Sacramento County
Biographies
OSCAR F. BROWN
OSCAR F. BROWN.--What progress has been made by the moderns in the most practical and economical methods of moving houses, is well illustrated by Messrs. Brown & Fredricksen, the popular house-movers of 2108 I Street, Sacramento, so well represented by the senior member, Oscar F. Brown. He was born in San Jose, on August 25, 1879, the son of Cornelius and Josephine (Crowley) Brown, and often heard his father tell how he came to California about 1870 and how Grandfather Peter Crowley had come to San Francisco with his wife, in the gold-rush days, landing here after a voyage of six months. Cornelius Brown was a house-mover of early days, and he built all the early bridges in Santa Clara County. He is now dead, but his excellent record for honest and efficient work survives him. Mrs. Brown is living, and the center of a flattering circle of devoted friends.
Oscar F. Brown went to the public schools of San Jose, and then studied at St. Joseph's College; and since then he has been continuously engaged in business, for a while having been with his father. In 1918, at Vallejo, he formed the partnership with Mr. Fredricksen, and the latter has charge there, while our subject is in charge here. As a sample of the kind of work they undertake and do, it may be mentioned that they moved eight large buildings one mile for the United States government, at a cost of $24,000 to the authorities. This branch was opened in April, 1922, and is well established.
Mr. Brown married Miss Emily Nolan, a native daughter of San Francisco, and their one child is named Leona. He is a Republican in politics, a Moose in fraternal circles and a devotee of both hunting and fishing.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 779. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.