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Along with his wife, Sarah, Charles Ruiz raised three children at 151 east King street, and lived there for half a century.
Charles was an auto mechanic around the time of the First World War, then an electrical apprentice at the huge Santa Fe Railroad shops (where his father-in-law, Gabriel Velarde, had worked as a sweeper).
Charles eventually became a foreman at Santa Fe, working there until his retirement.
Along with his wife, Sarah, Charles Ruiz raised three children at 151 east King street, and lived there for half a century.
Charles was an auto mechanic around the time of the First World War, then an electrical apprentice at the huge Santa Fe Railroad shops (where his father-in-law, Gabriel Velarde, had worked as a sweeper).
Charles eventually became a foreman at Santa Fe, working there until his retirement.
APRIL 2012 ^ Google street view
JUNE 1900 ^ United States census (Charles Angel Ruiz)
APRIL 1910 ^ United States census (Sarah Velarde Ruiz)
June 1918 ^ World War I Draft Registration Card Charles Angel Ruiz
San Bernardino News June 7, 1917 ^
JANUARY 1920 ^ United States census
APRIL 1930 ^ United States census
APRIL 1940 ^ United States census
1943 ^ The Santa Fe Railroad Shops in San Bernardino, where Charles Ruiz worked as an electrician.