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Subject: CHARLES A MURDOCH- Bio 1923
Date: 9 Jan 2005 19:39:30 -0700

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Surnames: Murdoch/Murdock, Dimmock/Dimock, Miller, Pearson/Pierson, Sain, Brandt, Holman
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From History of San Joaquin County, 1923, pg 1172

CHARLES A MURDOCH - A native son of California and the son of a pioneer of the golden days, Charles A. Murdoch is the successful assistant foreman of construction for the Harris Manufacturing Company. He was born in Clements, San Joaquin County, on February 7, 1882, a son of William C. and Martha (Dimmock) Murdoch, both parents natives of Nova Scotia, Canada. His father came t California on one of the first trains to cross the continent after completion of the railroad and arrived in Stockton when it was a struggling city. His father worked on grain ranches throughout the valley, and with W. C. Miller followed sheep raising, driving sheep from Fresno to Carson City, Nev.; later he homesteaded a piece of land near Clements, and then purchased the old Gillies place consisting of 160 acres; later he bought the Bragg place of 160 acres adjoining and has farmed the whole acreage to grain; now in his seventy-seventh year he lives retired on the old home place in Clements, twent!
y-two miles east of Stockton, and still raises cattle, his specialty being shorthorn Durhams. He was trustee of the Washington school in the early days and takes a lively interest in the county in general. His family consists of five living children: Mrs. Alberta Pearson; Mrs. L. M. Sain; Mrs. Louise Brandt; Charles A., our subject; and Winfield C., all born in San Joaquin County and still living here. The mother passed away July 5, 1920, at the family home in Clements, aged sixty-eight years.
Charles A. acquired his education in the Washington school and was graduated from grammar school in 1897. After leaving school he learned the carpenter’s trade and worked on the construction of dredges used in gold mining, for the Yuba Construction Company, helping to build the dredges at Jenny Lind and Folsom City. He also operated gold dredgers on the Mokelumne River for this same company; he then engaged in contracting and built many of the houses and blocks in Clements during the time he was contracting. During August of 1918, he entered the employ of the Harris Manufacturing Company of Stockton and now occupies the position of assistant foreman of construction.
Mr. Murdoch’s marriage in 1903 united him with Miss Bertha Holman, a native daughter of California, born in Clements, San Joaquin County; her grandfather Holman was a California pioneer. Mr. and Mrs. Murdoch are the parents of two children; Annabelle and Marcella E. Mr. Murdoch is a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. He is vitally interested in the welfare of his native county and state and gives his hearty support to every excellent measure likely to help upbuild the community in which he lives and prospers.

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