Alameda
County
Biographies
ANTONE
F. NUNES
ANTONE F. NUNES. As a reward for the industry of years Antone F. Nunes has a fine
and valuable ranch, equal to that of any land owner in the vicinity of
Irvington. A mile distant from the town,
and forty acres in extent, its entire development is due to his energy and
forethought, he having set out all the trees which now bear fruit or give
shelter from the summer sun, as well as constructed the home, barns, and
fences, and added the general improvements.
He is engaged in general ranching, and if a purchaser was desirous of
transferring his farm to his own possession he would have to pay the round sum
of $350 per acre. Besides his home
place, Mr. Nunes owns thirty-three acres in two
different places near Centerville.
Mr. Nunes
is a long way from the land of his childhood, for he was born in the Azores
Islands, off the coast of Spain, in 1829, and lived there until coming to
California in 1858. In the islands he
married Mary Ameral, also a native of that place, and
with whom he set sail for San Francisco, his heart full of hope, justified by
his strong constitution and commendable ambition. After varying experiences in the mines for
about five years, he went to San Leandro, Alameda county,
and in the vicinity of the town worked on a ranch for a year. He next labored for two or three years on
ranches near Centerville, afterward purchasing his present home with the
proceeds of his labor and economy. He
not only has a farm of great fertility and promise, but he has an interesting
family of thirteen children, who appreciate his success and assist him with his
farm. In the order of their birth the
children are: Mary, the wife of
Joseph S. Luna; Frank; Antone, who married Rosie
Rose; Joseph, who married Ida Santos; Annie, the wife of Frank P. Saramenta; Amy; Clara, the wife of Joseph E. Telles; Louise, the wife of George Souza; John; Angie;
Minnie; Della and Gertrude.
Mr. Nunes
is one of the older ranchers of Alameda county, being
now seventy-five years old.
Nevertheless, he still superintends the management of his ranch, and
though the victim of rheumatic pains, keeps his heart young and his brain
clear. He has gained many and stanch[sic] friends since coming from his sunny, southern
land, and in his home community is appreciated for his integrity, industry, and
consideration for the rights of others.
He owes all that he has in the world to his own efforts, and his ranch
is therefore a possession upon which he places great value. Mr. Nunes is
popular with his neighbors and associates, and takes a keen interest in
everything calculated to advance the interests of his neighborhood. With his family he is a member of the
Catholic Church.
Transcribed by Donna Toole.
ญญญญSource: History
of the State of California & Biographical Record of Coast Counties,
California by Prof. J. M. Guinn, A. M., Pages 764-765. The Chapman
Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904.
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