Sacramento County
Biographies
THOMAS R. LANDSBOROUGH
THOMAS R. LANDSBOROUGH.--That the twentieth century naturally calls for new and improved methods of dealing with the increasingly intricate and puzzling problems of industrial progress, Thomas R. Landsborough, of Florin, sets forth in his farm engineering service. And that what he has to offer, as a native son thoroughly familiar with California agricultural conditions, is especially applicable to operations in Sacramento County, one may see from a careful inspection of his prospectus. He was born at Florin, California, on August 1, 1882, the son of L. M. Landsborough, a native of Australia, who married Miss Agnes Rutter, a native daughter. Grandfather James Rutter was an early pioneer in Sacramento County. Mr. L. M. Landsborough is now the manager of the Sacramento Berry-Growers' Association.
Thomas R. attended the grammar and high schools, and when old enough, he matriculated in the University of California at Berkeley, and in due time was graduated. He had taken the engineering courses, and so he received the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1905. Then, wishing to master electrical work, he became an apprentice in the Westinghouse shops in Pittsburgh, and from 1907 to 1918 he was located at Tonopah, Nev., as a mechanical and electrical engineer for a mining company. He was with two companies, the Tonopah Extension Mining Company, and the Tonopah Mining Company. During the World War, he was in the shipyards in San Francisco and then he returned to Tonopah for half a year, coming from there to Florin, to establish his own business, that of installing electrical pumps for irrigation. Mr. Landsborough is a specialist in his line, and is everywhere recognized as such. He is interested in his grandfather's estate, known as the James Rutter Company, owners of 250 acres devoted to vineyard.
Mr. Landsborough married Miss Henrietta Botcher, of Stockton, at Tonopah. He and his wife enjoy outdoor life, he being an enthusiastic fisherman. Mr. Landsborough belongs to the Elks.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County, California
With Biographical Sketches, Pages 857-858.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.