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William Frederick Littlejohn

Date of Birth: 4 Aug 1850

Born In: 

Age: 17

Occupation: 

Marital Status: Single

Died: 23 Dec 1867

Cause of Death: Drowning due to capsized boat

Death Location: San Mateo Co

Burial Plot: G96

FindaGrave ID: 8108834

William Frederick Littlejohn

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Aged 17 years, 4 months, 19 days

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William Littlejohn Sr

Date of Birth: 15 Oct 1815

Born In: England

Age: 92

Occupation: Carpenter

Marital Status: Widowed

Died: 17 Jan 1907

Cause of Death: Old Age

Death Location: Redwood City

Burial Plot: G96

FindaGrave ID: 11740467

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WILLIAM LITTLEJOHN
Redwood City Democrat
Jan, 24, 1907
We are again called upon to chronicle the death of a pioneer, one of those who came in his early manhood, lived with and raised children amongst us growing old with us and finally laying himself down by the side of his friends and joining them in the eternal sleep.
William Littlejohn had long passed the allotted score of years having arrived at the age of 93 years last October. He came to this state in 1850. After sometime passed in the mining district, he came to this county and located with his family in Redwood City, then known as Embarcadero. At first he engaged as a carpenter and was the builder of several mills and houses in this vicinity, as well as at Woodside and Searsville. The Dennis Martin Mill near the latter place was for many years a monument to his skills. Mr. Littlejohn was not only a carpenter, but in his youth had served as a ship builder and the schooner B.G. Whiting which long plied on the bay of San Francisco as a specimen of his handiwork. He also had so much confidence of his fellow citizens that for several years he held the position of school trustee in company with Wm. Holder and the late Theodore Finger. Of him it can truly he said that he lived in harmony with everybody and never was an unkind word known to pass his lips.
His wife whom he married in Burlington died in this city in 1878. Two of his sons were drowned, one Win. F. perishing in a storm in San Francisco bay in December 1867 and the other Captain George W. was lost at sea in 1889. One son Chase and two daughters Mrs. L. Worden of Stockton and Mrs. Flora Easterday survive him and to them the heartfelt sympathy of all that knew their father is extended.

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Charles Livingston

Date of Birth: 26 Oct 1822

Born In: Massachusetts

Age: 63

Occupation: Mercantile business

Marital Status: Married

Died: 23 May 1884

Cause of Death: 

Death Location: San Francisco

Burial Plot: 132

FindaGrave ID: 13898853

Charles Livingston

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From John Edmonds:
Charles Livingston was born in Newbury Massachusetts in 1822. He came to California in 1850 and to Redwood City in 1852. Charles engaged in the mercantile business going into partnership with George Thatcher. The building was located on the property that is now the northwest corner of Broadway and Main Streets. The building was later known as the Snug Saloon.
Livingston kept the boots that were used to cross Redwood Creek when the tide was low enough. He also kept a book, “Every Man His Own Lawyer” which was often in use. Charles rented the book.
Charles and Grace lived on Arguello Street in Redwood City. They spent quite a bit of time in San Francisco after the property on Main Street was sold. Charles was very popular and when he died in San Francisco, the coffin was shipped to Redwood City where the leading business men led the parade from the train station to Union Cemetery. Charles died in May, 1868.
Grace Livingston died in July 1891. She was so well loved in San Francisco that Fremont Older wrote her obituary… “There is the knowledge that whatever the dark world beyond furnishes of peace and happiness, the revered dead cannot but be among those who led a true and spotless Christian life.
Charles and Grace Livingston are buried in plot 132 in Union Cemetery.

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    Don Livingston

    Date of Birth: 1882

    Born In: 

    Age: 50

    Occupation: Laborer

    Marital Status: 

    Died: 27 Jan 1932

    Cause of Death: 

    Death Location: Community Hospital

    Burial Plot: 132

    FindaGrave ID: 246799070

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      Grace A Livingston

      Date of Birth: 1822

      Born In: Connecticut

      Age: 73

      Occupation: 

