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ALBERT C. BOWMAN
One of the younger businessmen of
south San Joaquin County who is meeting with success is Albert C. Bowman, of
the firm of Bowman & Sharenbroch, proprietors of
the Midway Garage, on the State Highway between Manteca and Ripon. He was born at Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota, in
1894, being a son of Gus and Anna (Kling) Bowman, both of Swedish birth. They removed from Minnesota to California in
1902, bringing with them their family of eight children, and settled at
Manteca, where the father still resides, Mrs. Bowman having passed away in
1917.
The seventh of the family, Albert C.
Bowman was reared at Manteca and after attending the public schools there he
supplemented his education with courses in the Polytechnic College of
Engineering and the Automobile school at Oakland, after which he engaged as a
mechanic in different garages at Manteca and in 1916 was employed in this line
at Stockton. In 1917 he enlisted at San
Francisco in the 280th Air Squadron as a mechanic, serving at Waco,
Texas, and Brindley Field, Long Island, New York, and
was honorably discharged at San Diego in 1919.
After returning home he worked at the Ford garage at Manteca until he
accepted a position with the Shell Oil Company at Stockton, remaining with them
about three years. On September 1, 1922,
Mr. Bowman in partnership with Mr. Sharenbroch, took
possession of the Midway garage, leasing it from its owner, E. T. Pierce, and
here they maintain a first-class machine shop and service station and are
meeting with success.
In 1920 Mr. Bowman was united in
marriage at Stockton with Miss Alice Bryer, and they
have one child, Albert Curtiss. Mr.
Bowman is a member of the American Legion at Stockton and Manteca Lodge No.
124, I. O. O. F., while in politics he is a Republican.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1479. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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