Thomas Albert Work (November 21, 1870 – April 17, 1963) was an American businessman and banker of Pacific Grove, California, known around Monterey as T. A. Work.
Thomas Albert Work | |
|---|---|
 T. A. Work (1930) | |
| Born | November 2, 1870 |
| Died | 17 April 1963 (aged 92) |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Spouse(s) | Maude Elise Porter 2nd spouse |
| Children | 6 |
Early life
editT. A. Work was born in Shetland Islands, off the coast of Scotland, on November 21, 1870. He was the son of Thomas Albert Work (1833-1894), a minister. In 1883, his brother, already living in Monterey, John Robertson Work (1860-1940), arranged to have T. A. Work live with a family in Monterey[1][2][3] He worked for a while delivering milk.[3]
Career
editIn 1889, T. A. Work was a wholesale and retail dealer in stove wood, hay, grain, ground barley, bran, and flour. He also contracted for street work and furnished gravel in Pacific Grove.[4]
In 1895, Work started the T. A. Work Company, a lumber yard; he had been in the lumber and milling business for 15 years, building sheds and other structures.[5] He built several of the buildings in Monterey County.[3][6]: p87-88 [better source needed][2] By 1909, the T. A. Work Company furnished lumber for most of the buildings in Monterey, and built many of the homes in Pacific Grove.[7]
In 1900, Work purchased the First National Bank of Monterey, acquiring it in 1906.[clarification needed] He was president of the bank for more than twenty years.[3] He started banks in Carmel, Hollister, Pebble Beach, Seaside, and Salinas.[8][3] In May 1923, T. A. Work, organized and was elected president of the Bank of Carmel. The Bank of Carmel began with capital stock of $25,000 and with capitalization of $100,000.[9][10][better source needed]
Personal life and death
editWork married Maude E. Porter, a teacher, on August 14, 1895.[11]
Later, T. A. Work remarried to Elinore Coe, an Army colonel's widow, and relocated to Pebble Beach.[8][2]
Work died on April 17, 1963, at the age of 92, in Monterey, California.[2][12]
References
edit- ^ Morrison, Annie L. Stringfellow; Haydon, John H. (1917). "John Work". History of San Luis Obispo County and Environs, California. Wisconsin. p. 821. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c d "T. A Work Laird of Monterey". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 20 Apr 1963. p. 37. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- ^ a b c d e "T. A. Work Starts Life As Driver Of Milk Wagon". Salinas Morning Post. Salinas, California. 19 Dec 1930. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ "T.A. Work". The Californian. Salinas, California. August 23, 1891. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
- ^ "Building Operations Active". Monterey Daily Cypress and Monterey American. Monterey, California. 1 Mar 1907. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- ^ Seavey, Kent (2005). Pacific Grove. Pacific Grove, California: Arcadia Press. p. 86. ISBN 9780738529646. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ "T.A. Work Company. Largest and Most Successful commercial Concern on the Peninsula". Monterey Daily Cypress and Monterey American. Monterey, California. 30 Oct 1909. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ a b "Monterey's La Mirada Adobe". mchsmuseum.com/. 1996. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- ^ "Ground to Be Broken For Bank at Carmel". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California. 22 May 1923. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ Hale, Sharron Lee (1980). A tribute to yesterday: The history of Carmel, Carmel Valley, Big Sur, Point Lobos, Carmelite Monastery, and Los Burros. Santa Cruz, California: Valley Publishers. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-913548-73-8. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ^ "Marriage of Chestnut / Alexon - der". Pacific Grove Review. 1895-08-17. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ "T. A Work Gives Life Estate To Four Sons and his Wife". The Californian. Salinas, California. 25 Apr 1963. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
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