Mendocino County Biographies

J. C. Holliday

Transcribed by: Pat Howard

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	Was born in the Province of Nova Scotia, February 1, 1854, and 
resided at his birthplace till he was fifteen years old, when he began an 
apprenticeship to the blacksmith trade and served three years. In 1873 he 
emigrated to and settled in Providence, Rhode Island, and for one year he worked 
in a machine shop. In 1874 he came to California, and took up his residence in 
Santa Clara county, where he worked at his trade for one year. In 1875 he came 
to Point Arena and began his present business of carriage making and 
blacksmithing, and in 1877 united with his present partner, Mr. Spaulding, and 
they have since continued in the business. Mr. Holliday married Miss Kate Hiett, 
February 10, 1879, who was born in Cedar county, State of Iowa, July 16, 1858. 
They have one child, Mary Edith, born March 1, 1880.
 
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, 
Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 Pp. 519