San Jose, Santa Clara, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother GALLAGHER, Mary,   b. 12 Aug 1853, Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1911, Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Family ID F8394  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family PURCELL, Anna M.,   b. 9 Mar 1876, San Jose, Santa Clara, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1952, Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 18 Oct 1904  San Jose, Santa Clara, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. FRENCH, Mildred Gertrude,   b. Abt. 1906, Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. FRENCH, Alden E.,   b. Abt. Aug 1911, Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1912, Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     3. FRENCH, Alden Edward,   b. Abt. 1914, Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. FRENCH, Mary Martha,   b. Abt. 1917, Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. FRENCH, Mortimer Alfred,   b. Abt. 1919, Santa Clara County, California Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2017 
    Family ID F8396  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Nov 1879 - Santa Clara County, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - w/parents, widowed pat. grandmother & uncles - 26 Jun 1880 - Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - w/parents & siblings - 11 Jun 1900 - San Jose, Santa Clara, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Oct 1904 - San Jose, Santa Clara, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBiography - BIOGRAPHY - 1879-1922 - Santa Clara County, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Jan 1965 - Santa Clara County, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Abt. 16 Jan 1965 - Oak Hill Memorial Park San Jose, Santa Clara, California Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S171] CENSUS 1880 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), page 52D (267); [52/60), 26 Jun 1880.
      1880 CENSUS - Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California
      LINE#: NAME - AGE - RELATIONSHIP - CIVIL CONDITION S/M/W - OCCUPATION - BORN: self/father/mother
      FAMILY #331
      21. M.D. French - 40 - _ - M - Farmer - New York/Conn/N.Y.
      22. Mary French - 26 - Wife - M - Keeping House - California/New York/California
      23. Aldin French - 1 - Son - S - _ - California/New York/California
      24. Earl U. French - 30 - Brother - S - Works on Farm - Wisconsin/Conn/New York
      25. W.H. French - 22 - Brother - S - Works on Farm - California/Conn/New York
      26. Jane A. French - 63 - Mother - W - At Home - New York/New York/New York

    2. [S173] CENSUS 1900 - U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), page 15A (76); [29/38), 11 Jun 1900.
      1900 CENSUS - San Jose, Santa Clara, California
      LINE#: NAME - RELATION - DOB - AGE - MARRIED/SINGLE - #YRS MARRIED - MOTHER OF #CHILDREN BORN/#CHILDREN LIVING - BIRTHPLACE: Self/Father/Mother - OCCUPATION - HOME: O/R - H/F
      FAMILY #274 (crossed out with 185)
      ADDRESS: 687 Jackson
      1. Mortimer French - Head - Feb 1840 - 60 - M - 22 - _ - Michigan/Michigan/Michigan - Farming - O - F
      2. Mary French - Wife - Aug 1853 - 46 - M - 22 - 8/6 - Calif/New York/Calif
      3. Alden French - Son - Nov 1879 - 20 - S - _ - _ - Calif/Calif/Michigan - Laborer
      4. Allie French - Daughter - May 1882 - 18 - S - _ - _ - Calif/Calif/Michigan - At School
      5. John French - Son - Nov 1885 - 15 - S - _ - _ - Calif/Calif/Michigan - At School
      6. Earnest French - Son - Feb 1888 - 12 - S - _ - _ - Calif/Calif/Michigan - At School
      7. Hazel French - Daughter - July 1893 - 7 - S - _ - _ - Calif/Calif/Michigan - At School
      8. Mariel French - Daughter - Sept 1895 - 4 - S - _ - _ - Calif/Calif/Michigan

    3. [S366] BK-Hx of S.Cl. Co. w/Biological Sketches, Eugene T. Sawyer (1922), (Historic Record Company; Los Angeles, California), https://archive.org/stream/historyofsantacl00sawy#page/1164/mode/2up, 1922.
      BIOGRAPHY - ALDEN FRENCH (dated 1922)
      - Birth: Born on the old French Ranch on November 2, 1879
      - Father: Mortimer D. French, a native of Wisconsin, who died in 1906, age sixty-six, and was buried on the day before the great San Francisco earthquake
      - Mother: Mary Gallagher, a native of Santa Clara County, who died in 1911, age fifty-seven years. (daughter of Andrew Thomas & Maria (Martin) Gallagher, and the granddaughter of Andrew T. & Mary (Siskron) Gallagher, of New York.)

