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Peter Vanetti

Date of Birth: 1843

Born In: Switzerland

Age: 50

Occupation: Watchman

Marital Status: Single

Died: 28 Mar 1893

Cause of Death: Gunshot wound and Fractured Skull

Death Location: near Spring Valley Stone

Burial Plot: X163

FindaGrave ID: 8114234

Peter Vanetti

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Peter Vanetti
Foully Murdered
This was the sub heading of an article in the Redwood City Democrat
Newspaper on April 6, 1893.
The dead body of Peter Vanetti was found on Saturday by one of the searching party in the gulch about a hundred yards from where he was shot by an assassin. He had three bullet holes in his body. One shot entered behind his ear, another in his breast and a third in his leg. Beside this his skull was crushed gashes in his breast and leg, evidently made by a hatchet. It was found that after taking up this bush it was easy to follow the course over which the body had been dragged to the point where it was found.
It transpires that it was known that Vanetti, after losing money by the failure of the French Bank, constantly carried with him money in the same sack that he carried implements to repair the flume – he been a flume walker and in charge of the Pilarcitos Dam for the Spring Valley Water Works. He would roll the money belt in a bundle and put it in the sack with nails and hammer laying it down and picking it up as occasion required as he proceeded about his labors.
Several clues are being followed. It is believed that however committed this
murder was aware of Vanetti’s habits. The murdered man is supposed to have had with him when murdered from $5,000 to $7,000 in gold, also two gold chains, one made of nuggets which he dug from mines in Sierra County where he formally lived, also valuable finger rings. The murdered man was buried Monday in Union Cemetery

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    Frank Vargas

    Date of Birth: 1847

    Born In: Azores

    Age: 78

    Occupation: Laborer

    Marital Status: Married

    Died: 18 Feb 1925

    Cause of Death: 

    Death Location: Five Points

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    FindaGrave ID: 253099722

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      Mary Rousler Vargas

      Date of Birth: 1854

      Born In: Spain

      Age: 81

      Occupation: At Home

      Marital Status: Widowed

      Died: 19 Sep 1935

      Cause of Death: Cardiac Failure

      Death Location: San Mateo County Relief Home

      Burial Plot: S153

      FindaGrave ID: 253169266

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        Percy Varney

        Date of Birth: 14 Oct 1855

        Born In: West Virginia

        Age: 81

        Occupation: Sheet Metal Worker

        Marital Status: 

        Died: 2 Aug 1937

        Cause of Death: Heart Attack

        Death Location: Redwood City

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        FindaGrave ID: 253098987

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        Neighbors Find Local Man Dead of Heart Attack
        Percy Varney, 81, a retired sheet metal worker who lived alone at 26 Wilson street, was found dead in his home yesterday from a heart attack believed to be have occurred two days before. Neighbors made the discovery.
        Mr. Varney was a native of West Virginia, but had lived in San Mateo county for 20 years. He is survived by a brother, Logan L. Varney of Missouri, and a sister, Mrs. Louella Griffing, also of Missouri. A second brother, Royal Varney, died several years ago.
        Funeral arrangements are pending at the Layng and Tinney Funeral Home, Redwood City.

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          Emily Winter Vasques

          Date of Birth: 30 Jan 1863

          Born In: England

          Age: 81

          Occupation: At home

          Marital Status: Widowed

          Died: 25 Mar 1944

          Cause of Death: 

          Death Location: Redwood City

          Burial Plot: T148

          FindaGrave ID: 239095005

          Emily Winter Vasques

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          EMILY W. VASQUEZ
          Redwood City Democrat
          March 25, 1944
          Mrs. Emily W. Vasquez, 81, beloved pioneer resident of Redwood City, passed away this morning at her home at 702 Stambaugh St.
          Mrs. Vasquez, a native of England, came to Redwood City in the early 70’s. She has long been active in the First Methodist Church.
          She was the wife of the late Jesus Vasquez, sister of Mrs. O.M. Hester of Los Altos. and of the late James H. Winter, the late Joseph M. Winter and the late George W. Winter. Also surviving are seven nieces and nephews, Mrs. Elizabeth Mansfield, Mrs. W. W. Hilton, Allen N. Winter, Lisle Winter, all of Redwood City; George Winter of Blairsden, Mrs H.E. Mansfield of Los Angeles and Leo J. Winter of San Francisco. Funeral services will be held at the Layng & Tinney Funeral home Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. Earl D. Carter officiating.
          Interment will be in the family plot at the Union Cemetery.

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            Jesus Maria Vasques

            Date of Birth: 13 Sep 1860

            Born In: Half Moon Bay

            Age: 32

            Occupation: Farmer

            Marital Status: Married

            Died: 26 Feb 1893

            Cause of Death: Phthisis Pulmonalis

            Death Location: Redwood City

            Burial Plot: T148

            FindaGrave ID: 8111198

            Jesus Maria Vasques

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            VASQUES - In Redwood City, February 26, 1893, Jesus M. Vasques aged 32 years.
            Funeral from the M. E. Church WEDNESDAY, March 1. Internment Union Cemetery.

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            1. https://historicunioncemetery.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Jesus-and-Emily-Vasques.pdf

            Cipriano Velati

            Date of Birth: 1824

            Born In: Italy

            Age: 63

            Occupation: Butcher

            Marital Status: Married

            Died: 22 Aug 1887

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            Death Location: Mayfield

            Burial Plot: L47

            FindaGrave ID: 8113942

            Cipriano Velati

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              Rueben Venegas

              Date of Birth: 19 Sep 1923

              Born In: Redwood City

              Age: 0

              Occupation: Infant

              Marital Status: Single

              Died: 19 Sep 1923

              Cause of Death: 

              Death Location: Five Points

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              FindaGrave ID: 253095292

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                Nena Verdugo

                Date of Birth: 8 Aug 1937

                Born In: San Mateo

                Age: 0

                Occupation: Infant

                Marital Status: Single

                Died: 8 Aug 1937

                Cause of Death: Stillborn

                Death Location: San Mateo

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                FindaGrave ID: 253095107

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                  James Matthew Vestal

                  Date of Birth: 1857

                  Born In: Texas

                  Age: 68

                  Occupation: Carpenter

                  Marital Status: Married

                  Died: 7 Oct 1925

                  Cause of Death: Pulmonary Emboism

                  Death Location: Redwood City

                  Burial Plot: O130

                  FindaGrave ID: 253093082

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                  James M. Vestal Dies at Home in Redwood
                  James M. Vestal, a resident of Yellowstone County from 1890 to 1906, died at Redwood, Cal., on October 7, according to a word received from his son, Clarence Vestal. Mr. Vestal was a native of Texas and was 68 years old. While in Billings, he was a partner of June Noyes in the Saloon business and also was for a short time at Laurel. He had been a resident of Redwood for 11 years following the trade of carpenter. He is survived by a widow and one son. He was a brother of the late Mrs. E. G. Berry who died in Portland in 1918 two years after leaving Billings. Mr. Vestal had been in poor health for about a year.

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