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GABRIEL BOVO
GABRIEL BOVO is well and favorably known in the commercial
circles of San Francisco, where he
has resided since May 8, 1868. He was born in Soluzzo,
Italy, May 1, 1836, and after
acquiring an education removed to Havana, Cuba
where for six and a half years he was engaged as a clerk and bookkeeper in a
general mercantile establishment. At the end of this period he went to New
York City, where he spent nearly two years. When he
came to California he made the journey by way of the Nicaragua
route.
Mr.
Bovo had been in San Francisco
but a short time when he was married to Miss Maria Silveira,
a native of the Azores Islands.
Five children have been born of this union: Gabriel, Stephen, Cheapeddo, Victor and Margaret. In 1869 our subject started
his present business on Washington Street,
and after one year in this location he removed to 1300-1302
DuPont Street, where he has been continuously for
twenty-one years. The business at first was a small one, but with the growth of
the city and the development of the country it has come to be one of the most
profitable enterprises in the city. Mr. Bovo has
invested his surplus money in real estate, and has erected a valuable store
room and a residence. He is one of the stockholders of the Cararra
marble quarry at Amador, and is also a director; the marble is of fine quality,
takes a perfect polish, and approaches more nearly the quality of Italian
marble then any other in the country. The marble work for Stanford
University is being done by this
company. It is considered one of the finest resources of California,
and great results are anticipated in its development.
Politically
Mr. Bovo is Independent, voting for the man and not
the party. He is a man of excellent business qualifications, and enjoys the
good will and confidence of the citizens of San Francisco.
Transcribed by Kim Buck.
Source: "The Bay of San
Francisco," Vol. 2, Page 597, Lewis
Publishing Co, 1892.
© 2006 Kim Buck.
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