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| − | '''Joseph Boston''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73844900/joseph-b-boston 1824-1874]) came to Monterey from New York City in 1849, employed by a sutler who sold goods to the occupying U. S. Army. Several family members followed | + | '''Joseph Boston''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73844900/joseph-b-boston 1824-1874]) came to Monterey from New York City in 1849, employed by a sutler who sold goods to the occupying U. S. Army. The "Boston Store" is now part of the [https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/american_latino_heritage/monterey_old_town_historic_district.html Monterey Old Town Historic District]. |
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| + | Several family members followed Joseph to Monterey, and in 1855 he moved to Santa Cruz to partner with [[Kirby, Richard C.|Richard Kirby]] in a leather tannery, which occupied the same land as the [[Mission Santa Cruz]] tannery. Joseph married Eliza Bull ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73844898/eliza-clark-boston 1832-1920]), sister of [[Bull, Thomas|Thomas Bull]], in 1862. The couple established [[Calvary Episcopal Church]], whose 1865 main building survives today. Eliza subdivided the tannery property after it shut down in ~1875. | ||
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| + | The [[1866 Santa Cruz map]] shows Joseph's mother, Alice C. Boston ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73844896/alice-cecilia-boston 1798-1882]), as owner of a residential property on Church Street. That property passed to daughter Alice Anna Boston Donzel after Alice's death, and is now offices of the city [https://www.cityofsantacruz.com/government/city-departments/parks-recreation Parks and Rec. Dept.] | ||
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* [https://www.santacruzmah.org/ohj "The Bostons: A Pioneer Family of Santa Cruz County"], by [[:Category:Bagshaw, Dana|Dana Bagshaw]] in [[:Category:Santa Cruz County Online History Journal]] | * [https://www.santacruzmah.org/ohj "The Bostons: A Pioneer Family of Santa Cruz County"], by [[:Category:Bagshaw, Dana|Dana Bagshaw]] in [[:Category:Santa Cruz County Online History Journal]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (4th ed. 2023)]]'', Chapter Four, page 111 (tannery) | ||
[[Category:Persons]] | [[Category:Persons]] | ||
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[[Category: 1850-1859 arrivals]] | [[Category: 1850-1859 arrivals]] | ||
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Revision as of 05:00, 15 July 2023
Joseph Boston (1824-1874) came to Monterey from New York City in 1849, employed by a sutler who sold goods to the occupying U. S. Army. The "Boston Store" is now part of the Monterey Old Town Historic District.
Several family members followed Joseph to Monterey, and in 1855 he moved to Santa Cruz to partner with Richard Kirby in a leather tannery, which occupied the same land as the Mission Santa Cruz tannery. Joseph married Eliza Bull (1832-1920), sister of Thomas Bull, in 1862. The couple established Calvary Episcopal Church, whose 1865 main building survives today. Eliza subdivided the tannery property after it shut down in ~1875.
The 1866 Santa Cruz map shows Joseph's mother, Alice C. Boston (1798-1882), as owner of a residential property on Church Street. That property passed to daughter Alice Anna Boston Donzel after Alice's death, and is now offices of the city Parks and Rec. Dept.
