Amador
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BOLDAMER E. LETANG
Boldamer E. Letang is the well known
proprietor of the Jackson Gas Works of Jackson, Amador County, a native of
Montreal, Canada, was born on the 13th of April, 1850, and he is of
French lineage, the family having been founded in Canada several generations
ago. His parents, Calist and Margaret
(Proulx) Letang, were both natives of Canada and were honest and industrious
farming people who reared eight children, six of whom are now living. The mother departed this life when in her
sixty-ninth year, and the father passed away in his seventy-second year. They were devout members of the Catholic
Church and their lives were in harmony with their professions.
Mr. Letang, whose name introduces
this review, was educated in the parish of St. Lawrence, and in 1880 came to
Jackson, Amador County, where for some years he was engaged in the operation of mining machinery, being first
located at the Lincoln mine. He then
came to Jackson and operated the machinery of the Zeile mine, with which he was
connected for about seven years. In
1891, in partnership with V. S. Garbarine, he leased the Jackson Gas Works and
after a year bought out his partner and all the stock from the other
stockholders, becoming the sole owner.
He has since operated the plant with excellent success. He not only manufactures and sells gas for
illuminating and cooking purposes but deals in gas stoves and is capable of
doing all kinds of repair work on the same.
His business is one of the progressive enterprises of the town and
contributes much to the comfort and convenience of the inhabitants. He is an expert machinist and an active and
honorable businessman who’s well directed efforts have secured to him a
comfortable competence.
Mr. Letang is a member of the
Masonic fraternity, having taken the degrees of the blue lodge in his native
town. In politics he is a Republican and
keeps well informed on the issues of the day, but has never sought office, his
time and energies being given to other interests.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
“A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of Northern
California”, Page 166. Chicago Standard Genealogical Publishing Co. 1901.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
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