Gavin Newsom
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==William A Newsom== | ==William A Newsom== | ||
− | He was a confidant of Edward G "Pat" Brown (1905-96), Governor of California 1958-66. | + | William A "Bill" Newsom Sr was born in 1902 in San Fracisco. He was a general contractor who built homes in the Bay area. He was also a confidant of Edward G "Pat" Brown (1905-96), Governor of California 1958-66. Bill had hired Pat as his attorney, but later convinced him to run for San Francisco district attorney. |
+ | Bill married a Miss Addis. | ||
− | There is reported in the ''Oakland Tribune'', 19 Oct 1933 under S.F. Deaths "William A Newsom". That's it, no age, no obit, just a name. This could possibly be | + | |
+ | There is reported in the ''Oakland Tribune'', 19 Oct 1933 under S.F. Deaths "William A Newsom". That's it, no age, no obit, just a name. This could possibly be his father or uncle. It cannot be *him* because I've found an article about him building homes in 1941. | ||
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