Santa
Clara County
Biographies
JOHN COPLEY LLOYD
JOHN COPLEY LLOYD. A business man of great energy, ability and
tact, John Copley Lloyd is prominently identified with the mercantile and
manufacturing interests of San Jose as manager for the well-known firm of
Hellmann Bros. & Co., dealers in pits, nuts, fruit, etc. During his active career he has acquired a
broad and practical experience, and understands to the fullest extent the
details of that branch of industry which he is so ably and faithfully
developing and promoting. A native of
New Brunswick, he was born October 7, 1860, in St. John, which was
also the birthplace of his father, John Lloyd, Jr. On the paternal side he is of Welsh ancestry,
his great grandfather having been born in the north of Wales, although he died
in the city of Cork, Ireland, where he settled on being appointed governor of
the County of Cork Jail. John Lloyd,
Sr., Mr. Lloyd’s grandfather, was born in Kinsale,
Ireland. Emigrating from Ireland, he
settled in St. John, New Brunswick, where he spent the remainder of his
life. He was a naval architect by
profession, and established a shipyard, in which he built several large
vessels. He married a Miss Copley, whose
maiden name has been retained in the family ever since.
Born and reared in St. John, John
Lloyd, Jr., became a naval architect, learning the trade from his father, and for
several years was engaged in ship building, his yards being at the mouth of the
St. John river, where he built many of the largest and best vessels
constructed in that locality. Sailing
around Cape Horn to California in 1849, he spent about four years in mining,
and then went by way of the Isthmus to his old home, where he resumed charge of
his ship yards, continuing thus employed until his death, at the age of
fifty-nine years. He married Mary
Collins, who was born in the southern part of Ireland, seventy-eight years ago,
and who died in Ellensburg, Wash. Her
father, James P. Collins, served in the English army, and fought under
Wellington at the battle of Waterloo, where he was wounded. Subsequently immigrating to New Brunswick, he
had charge of the government stores at St. John until he was retired form
service on account of his age. He died
in St. John, New Brunswick, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. Of the union of John and Mary (Collins) Lloyd
four children were born, namely:
Mrs. Von Behrens, of New York City; Mrs. Melvin Butler,
of Los Angeles, Cal.; J. Collins, a prominent attorney, and an
extensive sheep raiser, of Ellensburg, Wash.; and John Copley.
After completing his early education in
the city schools of St. John, John Copley Lloyd was clerk and bookkeeper
for a year in his father’s office. The
following two years he was in business as a ship chandler in Baltimore, Md.,
being junior member of the firm of Baker & Lloyd, located at Nos. 75
and 77 Smith Dock. Migrating to the middle west in 1880, he became manager for the
Trans-Missouri Provision & Packing Company, which did business in Iowa
and Nebraska, having headquarters in Nebraska City. This firm dealt extensively in grain and
pork, and erected two of the largest pork-packing houses in Nebraska. Disposing of his interest in the firm in
1888, Mr. Lloyd removed to Ellensburg, Wash., where he built up a large
general mercantile business, having stores in different places. Selling out in 1893, he came to San Jose as
manager of the California Tartar Works, located at the corner of White and Bush
streets. He made a study of chemistry,
and as manager made all of the tests, continuing with the company until the
plant was removed. In 1902
Mr. Lloyd assumed his present position as manager for Hellmann
Bros. & Co., fruit dealers and shippers. This enterprising firm also carries on a
large manufacturing business, having erected the Apricot Pit Cracking factory,
at the corner of Pleasant and St. James streets. The bi-product of the apricot pit obtained at
the factory or the kernels are sold almost entirely in the European markets,
being shipped from here in carloads.
Mr. Lloyd also ships cream-of-tartar to domestic markets.
In Alameda, Cal., Mr. Lloyd married
Miss Edith Romer, who was born in Paris, France, of
German—French parentage. Her father,
Eugene Romer, was born in Pottsdam,
Germany, and after coming to California to live was for twenty-five years
manager of the German hospital in San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd are the parents of
four children, namely: Edith, John
Vivian, Yvonne and James Patrick Collins.
[Inserted by D.
Toole.]
John Copley Lloyd
1890 Oct
15, Oakland Tribune, P5, Oakland, California
Licensed
to Marry
Name Residence Age
John C.
Lloyd, Ellensburg, 32
Edith Romer, Alameda, 20
1892 Jul
22, San Francisco Chronicle, P11, San Francisco, California
Births
Lloyd
– In Alameda, July 14, the wife of John Copley Lloyd of Ellensburg, Wash. of a
daughter.
1918 Apr
8, Evening News, P2, San Jose, California
Mr. and
Mrs. John Copley Lloyd, former San Jose residents, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Yvonne Lloyd, to Lieutenant James L. Claghorne of Philadelphia.
Miss Lloyd, with her sister, Mrs. Ethelbert Wilburne,
will leave shortly for Houston to visit her fiancé, who is stationed there.
