San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 1/18/2010
ANDREW GOMES
A well-known citizen of San Joaquin County, where he has lived for almost fifty years, is Andrew Gomes, who resides on his thirty-four-acre ranch eight miles southwest of Lodi, where he is engaged in raising alfalfa and stock. He was born in San Jose, Cal., November 27, 1862, a son of Joseph and Lillian Gomes. Joseph Gomes was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, and came to California when a young man, settling at San Jose, where he engaged in farming pursuits; later the family removed to Vallejo, Cal.
Andrew Gomes attended the grammar school in San Jose and left home when he was thirteen years old and came to Lodi, where he worked on various ranches in that vicinity for a number of years. His marriage on December 23, 1897, at Lodi, united him with Miss Charlotte Leetzow, born on her father's ranch six miles west of Lodi, a daughter of the pioneers Gottfried and Mary Leetzow. Gottfried Leetzow came to the Turner district of San Joaquin County in an early day where he acquired valuable land and engaged in general farming. Mrs. Gomes is the eldest of a family of three children, the others being Bertha, Mrs. Spenker, residing in Lodi, and Max Leetzow, also residing in Lodi.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Gomes removed to the Waterloo district of San Joaquin County, where Mr. Gomes bought two acres for a home place. He was in the employ of the Wagner Meat Company of Stockton, where he remained for twenty-one years. At the end of this time he purchased his present ranch of thirty-four acres eight miles southwest of Lodi, which is devoted to the raising of alfalfa and on which he runs about forty head of stock; he has also built a small house on his ranch where the family reside. Some years before he bought his home place he had acquired forty acres on the highway four miles south of Kingdon. Mr. and Mrs. Gomes are the parents of three children: Fred, Nora and Verna. In politics Mr. Gomes is a Republican and through his honorable business dealings he has won the entire confidence of his fellow-citizens.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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