Friday, December 26, 2008

Norma Ng Lau (1923-2004): Oakland City Auditor, Pioneering Woman

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[Photo of Norma Ng Lau and obituary from the SF Chronicle; Photo of Lau gravesite by Michael Colbruno] Norma Ng Lau was born Jan. 2, 1923, a...
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Thursday, December 25, 2008

Joseph Stickney Emery (1820 – 1909): Stonecutter, Businessman, Emeryville founder, Original Trustee

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[Photo from Oakland Tribune; Picture of Emery burial plot by Michael Colbruno] Plot 1, Lot 352 Joseph Stickney Emery was born in Pembroke, N...
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Hiram Tubbs (1824-1897): Hotelier, Rope Maker, Land Owner, Founding Trustee

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[Photos of Tubbs Family Vault by Michael Colbruno; Tubbs House rendering courtesy of the Oakland Public Library] Plot 4, Family Vault Hiram ...
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Addison Crane (1814-1887): Judge, Politician, Founding Trustee of Mountain View Cemetery

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[Photo of Addison Crane grave by Michael Colbruno - click to enlarge] Plot 1, Lot 312 Addison Crane was born in New York in 1814. At age 17,...

George E. Grant (1818-1888): Wealthy Businessman; Founding Trustee of Mountain View Cemetery

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Plot 2 Lot 24 George E. Grant was born on October 23, 1823 and was a native of Lyme, New Hampshire. He was educated at Hannover, where he al...

Solomon E. Alden (1812-1881): Farmer, Founding Trustee of Mountain View Cemetery

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[Picture of Alden property from 1878 edition of Thompson and West; Photo of Alden grave marker by Michael Colbruno - click images to enl...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Jeremiah Whitcher (1817-1888): Surveyor, Original Mountain View Trustee

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[Photo of Whitcher family plot by Michael Colbruno; 1860 Oakland map courtesy of the Oakland Public Library - click to enlarge] Plot 21, Lot...
Monday, December 22, 2008

William Faulkner: Publisher, Original Cemetery Trustee, Coined "dinky"

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[Photo of Faulkner burial site by Michael Colbruno; gravestone is missing; click image to enlarge] Plot 4, Lot 22 William Faulkner was born ...

Richard "RW" Heath: Mexican War Hero, Vintner, Politician, Original Cemetery Trustee

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[Photo of Mtn View docent Stafford Buckley and Heath family plot by Michael Colbruno; click to enlarge] Plot 2, Lot 55 Richard W. Heath (Jan...
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Rev. Samuel Taggart Wells: Preacher & Original Mountain View Trustee

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[Photo of Wells family plot by Michael Colbruno; click to enlarge] Plot 31, Lot 15 Reverend Samuel Taggart Wells was born in Greenfield, Mas...
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