Alameda County
Biographies
PETER
C. FREDERICKSON
PETER C. FREDERICKSON.
Conspicuous among the prosperous business men of Alameda county is
Peter C. Frederickson, the pioneer coal and grain merchant of
Fruitvale. Enterprising and industrious, possessing energy and good executive
ability, he is giving close attention to the management of his affairs, and by
his honorable dealings has won the confidence and respect of the community. The
son of a farmer, he was born June 4,1859, in Denmark, where his parents,
Frederick and Dorothy Frederickson, spent their entire lives, the father dying
in his native land in 1861.
The youngest of a
family consisting of five sons and two daughters, Peter C. Frederickson lived
with his widowed mother until fifteen years of age, obtaining his education in
the common schools. Emigrating to the United States in 1874, he lived for three
years in Plainfield, N. J., working at any honorable employment. In 1877
he came to California, locating immediately in Fruitvale, which has since been
his home. Energetic and thrifty, he had no trouble in securing employment, and
being prudent and economical he saved money. When ready to establish himself in
business on his own account, Mr. Frederickson opened the first coal and wood
yard in Fruitvale, starting on a modest scale in 1890. Successful from the
first in his operations, he has built up an extensive business, being now the
leading dealer in coal, wood, hay, grain and feed of that section of the
county, having a large wholesale and retail trade. His yard and office are
located on the old county road, at the corner of King avenue, a favorable
location both for receiving and delivering any of his commodities. He is also
agent for a fire insurance company, representing a well-known and reliable
firm.
Mr. Frederickson was
married in Fruitvale October 7, 1884, to Mettie C. Frost,
a native of Denmark, and they are the parents of five children: Neil A.,
Dorothy S., Catherine M., Alice G., and Chester C.
Politically Mr. Frederickson cordially supports the principles of the
Republican party, and, though not an office seeker, is now serving as a member
of the sanitary board of the Fruitvale district. He is also a member and one of
the directors of the Fruitvale Board of Trade. Fraternally he belongs to Orion
Lodge No. 189, I. O. O. F.; to Ah Wah
Nee Tribe No. 86, I. O. R. M., of Fruitvale, in which he
has passed all the chairs; to Oakland Lodge No. 171,
B. P. O. E.; and to Fruitvale Camp No. 431,
W. O. W.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard 21 April 2015.
ญญญญSource: History
of the State of California & Biographical Record of Coast Counties,
California by Prof. J. M. Guinn, A. M., Pages 470-475.
The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904.
ฉ 2015 Marie
Hassard.
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