Alameda County
Biographies
GUILLAUME PELADEAU
GUILLAUME PELADEAU. Numbered among the
noticeably successful men of Alameda county is Guillaume Peladeau, who, though now in his seventieth year, is still
active in the business life of Oakland, with which he has been connected for
many years. He is a member of the undertaking firm of Beaudry & McAvoy, located at No. 873 Washington street, but makes his home in Emeryville, where he is widely
known and enjoys to an unusual degree the esteem of his fellow townsmen. A
native of St. Johns, Canada, he was born October 25, 1834, a son
of Theodore Peladeau, also a native of that
country, but the representative of a family which came originally from France.
The elder man was a farmer by occupation and remained in Canada until his death
at the age of eighty-nine years.
Reared to the practical duties incident to the life of a
farmer, Guillaume Peladeau early became familiar with
an agricultural life, in which occupation he built up his now substantial
fortune. He remained at home until reaching his majority, in March of the
following year, 1856, leaving home to become a pioneer of California. He came
by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and after landing at San Francisco went at once
to the mines, having but the sum of $10 left on his arrival in the west; but
undaunted, he put forth the energy and determination characteristic of the true
pioneer, and in time his efforts were rewarded by success. Until 1864 he made
his home in Contra Costa county, at which date he came to Alameda county, and
with his accumulated earnings invested in a hundred-acre tract, located where
Golden Gate now stands. Upon this land he engaged in farming until 1876, when,
with the encroachment of an advancing civilization, his land was taken in the
boundary of the city and he found it profitable to cut his broad acres up into
lots and thus dispose of it. This is now known as the Beaudry-Peladeau
tract and is incorporated in Golden Gate, Emeryville and Oakland.
The marriage of Mr. Peladeau occurred in California and united him with
Mary McAvoy, and of this union were born
two children, Mary and Matilda. In his political convictions Mr. Peladeau is a Republican. He has served for nine years as
school trustee of Golden Gate. No greater encomium can be passed upon the life
and work of Mr. Peladeau than to say that he is
best appreciated where best known.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard 03 April 2016.
ญญญญSource: History
of the State of California & Biographical Record of Coast Counties,
California by Prof. J. M. Guinn, A. M., Pages
1068-1069. The Chapman Publishing Co.,
Chicago, 1904.
ฉ 2016 Marie Hassard.
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