San Diego County Biographies
 
FINDLEY BROTHERS
Herbert W. & Frank S.,

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San Diego.--There are few business houses in San Diego at the present time that 
are better or more favorably known than the grocery house of Findley Brothers, 
now located at 1320 D street, in the Methodist Church Block. The firm is 
composed of Herbert W. and Frank S. Findley, both natives of Prince Edward's 
Island, Canada.
        Herbert, the elder, and founder of the firm, was born in 1863. He 
received his education in his native town, graduating at Prince of Wales 
College, and Charlottetown Business College. In 1883 he first came to the 
Pacific coast, remaining one year at Victoria, British Columbia; then returned 
to his native place, when he was admitted as partner in the firm of James Paton 
& Co., the largest dealers in Charlottetown.  He remained with this house three 
years, at the end of which time he again turned his footsteps westward and came 
to San Diego entering into the grocery business on Sixth street, in March, 1888, 
where he was joined by his brother Frank. The business grew to such proportions 
that it became necessary to find more commodious quarters, which were found in 
the Methodist Church block, D street, where they have the finest store and 
largest business in the city f San Diego.
        Frank S. Findley received his education at the same schools as his 
brother, and in 1883 went to Victoria, British Columbia, where he remained six 
years in the wholesale grocery business. He joined Herbert in San Diego in June, 
1889, and with him formed the firm of Findley Brothers.
        He was married in September, 1889, to Miss Hettie Butler, a daughter of 
Robert Butler, of Victoria, British Columbia. At the solicitation of Herbert and 
Frank their parents have joined them, so that the family now are all in San 
Diego except a married sister and one brother, who still remain on Prince 
Edward's Island.
 
SOURCE:  An Illustrated History of Southern California:  Embracing the Counties 
of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the Peninsula of Lower 
California� Chicago:  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1890.  p.-  377-378