      Marital Status: Widow

      Died: 4 Jul 1891

      Cause of Death: Ulceration of Stomach

      Death Location: San Francisco

      Burial Plot: 132

      FindaGrave ID: 13898870

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      From John Edmonds:
      Charles Livingston was born in Newbury Massachusetts in 1822. He came to California in 1850 and to Redwood City in 1852. Charles engaged in the mercantile business going into partnership with George Thatcher. The building was located on the property that is now the northwest corner of Broadway and Main Streets. The building was later known as the Snug Saloon.
      Livingston kept the boots that were used to cross Redwood Creek when the tide was low enough. He also kept a book, “Every Man His Own Lawyer” which was often in use. Charles rented the book.
      Charles and Grace lived on Arguello Street in Redwood City. They spent quite a bit of time in San Francisco after the property on Main Street was sold. Charles was very popular and when he died in San Francisco, the coffin was shipped to Redwood City where the leading business men led the parade from the train station to Union Cemetery. Charles died in May, 1868.
      Grace Livingston died in July 1891. She was so well loved in San Francisco that Fremont Older wrote her obituary… “There is the knowledge that whatever the dark world beyond furnishes of peace and happiness, the revered dead cannot but be among those who led a true and spotless Christian life.
      Charles and Grace Livingston are buried in plot 132 in Union Cemetery.

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        Jane Lloyd

        Date of Birth: 15 Jul 1824

        Born In: Wales

        Age: 67

        Occupation: 

        Marital Status: Married

        Died: 11 Jun 1891

        Cause of Death: Heart Disease

        Death Location: Redwood City

        Burial Plot: K28

        FindaGrave ID: 6542696

        Jane Lloyd

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          William Lloyd

          Date of Birth: 25 Apr 1823

          Born In: Wales

          Age: 72

          Occupation: Blacksmith

          Marital Status: Widower

          Died: 14 Feb 1895

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          Death Location: Redwood City

          Burial Plot: K28

          FindaGrave ID: 6542700

          William Lloyd

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          WILLIAM LLOYD
          Redwood City Democrat
          February 21, 1895
          On Thursday afternoon last, at about 4 o'clock, William Lloyd the old pioneer and highly esteemed citizen breathed his last at the residence of his son-in-law Chas. P. Townsend on Heller Street. Mr. Lloyd had been confined to his room for about six weeks, the result of an apoplectic attack, which over took him while spending the evening with his son, John. He gradually sank from that moment, and when the end came, he was surrounded by his children.
          The funeral was one of the largest ever known here. It took place Saturday afternoon last from the Congregational Church, under the auspices of Bay View Lodge IOOF of which he had been an honored member for the past 25 years. The San Mateo County Pioneer Society attended the funeral in a body, deceased having been a member of that Association as well. The funeral obsequies were conducted by Rev. Mr. Rathborne, who paid a flowing tribute to the memory of the departed pioneer citizen. A special choir sang several impressive vocal selections and the floral offerings sent by friends of the deceased were profuse and beautiful.
          The following citizens acted as pall bearers: W.W Durham, H.M. Jewel, W.W. Bacon, Jacob Kreiss, Gus Loumeister, Clarence Hayward.
          William Lloyd was born in Machyulleth, Montgomeryshire, North Wales, April 25, 1823 and was 72 years of age at the time of his death. He came to the United States while still a youth learning the blacksmith trade in Utica, New York. He remained east until the outbreak of gold fever, when he came to California, landing in San Francisco in 1852. He worked at his trade a short time there but soon went to Placer County to join the gold hunters. In 1854, he returned to San Francisco where he married Mrs. Jane Jones. The following year the young couple came to San Mateo County and settled at Searsville, where four children were born to them. At this place, Mr. Lloyd conducted a blacksmith shop up to about ten years ago when he came to reside in Redwood City. In 1886 he made an extended visit to Wales and the east. His wife died in 1891, since which time he has been residing with his daughters and son, alternately, in Redwood City. Deceased was a man of unimpeachable integrity, an upright citizen and a loyal friend. Always prompt and exact in his business methods, some idea of his strict sense of fairness and justice may be gleamed from the impartial and equitable way in which he distributed his estate.
          A monument is to be erected in Union Cemetery in the Plot belonging to the estate of William Lloyd and P.H. McEvoy. It will be constructed at the joint expense of the owners of the plot. The design is that of an arched gateway, on a granite base composed of Quincy granite highly polished. The structure will be of red Swede granite. The base will be 5 by 2 and one half ft and the height 9 and one half ft overall. It will require about twelve months for completion, as much of the work will be done in Scotland. When erected, it will be the most original in design, novel in construction and attractive in appearance on the coast.

