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Charles Goodall (1824-1899) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in England,
1824.
Member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1871-73.
Co-founded a San Francisco shipping firm; served as
harbormaster of San Francisco in 1861-65.
Died in 1899
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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William Semple Green (1832-1905) —
also known as Will S. Green —
of Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif.
Born December
26, 1832.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; hotel-keeper;
steamboat captain; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of California
state assembly 25th District, 1867-69; California
state treasurer, 1898-99; promoter of irrigation projects.
Elected to the California Newspaper Hall of
Fame.
Died July 2,
1905 (age 72 years, 188
days).
Interment somewhere
in Colusa, Calif.; memorial monument at Will
S. Green Memorial, Near Hamilton City, Glenn County, Calif.
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Edward Hellman Heller (1900-1961) —
also known as Edward H. Heller —
of Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., March 15,
1900.
Son of Emanuel S. Heller and Clara (Hellman) Heller.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; financier;
director, and member executive committee, Wells Fargo Bank;
director, Permanente Cement Co.,
Bandini Petroleum
Co., Olympic Radio and
Television, Inc., Heller Land
Co., Permanente Steamship Co.; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1960;
Regent, University of California, 1942-58.
Jewish.
Died in Atherton, San Mateo
County, Calif., December
18, 1961 (age 61 years, 278
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger Dearborn Lapham (1883-1966) —
also known as Roger D. Lapham —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1883.
President, American-Hawaiian Steamship Company; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1944-48.
Died April 16,
1966 (age 82 years, 131
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Grandfather of Lewis H. Lapham (Harper's magazine
editor). |
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Frank Lovell (1913-1998) —
also known as Frederick J. Lang —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ipava, Fulton
County, Ill., July 24,
1913.
Seaman; automobile
worker; candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1953; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1954, 1958, 1964; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1960; Socialist Workers candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Socialist Workers candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 4th
District, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1968.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1998 (age 84 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Cyril Isaac Magnin (1899-1988) —
also known as Cyril Magnin; "Mr. San
Francisco" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 6,
1899.
Son of Joseph Magnin and Charlotte (Davis) Magnin.
Democrat. Women's
appearel business; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1948
(alternate), 1964;
Chief of Protocol for the City of San Francisco, 1964-1986; president
of the Port of San Francisco.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 8,
1988 (age 88 years, 338
days).
Interment at Hills
of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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William Lawrence Merry (1842-1911) —
also known as William L. Merry —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
December
27, 1842.
Son of Thomas Henry Merry and Candida (Xavier) Merry.
Steamship captain; wholesale
grocer; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1897-1907; Nicaragua, 1897-1908; Costa Rica, 1897-1911.
Member, Freemasons.
Advocate of Nicaraguan Canal.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., December
14, 1911 (age 68 years, 352
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Warren Olney (1841-1921) —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Davis
County, Iowa, March 11,
1841.
Son of William Olney and Eliza Ann (Green) Olney.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from California, 1896;
director, California Title
Insurance and Trust Company; president, South San Francisco
Dock Company; mayor of
Oakland, Calif., 1903-05.
Member, American Bar
Association; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 2,
1921 (age 80 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Thomas Gedney Patten (1861-1939) —
also known as Thomas G. Patten —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1861.
Son of Thomas Patten and Maria L. (Gedney) Patten.
Democrat. Real estate
business; president, New York and Long Branch Steamboat
Co.; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1911-17 (15th District 1911-13,
18th District 1913-17).
Died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
23, 1939 (age 77 years, 164
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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George Clement Perkins (1839-1923) —
also known as George C. Perkins —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Kennebunkport, York
County, Maine, August
23, 1839.
Son of Clement Perkins and Lucinda (Fairfield) Perkins.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
miller;
steamship business; member of California
state senate, 1869-76; Governor of
California, 1880-83; U.S.
Senator from California, 1893-1915; appointed 1893.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., February
26, 1923 (age 83 years, 187
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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James Rolph, Jr. (1869-1934) —
also known as "Sunny Jim" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
23, 1869.
Republican. Banker;
shipbuilder; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1912-31; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1920,
1928,
1932;
Governor
of California, 1931-34; died in office 1934.
Died in Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 2,
1934 (age 64 years, 283
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Lorenzo P. Sanger (1809-1875) —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H., March 2,
1809.
Son of David Sanger, Jr. (1782-1851) and Mary 'Polly' (Palmer) Sanger
(1783-1854).
Contractor;
built canals and railroads;
member of Illinois
state senate; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; stone quarry
proprietor.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., March 23,
1875 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of David Sanger, Jr. (1782-1851) and Mary 'Polly' (Palmer) Sanger
(1783-1854); married, February
3, 1830, to Rachel Mary Denniston; father of Frances Louise
Sanger (1842-1880; who married William
Alexander Steel). |
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Richard M. Stadden (1856-1918) —
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., May 27,
1856.
Civil
engineer and contractor
on railways
and harbor projects in the U.S. and Mexico; Hawaiian consul at
Manzanillo, 1886-87; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1886-87; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Manzanillo, 1906-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Manzanillo, 1916-17.
Died, of influenza,
1918
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Married to Victoria Carbajal. |
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Irving Charles Velson (1913-1976) —
also known as Irving C. Velson; Irving Charles
Shavelson; Charles Wilson; "Nick";
"Shavey" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 3,
1913.
Son of Clara
Shavelson.
Machinist;
boilermaker;
shipfitter; president,
Local 13, Shipbuilders Union; American Labor candidate for New York
state senate 11th District, 1938; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; in 1951 and 1953, he was brought to testify before
Congressional committees about his Communist and Soviet activities,
including efforts to infiltrate
the U.S. military with Soviet spies; he repeatedly refused to answer
questions, invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination;
as a result, he was "barred for
life" by the Shipbuilders' union; later, served as international
representative for the (West Coast) International Longshoreman's
and Warehousemen's Union.
Venona Project documents (decrypted Soviet messages from the World
War II era), released in 1995, show that he was an agent
for Soviet military intelligence under the code name "Nick".
Died in 1976
(age about
63 years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in San Francisco Bay.
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