Alameda County Biographies

MANUEL FRANCISCO SILVA

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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Whose portrait appears in this work, to represent the Portugese population of 
Alameda County, was born in the Island of Fayall, May 23, 1851, and there 
resided for the first ten years of his life.  In the year 1861 he came to 
California with his parents, who settled in San Pablo, Contra Costa County, and 
there our subject received his education and dwelt until 1864.  At that time he 
moved to Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, where he remained until 1868, in which 
year he came to Mission San Jose, where he completed his schooling, and 
afterwards obtained employment in a store as interpreter for five years.  Mr. 
Silva now entered upon a four months� course in the Pacific Business College in 
San Francisco, at the completion of which he entered the employ of H. C. 
Gregory, in Centreville.  In 1879, with the intention of there remaining, he 
visited his birthplace; but, returning to California, he engaged with the firm 
of D. C. Bane & Son, who, selling out to Dodge & Co., Mr. Silva continued with 
the last-named until October 15th, when he, in connection with W. W. Haley, 
purchased the interest of Dodge & Co., and the firm name is now W. W. Haley & 
Co., our subject being the junior member.
 
History of Alameda County, California�, Oakland, M.W. Wood Publ., 1883, p. 973