Contra Costa County Biography

PAUL F. BUCHOLTZ

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.

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Among the most prominent and progressive business men of Brentwood is numbered 
Paul F. Bucholz. He is a native of Contra Costa County, and was born in Byron, 
September 30, 1886, son of Rudolph F., who was born in Berlin, Germany, and died 
in 1895. When a mere lad Mr. Bucholtz's father  came to this country with his 
father and settled on a place between Byron and Bethany, where his father worked 
for a time. He married, and then leased land which he operated for some years. 
He contemplated purchasing the land he rented at the time of his death, which 
occurred August 22, 1905. The mother of Paul F., Martha (Shafer) Bucholtz, was 
born in Germany. She came to this country with her parents and located in 
Stockton. In the parents' family there were three sons and one daughter. 
William, who is connected with Paul F. in the meat market at Brentwood, married 
Elva Pamberton, of Brentwood. They have one daughter, Helen. Paul F., the second 
son and subject of this sketch, received his education in the public schools of 
Byron. At the age of fourteen, he started the butcher business with A. Alexson. 
He worked for M. Alexson for six years and then removed to Mantel, San Joaquin 
County, where he followed his trade for four years. At the age of twenty-four he 
removed to Brentwood, where he engaged in business with his brother Rudolph. 
Since engaging in business they have made steady progress, and today they have 
one of the most modern meat markets in Contra Costa County. Rudolph F., a 
partner in the meat business, was born February 7, 1882, and married Miss Maud 
Elizabeth Duncan, of Manteca, in 1909. They have two children, Violet and Frank 
R., Jr. The sister, Annie, is now the wife of Robert Duncan, and was married in 
1910. Their daughter is Annie. Paul F. and Rudolph F. are both members of the I. 
O. O. F. of Byron and the Masonic lodge of Brentwood, the Eastern Star, and the 
Woodmen of the World. The mother passed away April 1, 1916, at the age of 
sixty-one years. The firm of Bucholtz Brothers has achieved success and it has 
been gained by honorable methods and upright business dealings.
 
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California," Elms Publ. Co., 1917, 
pp. 559-560.