      SCHOOL & BUSINESS
      - 1883: His parents & siblings moved from the French Ranch to San Jose, where Alden attended grammar school & two years of high school.
      - 1898-1907: Employed by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, in charge of their store room in San Jose.
      - 1907-1919: Employed by the Walsh-Col Wholesale Company of San Jose in various departments.
      - 1919-current (1922): Employed as foreman in the mgmt. of the Gallagher Ranch located on the San Jose-Alviso Road (purchased by Andrew Thomas Gallagher in the fifties) in which he also has an estate interest.
        The Gallagher Ranch had about 123 acres, additional land was added, now totals about 360 acres. One-third is devoted to the growing of pears, somewhat more to apples & 110 acres are given up to pasture, berries and hay.
        Packing houses are near-by, employing from twenty-five to fifty men. Sixty or more carloads of pears & six to eight carloads of quinces are shipped annually.
        Mr. French also has an estate interest in a fifty-acre-ranch located on the Mountain View-Alviso Road (left by his father) which is devoted to pasture and hay.

      FAMILY
      - Residence: Lives about two miles south of Alviso, on a part of the Gallagher Ranch, although also own a home at 438 North Sixth Street, San Jose.
      - Marriage: October 18, 1904, San Jose, married Anna M. Purcell, a native of San Jose, and the daughter of John and Delia Purcell.
        Wive's Parents & Siblings: Mrs. Purcell (nee Teresa Gorman) was born in Australia & came to San Francisco at the age of twenty. She moved to San Jose in 1868 & two years later married Mr. Purcell. Three of their seven children are living; 1. May, wife of Joseph Calice, mgr. of Black's Package Co., San Jose; 2. Anna (wife of Alden French); 3. Naomi, wife of Alfred J. Pinard.
        Mr. Purcell, past superintendent of San Jose streets, died in 1900.

      - Wife and Children: Four of their children are still living - 1. Mildred Gertrude, 2. Alden Edward, 3. Mary Martha & 4. Mortimer Alfred French; but their second-born, who was also named Alden, passed away aged eleven months.

    4. [S215] AVS-Deaths 1940-1997 - California, Familysearch.org, California Death Index 1940-1997, (familysearch.org), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPZS-BLM, 14 Jan 1965.
      DEATH - 14 Jan 1965, Santa Clara County, California
      Name: ALDEN FRENCH
      Birth Date: 02 Nov 1878
      Birthplace: California
      Gender: Male
      Mother's Name: Gallaghe

    5. [S201] AVS-Death-Burial - findagrave.com, (findagrave.com), https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42023195.
      DEATH & BURIAL - (grave stone image on web site)
      Alden French
      Birth: Nov. 2, 1878
      Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California
      Death: Jan. 14, 1965
      Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California

      Spouse:
      Anna M. Purcell French (1878 - 1952)

      Children:
      Mildred E. French Seely (1905 - 1980)

      Burial:
      Oak Hill Memorial Park
      San Jose, Santa Clara County, California

    6. [S216] AVS-Marriages - 1850-1952 - California Co., Familysearch.org, California County Marriages 1850-1952, (familysearch.org), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8D6-42F, 18 Oct 1904.
      MARRIAGE - 18 Oct 1904 San Jose, Santa Clara, California (record image on web site)
      Name: ALDEN FRENCH
      Age: 26 (est. yob 1878)
      Native of: California
      Spouse's Name: ANNA J. PURCELL
      Spouse's Age: 26 (est. yob 1878)
      Native of: California


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