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 | | Fred Neary, of the firm Neary and Flaherty, was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, August 4, 1855, and is a son of John and Hattie Neary. |
 | | In 1852 he came to California via Nicaragua, but had the misfortune to be a passenger on a steamer that was wrecked, thus necessitating a stay on the Isthmus that extended six months, and the journey to San Francisco being eventually made on a sailing vessel. |
 | | The Nielsen family has long been established in California, the father having come to this state when a young man of about twenty years, and, in association with his brother, engaged in the carriage making business, in connection with which they maintained a horse shoeing department, which was handled by the father. |
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