San Joaquin County Biographies


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ANDREW GOMES.
 
        A well-known citizen of San Joaquin County, where he has lived for 
almost fifty years, is Andrew Gomes, who resides on his thirty�four acre ranch 
eight miles southwest of Lodi, where he is engaged in raising alfalfa and stock. 
He was born in San Jose, Cal., November 27, 1862, a son of Joseph and Lillian 
Gomes. Joseph Gomes was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, and came to California when a 
young man, settling at San Jose, where he engaged in farming pursuits; later the 
family removed to Vallejo, Cal.
        Andrew Gomes attended the grammar school in San Jose and left home when 
he was thirteen years old and came to Lodi, where he worked on various ranches 
in that vicinity for a number of years. His marriage on December 23, 1897, at 
Lodi, united him with Miss Charlotte Leetzow, born on her father's ranch six 
miles west of Lodi, a daughter of the pioneers Gottfried and Mary Leetzow. 
Gottfried Leetzow came to the Turner district of San Joaquin County in an early 
day where he acquired valuable land and engaged in general farming. Mrs. Gomes 
is the eldest of a family of three children, the others being Bertha, Mrs. 
Spenker, residing in Lodi, and Max Leetzow, also residing in Lodi.
        After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Gomes removed to the Waterloo district 
of San Joaquin County, where Mr. Gomes bought two acres for a home place. He was 
in the employ of the Wagner Meat Company of Stockton, where he remained for 
twenty-one years. At the end of this time he purchased his present ranch of 
thirty-four acres eight miles southwest of Lodi. which is devoted to the raising 
of alfalfa and on which he runs about forty head of stock; he has also built a 
small house on his ranch where the family reside. Some years before he bought 
his home place he had acquired forty acres on the highway four miles south of 
Kingdon. Mr. and Mrs. Gomes are the parents of three children: Fred, Nora and 
Verna. In politics Mr. Gomes is a Republican and through his honorable business 
dealings he has won the entire confidence of his fellow-citizens.
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
p  1535        
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.