1919 Feb
25, Santa Cruz Evening News, P7, Santa Cruz, California
While
They Were Dining
While
John C. Lloyd and his family were entertaining friends at a dinner party at the
Lloyd home, 558 Twenty-fifth street, burglars entered
an upper floor and ransacked the house, taking over $200 in valuables.
1923 Sep
11, San Francisco Chronicle, P10, San Francisco, California
New Boy
Arrives
Mr. and
Mrs. John Lloyd announce the birth of a son on September 8. The child will be called John Copley Lloyd,
after his grandfather. Mrs. Lloyd before
her marriage was Miss Ann Mattingly.
1925 Jul
28, San Francisco Chronicle, P8, San Francisco, California
Gives
Tea at Home
Mrs.
John Copley Lloyd was hostess a few days ago at a tea at her home for Miss Ynez
Orena, the daughter of Mrs. Dario Orena
of Los Angeles, who is visiting here for several weeks.
1925 Aug
28, San Francisco Chronicle, P8, San Francisco, California
Informal
Tea Host
Miss
Claire Wasti was hostess early in the week at an
informal, tea given at her home on Arguello boulevard. Among
those present were Mrs. John Copley Lloyd, Mrs. Frank Fuller, Mrs. F. J. Young,
Mrs. Harry Brauner and Miss Helen Brauner and Miss Edith Woodward.
1930 May
4, Oakland Tribune, P77, Oakland, California
Mr. John
Copley Lloyd, who accompanied his daughter south for her wedding, is now en
route to his home in San Francisco.
1931 Jul
9, San Francisco Chronicle, P9, San Francisco, California
Lloyd –
In Brentwood, July 8, 1931, John Copley Lloyd, dearly beloved husband of Edith Roma[sic] Lloyd, father of Mrs. James B. Cutter, John Vivian
Lloyd, Mrs. James L. Claghorn, Collins Lloyd, Mrs. Richard
Claghorn, and brother of Collins Lloyd and Mrs.
Adrian von Behrens, and of the late Mrs. Melvin Butler, a native of St.
John, N. B., Canada, aged 75 years. (St.
John, N. B., papers please copy.)
Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend funeral
services. Interment
private. Please omit flowers.
1931 Nov
13, San Francisco Chronicle, P10, San Francisco, California
Miss
Bolton Bride of Collins Lloyd
By Lady Teazle
At 12
noon yesterday Miss Frances Bolton, daughter of Mrs. Robert C. Bolton and
the late Mr. Bolton, and Collins Lloyd, son of Mrs. John Copley Lloyd of
Brentwood and the late Mr. Lloyd, were married at the home of the bride’s
mother on Broadway. Father Burke of the Paulists read the rites in the presence of members of the
two families. An altar was erected
before the fireplace in the living room and covered with a white altar
cloth. At the sides and on the altar were
masses of white chrysanthemums and cyclamen and silver candelabra. The rest of the house was decorated in pale
shades of pink flowers, with chrysanthemums dominating. Spencer Grant gave his niece in
marriage. She wore a brown tailored
suit, heavily trimmed with mink, and carried a mink muff. Brown shoes and a brown felt hat completed
the ensemble. She wore a corsage of
lavender orchids flecked with brown.
Mrs. Bolton was in a black crepe gown, the bodice of which was
almost entirely of Chantilly lace. There
were no attendants. The young couple
have left on a honeymoon of a fortnight, which will take them to Carmel first
and then to Southern California. Upon
their return they will make their home in an apartment which they have taken on
Clay street and Presidio avenue. The bride is the granddaughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. James Robert Bolton of this city and a sister of Mrs. Shorb Steele (Betty Bolton). She is a member of the Junior League. Mr. Lloyd is a nephew of Mrs. Georges de
Latour and a brother of Mrs. James Claghorn of Brenwood. Mrs. James B. Cutter of San Francisco, Mrs.
Richard Claghorn, who is now living in South America, and John V. Lloyd of Carmel.
1938 Nov
21, Seattle Daily Times, P12, Seattle, Washington
Mrs.
John Copley Lloyd of San Francisco is spending two weeks with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Cleghorn, coming
north especially for the Thanksgiving holiday.
1938 Nov
27, Seattle Daily Times, P46, Seattle, Washington
Mrs.
John Copley Lloyd of San Francisco has been the guest the past two weeks of her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Cleghorn.
1940 Sep
16, Seattle Daily Times, P14, Seattle, Washington
Mrs.
John Copley Lloyd of San Francisco is spending a few weeks with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Claghorn,
and with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Collins Lloyd.
Transcribed by Donna Toole.
Source: History
of the State of California & Biographical Record of Coast Counties,
California by Prof. J. M. Guinn, A. M., Pages 1412-1413. The Chapman
Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904.
© 2017 Donna Toole.