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John Edmond ALCARAZ

Born 31 March 1865 in San Rafael, Marin, California
Baptized 27 April 1865 in San Rafael, Marin, California
Married on 24 August 1898 in Astoria, Clatsop, Oregon; John was 33, and Alice was 19
Died 18 February 1951 in Imperial Beach, San Diego, California; he was 85
Buried in Glen Abbey Cemetery, Bonita, San Diego, California
John was a carpenter. He also was rather civic-minded and served on the Coronado board of trustees for several years. From his obituary in the Coronado Journal-Compass:

John Edmond Alcaraz, Pioneer Builder and Former Mayor, Passes Away

John Edmond Alcaraz, 85, former mayor of Coronado and the oldest living member of Coronado Lodge 441, F. & A. M. died Sunday afternoon of old age at his home, 579 Citrus street, Imperial Beach. ...

Born at San Raphael, March 31, 1865, Alcaraz moved with his family to San Diego when a boy and and attended school at the Old Town school. He went to Mexico where he completed his education and then came to the Coronado area where he spent a good part of the last 50 years of his life, except for a brief stay in Oregon.

Chairman of the board of trustees of Coronado (the position now known as Mayor), from 1924 to 1926, trustee (councilman), 1922-1927, and service as deputy marshal in Coronado rounded out his public life.

Other wives: (1) Frances "Fannie" EBERMAN in 1892; he was 26, and she was 40. She divorced him in 1895
Father: Jesus ALCARAZ
Mother: Sarah Frances EBERMAN

Alice Mamie STEELE

Born 10 April 1879 at Fort Lapwai, Nez Perce, Idaho territory
Died 15 January 1957 in Coronado, San Diego, California; she was 77
Buried at Glen Abbey Cemetery in Bonita, San Diego California
Father: Wellington Richard STEELE
Mother: Nellie V. BRIDGES

Children of John ALCARAZ and Alice STEELE

John and Alice had nine children -- all boys. They haven't been included here to protect the privacy of living relatives.