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GEORGE T. MacGARVA
A successful dairy farmer of San
Joaquin County, George T. MacGarva has resided here since 1908. A man of industry and enterprise, he has
worked his way to a front rank among the thrifty and able farmers of his
adopted country. He was born in Glasgow,
Scotland, on September 1, 1870, a son of Samuel and Jane (MacMorland)
MacGarva. His
father owned and operated a grocery store in Glasgow, and he was the father of
nine children: Quinten;
John; Ellen; William; George, our subject; David; Samuel; Jane; and Margaret.
George T. MacGarva received a
grammar school education in his native land, and when he was fifteen years old
he started to work in a grocery store.
He was thrifty and economical, and as soon as he had accumulated enough
money, he went into the grocery business for himself in a small way in
Glasgow. His business grew and
prospered, and when he sold out after being in business for ten years, he had a
flourishing trade. He then engaged in
the dairy business for five years.
On March 31, 1892, in Glasgow, Mr.
MacGarva was married to Miss Margaret Cameron, a native of Glasgow, a daughter
of Alexander and Anna (Drysdale) Cameron, farmers of
Scotland. Mrs. MacGarva is the only
daughter and was educated in the Glasgow schools. They are the parents of two children: Anna is Mrs. John Ross and she has three
children: George, John and Margaret;
they reside in Glasgow, Scotland; George MacGarva resides in Canada. He entered the Canadian army and was in the
thick of the fighting during the late war.
He had been in France six months when he was wounded, but fully
recovered, when he was more severely wounded and was in a hospital for over a
year. He served as a sergeant and after
his discharge was put on the Canadian Secret Service, where he is employed at
the present time.
Mr. MacGarva went to Canada from
Scotland and took up a homestead in Alberta, which he proved up on and lived on
until 1903, when he came to San Francisco and was employed for the following
four years by the Standard Oil Company.
During the year of 1908 he came to his present ranch, about five miles
south of Lockeford, where he purchased twenty acres and engaged in the dairy
and egg producing business. He has ten
cows and has worked up a private dairy products route in Stockton, where he
disposes of his farm products at retail.
He has built a comfortable house and he is well equipped to handle his
dairy and poultry business in a first-class manner. Mr. MacGarva is a life member of the Masonic
order of Glasgow, Scotland, being a member of the Royal Arch there, and in
politics is a Republican.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1540. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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