San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 3/11/2010
FRED LEVY
A man of varied talents, Fred Levy has won success in the mining fields of Alaska and in business circles of Stockton he is well known as the proprietor of Barker's Bakery, located at 325 South San Joaquin Street. A native of England, he was born in Liverpool, August 13, 1878, and as a young man made his way to Alaska, where he spent sixteen years in mining, operating from Dawson to Fairbanks and Ophir, and also continuing his activities along that line in the Caribou country of British Columbia. His labors were rewarded with success and he is still the owner of valuable mining claims in Alaska. While in that country he invented and patented a new style of tractor with square wheels, especially adapted for soft ground, to be used in cultivating rice fields and boggy lands. This can be manufactured in any size and his brother-in-law, Charles A. Murdock, assisted Mr. Levy in perfecting the invention, which is a most practicable and valuable one.
On May 25, 1917, Mr. Levy arrived in Stockton and has since made his home in this city. He purchased the Barker Bakery, an old established concern, and has greatly improved the plant, installing the most modern equipment, and is conducting one of the leading shops of the city. He sells bread and pastry of various kinds, keeping everything about his establishment scrupulously neat and clean, and the purity and wholesomeness of his products have created for them a large demand.
Mr. Levy married Miss Frances Holman, a native of Wallace, Calaveras County, Cal., and a member of one of the pioneer families of the state. He is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants & Manufacturers Association and fraternally he is identified with the San Joaquin Lodge of Masons and the Loyal Order of Moose. Since coming to Stockton he has thoroughly identified his interests with those of the city, which has greatly benefited through his activities, and he is enthusiastic in his exploitation of its resources and attractions.
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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