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KYLE H. WEAVER
A progressive businessman of
Stockton, Kyle H. Weaver is the owner and proprietor of the Pennant Cleaners
located at 1650 South El Dorado Street, Stockton, where he is equipped to do
all kinds of cleaning and dyeing. His
entire life has been spent in Stockton, where he was born May 18, 1888, a son
of Myrt and Josephine (Lewis) Weaver, natives of Iowa
and California, respectively. The
maternal grandfather of our subject fought in the Mexican War and came to
California in an early day. Myrt Weaver came to California in the early ‘50s with a
surveying crew, crossing the plains with wagons drawn by mules. For many years he was an attendant at the
Stockton State Hospital and is remembered by the old settlers of Stockton as a
popular musician. This pioneer and his
wife and living retired at Modesto, California.
Kyle H. Weaver was educated in the
Jackson and Grant schools in Stockton and at the age of fifteen started to
work, first in the spinning room of the Stockton Woolen Mills and later in a
planing mill and then in the Stockton City Laundry. In 1908 he determined to enter business on
his own account and with A. A. Mallett as a partner,
he founded the Pennant Cleaners. He
purchased a corner lot at 1650 South El Dorado Street and started in a small
way in a shed built on the rear of the lot; four years ago he purchased his
partner’s interest and has since conducted the business alone. In 1923 Mr. Weaver erected a building 36 x 70
feet on his property, concrete and brick, making it as nearly fireproof as possible,
and will be equipped with the best and most modern machinery. Two motor delivery wagons are required to
take care of his business.
The marriage of Mr. Weaver united
him with Miss Louise Cassinelli, a native of Jackson, California, and they are
the parents of one son, Bob. Mr. Weaver
is a member of the Exchange Club in Stockton and the National Association of
Master Dyers & Cleaners.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1509. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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