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          Reubin Locie

          Date of Birth: 1842

          Born In: Canada West

          Age: 22

          Occupation: 

          Marital Status: 

          Died: 4 Feb 1864

          Cause of Death: 

          Death Location: Half Moon Bay

          Burial Plot: PG

          FindaGrave ID: 246799214

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            Polly Locke

            Date of Birth: 1868

            Born In: California

            Age: 37

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            Marital Status: Single

            Died: 28 Mar 1905

            Cause of Death: Gunshot wound

            Death Location: San Mateo

            Burial Plot: PG

            FindaGrave ID: 13898892

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            Redwood City Democrat
            April 6, 1905

            Given a paupers burial.
            At the inquest held at San Mateo Saturday, the jury rendered a verdict that Polly Locke, who came to her death in a saloon in that city on the previous Tuesday, had committed suicide. The verdict was based mainly on the testimony of Sheriff Mansfield, who had made experiments by shooting into a piece of pork at close range, the result of which satisfied him that the dead woman had killed herself by shooting into the right side of her neck.

            T.J. Stewart, the barkeeper who was in the company of Miss Locke when she ended her life, testified to all that had transpired between him and the deceased up to the time of her death. He omitted not even the minutest of the vile details, exhibiting no feeling or remorse, but with a show of bravado and brutality that was disgusting to the sensibilities of decent men. He was discharged from custody Monday, at which time he was notified that the sooner he took his departure from the county, the better it would be for him. He promised to go as quickly as possible.

            Miss Locke was buried at the county's expense in Union Cemetery, Thursday. Her brother, Larkin Locke, who is a constable in Pleasanton, was here, but refused to pay the expenses of the funeral. His only regret seemed to be for the man who was in his sister's company when she took her life.

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            San Francisco Chronicle
            March 29, 1905

            Woman Killed; Man in Prison

            Polly Locke, Descended from a Noble Inca Family, Shot in Read of San Mateo Saloon.

            San Mateo, March 29.--Polly Locke, a once beautiful half-breed Peruvian woman, descended on her mother's side from the noble Incas, was shot to death in a room in the rear of M.F. Brown's saloon here last night. Jeff Stewart, night watchman on the Crocker estate, from whose pistol the fatal bullet was fired, is held in jail awaiting the verdict of the Coroner's jury.

            Stewart was in the room with the woman at the time of her death, and claims that she shot herself. Against his story the District Attorney has the statement of Redwood physicians that the wound which caused death could have been self-inflicted only with great difficulty. The failure to find powder marks on the woman's head is also considered as damaging to Stewart's story of the death.

            Some time yesterday Stewart, who had been drinking with the Locke woman, took her to the room where she was killed. Stewart borrowed the key to the place from Ben Race, until recently a bartender at Brown's saloon. The man told no one of this meeting, and the first that was known of Polly Locke's presence was when Stewart came out about 7 o'clock and said that she had killed herself.

            He said the woman acted naturally when they went to the room and gave no intimation of her intention to kill herself. He told Officer Sheehan that he laid his revolver on a table and while his back was turned the woman shot herself with it. To-day he is reported to have told the District Attorney that he now believes the woman shot herself accidentally.

            An examination by Redwood physicians shows that the bullet entered the head on the left side near the top, ranged downward and passed out on the right side of the neck. After hearing this, District Attorney Bullock ordered that Stewart be held without bail. He had previously been ordered held in default of $1000 bail.

            Polly Locke was the daughter of the late John Locke and his wife, a beautiful Indian girl of Peru. She is said to have been the daughter of the Incas and a princess by right. The children, which included four daughters of the brunette type, were brought up near Halfmoon Bay. The girls were all popular and were belles twenty years ago. Two of them married well. Polly loved unwisely, but was never considered wholly bad. During recent years she has lived with her mother and brothers at Mountain View.

            Stewart is from Colorado. He was married here about two years ago to Miss Congdon, and they have one child. The Coroner's inquest will be held Saturday afternoon.

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              Charles H Locker

              Date of Birth: Jan 1869

              Born In: California

              Age: 8 months

              Occupation: Infant

              Marital Status: Single

              Died: 14 Oct 1869

              Cause of Death: 

              Death Location: Redwood City

              Burial Plot: 166

              FindaGrave ID: 127617251

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