P. J. BOLIN

Los Angeles County

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P. J. BOLIN

BOLIN, P. J., Contractor and Builder, Los Angeles, California, was born in Brockville, Ontario, Canada, January 11, 1858, the son of John Bolin and Katherine (Dean) Bolin. He married Anna Rudesill at Santa Anna, Cal., in 1886. Three children were born-Mable, in 1890, and Lela, and Leland, twins, in 1893.

He attend the public schools of Ontario, then started to learn the building trade, at which he became an expert before he was twenty-one, when he went to Colorado. There he was in the contracting business nearly two years. Then the lure of the “Golden West” enticed him to California, where he finally located in Los Angeles in 1881. He is now one of the leading contractors of that city. Numerous imposing homes and public buildings have been reared under his direction.

Aside from his contracting business, he has heavy oil land investments. In 1910 he organized the Ramona Home Oil Company, of which he is active manager.

He is conspicuous in the civic betterment of Los Angeles and in lodge circles; member Chamber of Commerce; Vice Pres. Builders’ Exchange; member Elks, Knights of Columbus and Ancient Order of Hibernians.

Transcribed By: Michele Y. Larsen on 9 December 2011.

Source: Press Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 870, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.

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