Contra Costa County Biography

FRED ALMOND

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.

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                 The ability that Fred Almond has manifested in his agricultural 
operations in Contra Costa County has placed him among the representative 
farmers in his locality. Mr. Almond is a native of England, and was born on July 
26, 1869. He is a son of James and Hannah (Busfield) Almond, both natives of 
England. At the age of eight years Mr. Almond came to this country with the 
parents and located in Allegan, Michigan, where his father took up farming. Fred 
acquired his education in Allegan, and assisted on the home place until he was 
nearly of age, when he went to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and worked in a hospital for 
nearly  three years. In 1892 he came to San Francisco, where he worked for the 
City Railway Company for a period of seventeen years, and up to the time of the 
last strike, in 1907, at which time Mr. Almond left his employment with the road 
and never went back to take up his old position. In 1909 he removed to Contra 
Costa County and purchased with his brother, John, the Los Lomas ranch, which 
has been highly improved and set out largely to fruit and grapes. Mr. Almond was 
united in marriage to Lillie Westerberg, a native of San Francisco, June 10, 
1896. To this union there have been six children - Irving W., born May 2, 1897; 
Lloyd J., born August 27, 1898; Frederick V., born May 24, 1908; Veronica W., 
born September 4, 1910; Ellis B., born June 30, 1912; and Hester Virginia, born 
February 21, 1914. Mrs. Almond's parents. Amanda and Frederick Westerberg, were 
among the early settlers in San Francisco. Her father owned and operated the 
schooner "Ringleader." Mr. and Mrs. Almond have recently erected a new home on a 
conspicuous spot having   a fine view of the surrounding country.
 
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California," Elms Publ. Co., 1917, 
p. 609.