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MARK WILLIAM HILD
The distinction of being a native
Californian and the son of a California pioneer belongs to Mark William Hild,
one of the leading electrical contractors of Stockton. He was born in Eureka, Humboldt County,
California, on December 25, 1886, a son of Charles and Melinda (Hughes)
Hild. His maternal grandfather, Mark
Hughes, crossed the plains to California in 1849 and pioneered in Tuolumne
County. He died in San Francisco, having
been a resident of Sonora until his death, serving as postmaster for
years. Mr. Hild died in San Francisco
and Mrs. Hild is residing in Stockton.
In 1896 when our subject was ten
years old, the family located in Stockton and he was educated in the public
schools of that city. After completing
his education he learned the trade of electrical engineer with the firms of H.
Belding & Company and Jackson & Earl of Stockton; and during the years
of 1904, 1905 and 1906 he followed his trade in San Francisco. In 1907 he became superintendent of the
Electric Machine & Equipment Company of Stockton and held this position for
eight years; during this time he superintended the installation of electrical
equipment for the Hotel Clark, the Henery apartments, the Home apartments, the
Belding Building, and other large buildings.
In 1918 he started in business for himself and was located at No. 106
West Weber Avenue, but in September, 1922, he moved to No. 519 East Market
Street, where a building has been constructed for his special use, everything
of the most modern and up-to-date equipment and the finest establishment to be
found in central California. He has
contracted for most of the large buildings that have been erected, among them
being St. Agnes Academy, the annex of the Lincoln Hotel, the Native Sons
Building, the Yost and Dohrmann buildings, the Stockton Savings Bank, the F. R.
Rindge residence, the California Cedar Products factory and the Valley Vineyard
Products plant of Manteca; he has also installed a number of pumping plant
systems throughout the valley; he installed the water pressure system in the
Hotel Clark, one of the best in this part of the state. He also has the agency for the Byron-Jackson
pump for San Joaquin County and the agency for the Westinghouse motor for
Stockton, and is kept constantly busy with the various branches of his
business.
Mr. Hild was united in marriage with
Miss Stella Del Monte, a native daughter born in San Francisco, and they are
the parents of one son, Mark William, Jr.
Fraternally he is a member of the Stockton Elks, the Native Sons of the
Golden West, the Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of Commerce.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1476. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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