Sacramento County
Biographies
NICHOLAS HARVIE
N. HARVIE, contractor, is a native of Nova
Scotia, and was born December 23, 1851. His father,
Nicholas Harvie, was of Scotch descent, and his mother, Elizabeth Ettinger, was
a native of Pennsylvania. Young
Nicholas attended school during boyhood and served an apprenticeship to the
trade of carpenter and joiner. In 1870 he went to Boston
and remained there and in Providence until 1873, when he
came to the Pacific Coast,
and passed the first nine months in Alpine County, and then went to Virginia
City, Nevada, where he remained
four years. After spending one year in Santa Cruz, he came
to Sacramento in 1878, and engaged in contracting, and by
his energy and ability has become one of the responsible contractors of the Capital
City. He received the contract for
building the winery on Eighteenth Street,
and also the New Eagle Winery, on Twentieth street and the railroad, and
was awarded the contract for the erection of the malt-house, kiln, bottling
works, office, stables, etc., of the Buffalo Brewing Company. He has had a large
practical experience as a contractor and builder. Mr. Harvie is prominently
identified with the order of Foresters, being P. C. R. of Court Sacramento, No.
6861, A. O. F. and P. C. of Sacramento Conclave, No. 12, K. S. F.; delegate to
S.H. C., A. O. F., Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1889; delegate to the Supreme
Conclave, K. S. F., at Minneapolis; Junior Past Arch of Union Grove, No. 61, U.
A. O. D.; representative to Grand Grove of California in 1889; delegate to the
organization of the Grand Grove of the State of California, and delegate to the
Supreme Conclave of the K. S. D. of the world, and was honored with the
position of chairman of Supreme Auditors. In 1876 Mr. Harvie married Miss Mary
A. Cochran, a native of Sacramento.
Her parents, Robert and Mary (Williamson) Cochran, were from New
York State, and came to California
in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Harvie have two children, Ada R. and G. Edwin.
Transcribed by Vicky
Walker, 10/3/07.
Source: Davis, Hon. Win. J., An Illustrated
History of Sacramento County, California. Pages 786-787.
Lewis Publishing Company. 1890.
© 2007 Vicky Walker.