San Joaquin County Biographies

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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 2/21/2010

ALBERT G. JOHNSTON

Prominent among the popular fraternal society men in San Joaquin County is Albert G. Johnston, the efficient secretary of the Loyal Order of Moose, No. 391, whose headquarters are at the Moose Club, 538 East Market Street, Stockton. He was born at Half Moon Bay, in San Mateo County, on March 13, 1870, the son of John and Mary H. (Carter) Johnston, early settlers of California, born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Buffalo, N.Y., respectively, the father crossing the plains in an ox-team train in 1849. They followed agricultural pursuits and had a family of eight children: Wm. H. is in the lumber business in Cotati; Mrs. Belle M. O'Connor died in San Jose; John E. is with the Standard Oil Company in San Jose; James G. is with the San Jose Transfer Company; George F. is with the Standard Oil Company at Brentwood; Albert G. is the subject of this article; Frank B. died in San Jose in May, 1921; Elsie M. is Mrs. Charles Caple of Brentwood. It thus happened that while he enjoyed the advantages of a comfortable home, Albert commenced his schooling in attending the local school at Half Moon Bay.

Later, he continued his studies at San Jose, and then, in Fresno, he attended Fresno Commercial College, his father having removed to that city in the late '70s, to establish there a hardware and implement business. From 1883 to 1890 he was with his father in the hardware trade, and in the latter year he and George H. Roundey bought the business and conducted the same under the firm name of Roundey & Johnston. In 1893 he sold his interest in the concern and took up farming in San Benito County, and later he removed to San Francisco, where he was connected with the San Francisco Laundry Association, in which business he remained until 1906. The same year he located in Stockton and built the New Method Laundry; and after running that for seven years he sold it and became associated with the Exclusive Laundry for three years as its foreman.

In June, 1917, he was appointed secretary of the Moose Lodge. He joined that organization five years before, so that he is now an honorary past dictator, and with experience, loyalty and enthusiasm, and a fortunate personality, he has been very successful in the administration of the lodge's affairs. He also belongs to the Stockton Knights of Pythias, the Pohono Red Men at Stockton, and Hesperian Parlor No. 137, N.S.G.W., at San Francisco.

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