Contra Costa County Biography

ALFRED S. ORMSBY 

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.

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is one of the prominent attorneys of Contra Costa County, California, and 
occupies a place today among the leading jurists of the State. He was born in 
Petaluma, December 23, 1871, and is the son of Alfred Walter and Lucy G. (Price) 
Ormsby. His father was a native of New York State, and his mother was born in 
London, England. Mr. Ormsby's father died in Oakland on December 11, 1877. His 
mother makes her residence in Walnut Creek. The subject of this sketch acquired 
his education in the public and high schools of California. He studied law and 
passed his examinations with high honors, winning his admission to the bar in 
1897. He practiced in Oakland for a period of ten years, and then removed to 
Contra Costa County. Was justice of the peace at Walnut Creek, and resigned and 
was appointed chief deputy to the Honorable A. B. McKenzie, then district 
attorney for Contra Costa County. He is now chief deputy under Thomas D. 
Johnston, present district attorney. Mr. Ormsby is affiliated with the 
Republican party. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic lodge and Eastern 
Star chapter. He also is a member of the B. P. O. E. of Richmond, the I. O. O. 
F., and is an active member of the Native Sons. He was united in marriage to 
Miss Alice A. Waite, of Walnut Creek, November 30, 1893. Their children are 
Walter A., born June 29, 1898, a high school student, and Alice Marian, born 
August 1, 1906.
 
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California," Elms Publ. Co., 1918, 
pp. 435