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'''Charles Josselyn''' was a San Francisco businessman born in 1847.  His father had built up a ship's chandlery business<ref>G.M. Josselyn and Co.: [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/sfbjoss.htm The Bay of San Francisco], " Vol. 2, pages 24-25, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.</ref>.
 
'''Charles Josselyn''' was a San Francisco businessman born in 1847.  His father had built up a ship's chandlery business<ref>G.M. Josselyn and Co.: [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/sfbjoss.htm The Bay of San Francisco], " Vol. 2, pages 24-25, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.</ref>.
  
In 1895, Charles helped found the [[Great Western Can Company]], which was merged into the [[American Can Company]] in 1900.  Josselyn took a year off to see Europe in subsequent years<ref>Charles Josselyn returns to city: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19020215.2.146 February 15, 1902 San Francisco Call]</ref>.  He built his Vinegrove estate in Woodside, designed by Bernard Maybeck<ref>Charles Josselyn house: Susan Cerny, [http://books.google.com/books?id=FkVQx6MWa8MC&lpg=PA75&ots=OzRRZBMHWy&dq=charles%20josselyn%20san%20francisco&pg=PA75#v=onepage&q=charles%20josselyn%20san%20francisco&f=false An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area]. 400 Kings Mountain Road, Woodside.</ref>.
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In 1895, Charles helped found the [[Great Western Can Company]], which was merged into the [[American Can Company]] in 1900<ref>American Can Company: in [http://books.google.com/books?id=Y3QgAQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA10-PA17&ots=QWD109qEy3&dq=%22charles%20josselyn%22%20canning&pg=RA10-PA17#v=onepage&q=%22charles%20josselyn%22%20canning&f=false The Age Of Steel (Iron and Machinery World?], March 16, 1901.</ref>.  Josselyn took a year off to see Europe in subsequent years<ref>Charles Josselyn returns to city: [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19020215.2.146 February 15, 1902 San Francisco Call]</ref>.  He built his Vinegrove estate in Woodside, designed by Bernard Maybeck<ref>Charles Josselyn house: Susan Cerny, [http://books.google.com/books?id=FkVQx6MWa8MC&lpg=PA75&ots=OzRRZBMHWy&dq=charles%20josselyn%20san%20francisco&pg=PA75#v=onepage&q=charles%20josselyn%20san%20francisco&f=false An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area]. 400 Kings Mountain Road, Woodside.</ref>.
  
 
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Revision as of 01:57, 24 April 2014

Charles Josselyn was a San Francisco businessman born in 1847. His father had built up a ship's chandlery business[1].

In 1895, Charles helped found the Great Western Can Company, which was merged into the American Can Company in 1900[2]. Josselyn took a year off to see Europe in subsequent years[3]. He built his Vinegrove estate in Woodside, designed by Bernard Maybeck[4].

References

  1. G.M. Josselyn and Co.: The Bay of San Francisco, " Vol. 2, pages 24-25, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
  2. American Can Company: in The Age Of Steel (Iron and Machinery World?, March 16, 1901.
  3. Charles Josselyn returns to city: February 15, 1902 San Francisco Call
  4. Charles Josselyn house: Susan Cerny, An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area. 400 Kings Mountain Road, Woodside.