San Francisco County
EDWARD W.
HULFORD
EDWARD W. HULFORD, senior member of the warehouse firm of Hulford & Robinson, and an honored resident of
California for more than one-third of a century, is a native of England, born
in the city of London in 1835. His father, George Hulford,
was an extensive manufacturer of soap and candles. His factory, located on
the bank of the Thames, was destroyed by fire. The oil and tallow were
poured into the river in a burning state, and literally it was said of him that
he “set the river on fire.”
Edward W. Hulford was reared
and received his education in London. Upon reaching early manhood he came
to Canada in 1854, and the following year came to the Pacific coast via the
Isthmus, arriving in San Francisco in 1855; soon after he went to the Salmon Falls
mines, El Dorado county. He was successfully
engaged in mining and in the livery and stage business for many years, and was
well known in that section of the State. He came to San Francisco about
twelve years ago, and for the past nine years has devoted his time to the
warehouse business. The firm of Hulford
& Robinson operate Pioneer Warehouse Nos. 1 and 2, and Golden Gate
Warehouse, Nos. 1 and 2. They transact an extensive business. Their
storage capacity is taxed to the utmost limit, and their patronage is
constantly increasing, and is sure to secure for this enterprising firm a still
larger measure of success.
Transcribed
by Donna L. Becker.
Source: “The Bay of
San Francisco,” Vol. 2, Pages 487-488, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
© 2006 Donna L.
Becker.