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ALLEN C. SHAW
Associated for many years with the
automobile industry, Allen C. Shaw brings a wide experience in this line to his
present position as manager for F. D. Naylor, authorized agent for Ford and
Lincoln cars at Stockton, their business being located at 317 North El Dorado
Street. Mr. Shaw was born in Lincoln
County, Missouri, August 11, 1885, and his boyhood days were spent on the farm,
and he attended the country schools. At
the age of fourteen he entered the high school at Columbia, Boone County, and
also took a course at the Preparatory Engineering School there. On February 28, 1906, he arrived in
California and for a year ran a hoisting engine at the Penn Mining Company in
Calaveras County. Coming to Stockton in
1907, he spent a year as master mechanic for the California Traction Company
and then engaged in the automobile business, operating the second garage built
in Lodi. In 1910-1911 he was assistant
manager for the J. L. Whitmore auto agency at Stockton and in 1912-1913 he was
connected with the sales department of Hansel & Ortman, then becoming
Pacific Coast representative of the Stromberg Carburetor Company of Chicago,
with headquarters at San Francisco.
Following this Mr. Shaw was connected with the engineering department of
the Standard Oil Company at San Francisco until August, 1920, when he became
associated with F. D. Naylor in Stockton as manager.
Mr. Shaw’s marriage on September 5,
1906, united him with Miss Ethel Lamb, who was born in San Joaquin County, and
they are the parents of one daughter, Ellen.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1179. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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