San Luis Obispo County Biographies

MANUEL P. FREIRE

Submitted by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
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MANUEL P. FREIRE was born in California in 1864, and is a son of Portuguese parents, 
his father and mother, now deceased, both being natives of the Azores Islands. Mr. 
Freire spent his early life in Watsonville, on a farm, and in 1874 moved to San Luis 
Obispo County, where he has since made his home. At first be leased a ranch in Los 
Osos Valley and engaged in the cattle business. A year later he leased for a term of 
years the ranch he now occupies, located on the Corral de Piedra. This property consists 
of 1,130 acres. Mr. Freire devotes his time solely to the dairy business, marketing the 
products in San Francisco with very excellent results. Mr. Freire is married, but has no 
children. 

History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties, California  - by 
C.M. Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan, Vol I, II.  -Lewis Publ. Co., 
Chicago, 1917.