Santa Barbara County Biographies

ANTONlO G. GUTIERREZ

Submitted by Peggy Hooper

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ANTONlO G. GUTIERREZ, druggist at Santa Barbara, was born in that city March 18, 
1860. The biography of his father. Dr. B. Gutierrez, appears elsewhere in this book. In 
educational pursuits Antonio first attended the Santa Barbara Mission, then the Santa 
Ynez College, at Los Alamos (now Los Olivos), and the Pacific schools of Santa Barbara. 
In 1878 he went to work with his father in the drug business, and remained with him 
until February 1, 1881. He then went to work in San Francisco, and took two courses of 
lectures in the California College of Pharmacy during 1881 and 1882, and also was 
employed in the chemical laboratory of Messrs. Redington & Co., manufacturing 
chemists and wholesale druggists, in San Francisco. On March 15, 1883, he sailed 
for Chili, South America, on steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, arriving at Panama April 3, 
and the 11th of the same month at 5:30 p. m. 

He sailed for Callao, Peru, on steamer Bolivia, arriving at Callao April 19, at 4:30 p. m., and 
on the 21st of the same month he sailed again for his final destination, Valparaiso, Chili, on 
steamer Mendoza, at 6 p. m., arriving at Valparaiso April 30, 1883, at 6:15 a.m. He was gone 
six years, spending the time mainly at Valparaiso and Santiago, the capital of Chili, in the 
wholesale and retail drug business. 

Mr. A. G. Gutierrez was married at Valparaiso, Chili, November 29, 1888, to Miss Carmela 
Ibafiez. They have five children, four of whom survive. 

On December, 15, 1888, he sailed for Santa Barbara, California, with all his family, on 
the steamer "Corona," and arrived at San Francisco January 4, 1889, and Santa Barbara 
January 12, and immediately entered the drug business with his father. 

Mr. Gutierrez is a member of the California Pharmaceutical Society of San Francisco, and 
of the American Pharmaceutical Association, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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.