Sacramento County
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FERNANDO
GREGORY CIFUENTES
FERNANDO
GREGORY CIFUENTES.--A deservedly popular and respected citizen of
Sacramento, Fernando Gregory Cifuentes holds the
respect of all who know him. He was born on May 29, 1895, in Sacramento, the
son of Gregory and Frances (Herrara) Cifuentes, and is one of their ten children, the following
seven of whom are still living: Elvira, Joseph, Albert, Captain Marshal,
Fernando G., Valerio and Bernice. When Gregory Cifuentes left his native land of South America, he went to
sea and traveled all over the world for twenty-five years; then he came to
Sacramento in 1876 and soon found employment with the Sacramento Transportation
Company, and for more than forty years he has been a river pilot on their
boats, and is still with the company as one of their valued employees. The
maternal grandfather, Antonio Herrera, was born in Chile and came to California
at the age of eighteen, arriving on his eighteenth birthday, July 13, 1849. He
went to the mines and was one of the discoverers of the richest mine in Eldorado County. Eventually he retired in Sacramento and
died here at the age of eighty-six, in 1918. His wife died in 1911. They had
six children, three now living. Mrs. Frances Cifuentes, Peter, and Mrs. Dolores Castello.
By a former marriage, Mrs. Herrera had a son, F. G. Albonos,
and he survives.
Fernando Gregory Cifuentes
attended the public and parochial schools. He learned sign painting, at which
he worked for three years; then was employed for one year by the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company. Starting out as a fireman on a boat for the
Sacramento Transportation Company, he worked his way up, and received his pilot
papers in April, 1920. Mr. Cifuentes is a Republican.
He is very fond of fishing. He is an active worker, taking a keen interest in
all that pertains to the development of the community.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 895.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.