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FRED E. DANIELS
A native son of Stockton who has
risen to a high degree of success in the building business is Fred E. Daniels,
junior member of the building firm of Daniels & Green. Born July 4, 1890 in Stockton, he is the son
of Wesley and Jessie (Kern) Daniels, both natives of Canada, who came to
California in 1888 and spent two years in Los Angeles, locating in Stockton
early in the year 1890. Four children
were born to them: Myrtle, Fred E.,
Wesley, Jr., and Margaret, and a sketch of the parents appear elsewhere in this
history.
The second of the family, Fred E.
Daniels attended the public schools of Stockton and entered the employ of
Roberts & Clark as a boy, working up from the bottom in every department of
the mill. Later he was engaged for a
year in carpenter work with Bob Melvin as outside man. Thirteen years ago he became associated with
his father in the firm of Daniels & Green, pioneer contractors of Stockton,
and has since been busily engaged in promoting the firm’s work, with the
exception of the time he spent in Moore’s Shipyard at Oakland, during the World
War. A valued member of the firm, he
superintends the outside work and the crew of workmen employed by them,
displaying unusual capacity as an executive in this line.
In Oakland on September 9, 1913 Mr.
Daniels was married to Miss Lena Albera, who was born
in Italy, the daughter of Pasquale Albera, a
manufacturer of Oakland, in which city Mrs. Daniels attended school. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels are the parents of one
daughter, Marian Clair. Mr. Daniels is a
member of Stockton Parlor No. 7, N. S. G. W., and of Truth Lodge No. 11, I. O.
O. F. The family resides in their
comfortable home at 1029 West Park Street, which Mr. Daniels erected about six
years ago. Fond of hunting and fishing,
he finds his greatest recreation in these sports in the High Sierras.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1332. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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