Solano County Biographies

ABRAHAM GORHAM

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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foreman painter in the Department of Yards and Docks, Mare Island Navy Yard, was 
born in England, October, 1826.  In 1837 he went with his parents to South 
Australia, where he served his apprenticeship to the painter�s trade, and in 
1850 came to California, arriving in San Francisco in August of that year, where 
he worked at his trade.  In 1852 he leased the boarding house known as the 
Thistle Inn, which then stood near the corner of Sansome street and Broadway, 
carrying it on with good success till 1854, when he went to Santa Clara valley 
and pursued farming for one year.  In April, 1855, he came to Vallejo, and 
entered into partnership with David Hudson in the building and painting 
business, which he prosecuted for one year; and in 1858 he commenced work on 
Mare Island, where he has been engaged most of the time since.
            In 1864 Mr. Gorham purchased the property, known as the Eureka Hall, 
which he owned till 1878.
            He married in October, 1848, Miss Elizabeth Ide, by whom he has, 
Henry, born in August, 1849; George, born in August, 1851; Abraham James, born 
September, 1853; Thomas Robert, born March, 1856; and Franklin Walter, born 
March, 1865.
 
History of Solano County � San Francisco, Cal. - Wood, Alley  & Co., East 
Oakland, pub 1879, pp 352-353