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FRED LEVY
A man of varied talents, Fred Levy
has won success in the mining fields of Alaska and in business circles of
Stockton. He is well known as the
proprietor of Barker’s Bakery, located at 325 South San Joaquin Street. A native of England, he was born in
Liverpool, August 13, 1878 and as a young man made his way to Alaska, where he
spent sixteen years in mining, operating from Dawson to Fairbanks and Ophir,
and also continuing his activities along that line in the Caribou country of
British Columbia. His labors were
rewarded with success and he is still the owner of valuable mining claims in
Alaska. While in that country he invented
and patented a new style of tractor with square wheels, especially adapted for
soft ground, to be used in cultivating rice fields and boggy lands. This can be manufactured in any size and his
brother-in-law, Charles A. Murdock, assisted Mr. Levy in perfecting the
invention, which is a most practicable and valuable one.
On May 24, 1917 Mr. Levy arrived in
Stockton and has since made his home in this city. He purchased the Barker Bakery, an old
established concern, and has greatly improved the plant, installing the most
modern equipment, and is conducting one of the leading shops of the city. He sells bread and pastry of various kinds,
keeping everything about his establishment scrupulously neat and clean, and the
purity and wholesomeness of his products have created for them a large demand.
Mr. Levy married Miss Frances Holman,
a native of Wallace, Calaveras County, California, and a member of one of the
pioneer families of the state. He is an
active member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants & Manufacturers
Association and fraternally he is identified with the San Joaquin Lodge of
Masons and the Loyal Order of Moose.
Since coming to Stockton he has thoroughly identified his interests with
those of the city, which has greatly benefited through his activities, and he
is enthusiastic in his exploitation of its resources and attractions.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1614. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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