San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 2/27/2010
GEORGE E. KOSTA
A successful hotel proprietor in the city of Stockton is found in George E. Kosta, the lessee of Hotel Glenn, located at 315 East Market street, which he conducts in a first-class manner. His birth occurred near Athens, Greece, April 15, 1880, and he is the second son of a family of nine children born to Efthimios and Helen (Papos) Kosta, well-to-do farmers and merchants in their native land of Greece. Both are now deceased. In 1908, George E. Kosta arrived in San Francisco, where he joined his brother, John, who had preceded him to the Bay City by two years. John Kosta is now a prosperous rancher near Stockton. In 1915 George E. Kosta located in Stockton and became a waiter in the Hunter Square Cafe; two years later he bought a two-thirds interest in the business, and in 1919 bought the remaining third interest; three months ago he leased this business to his nephews, George and Zacharos Kosta, and purchased a five-year lease on Hotel Glenn.
The marriage of Mr. Kosta occurred in Greece and united him with Miss Catherina Sedaris, who joined her husband in San Francisco in 1912. They are the parents of one son, Efthimios, a student in the Stockton high school. Mr. Kosta is secretary of the Greek-American Lodge of Stockton Moose, and is a liberal contributor to its benevolent work.
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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