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1883 |
The Brooks and Carey Saloon opened on Mission Road, Colma, Ca. It was later renamed the Brooksville Hotel. Frank Molloy purchased the place from Patrick Brooks in 1929 and renamed it Molloy's. In 2012 the purchase date was said to be 1927. Links: USA, Beer, SF Bay Area, Colma 
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1889 |
The Hills of Peace (Home of Peace) and Hills of Eternity Jewish cemeteries were established in Lawndale (Colma), Ca. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1891 |
The Salem memorial Park Jewish cemetery was established in Lawndale (Colma), Ca. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1892 |
Cypress Lawn, a non-sectarian cemetery, was established in Lawndale (Colma), Ca. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1896 |
The Olivet Memorial Park non-denominational cemetery was established in Lawndale, (Colma), Ca. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1896 |
Gaetano and Leopoldo Bocci, immigrant Italian stone masons, opened a gravestone company on Mission Blvd. in Colma. The last of the stone carving Boccis closed the business in 2004. In 2009 the business re-opened under new Russian owners. Links: USA, Colma
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1899 |
The Italian cemetery in Lawndale (Colma), Ca., was established. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1901 |
The Serbian Cemetery, the Eternal Home Cemetery (Jewish) and the Japanese Cemetery were established in Lawndale (Colma), Ca. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1903 |
The Greenlawn cemetery, also called Old Fellows Cemetery, was established in Lawndale (Colma), Ca. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1904 |
The Woodlawn Memorial Park non-denominational cemetery was established in Lawndale (Colma), Ca. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1907 Jul 4 |
Heavy weight champ Tommy Burns (1881-1955) knocked out Bill Squires of Australia in the first round in Colma, Ca. Links: Australia, USA, Boxing, Colma
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1907 |
The Sunset View Cemetery was established in Lawndale (Colma), Ca. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1924 Aug 5 |
The San Francisco Bay Area town of Colma was incorporated under the name “Lawndale.” The name was changed in December, 1941, as the US Post Office declared that there was another Lawndale in California. Links: USA, California, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1935 |
Nicholas Doukas (d.1974 at 85) opened the Greek Orthodox Memorial Park cemetery, the only one in the US, at the site of a heather farm in Colma, Ca. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1947 |
The Pet’s Rest Cemetery was established in Colma, Ca. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1971 |
San Francisco Bay Area cemetery workers went on a 4-month strike. Some 1800 coffins went unburied until union and cemetery workers reached agreement. Links: USA, Labor, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1977 |
The open-air Larkspur Ferry Terminal, designed by Jacques de Brer (1936-2006), opened near San Quentin State Prison. He later designed the 280 Metro Center in Colma (1986). Links: SF Bay Area, Colma
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1985 Mar 30 |
Workers at cemeteries in Colma, Ca., joined striking East Bay graveyard employees. Links: USA, Labor, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1986 |
Merritt Sher opened what many consider to be the first power center: 280 Metro Center, in Colma, Calif. Links: USA, Architect, SF Bay Area, Retail, Colma
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1988 |
The Chinese Hoy Sun Cemetery was established in Colma, Ca. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1993 Jul 26 |
In the SF Bay Area Pat Hatfield founded the Colma Historical Association. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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1994 |
The Chinese Golden Hills Memorial Park cemetery was established in Colma, Ca. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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2006 Oct 3 |
A federal grand jury indicted Colma City, Ca., Councilman Philip Lum Jr. for allegedly taking gifts from the owner of the Lucky Chances Casino and then voting on matters that benefited the cardroom. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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2007 Jul 12 |
Philip Lum Jr., former mayor of Colma, Ca., was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for failing to report numerous free airline tickets from the Lucky Chances Casino in 1999 and 2000. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Daly City, Colma
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2007 Oct 18 |
Rene Medina (62) of Atherton, owner of the Lucky Chances Casino in Colma, Ca., pleaded guilty to evading $591,000 in income taxes. In 2008 he was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for evading $973,000 in income taxes. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Corp. Scandal, Colma
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2009 Jun 25 |
The population of Colma, Ca., was reported at 1,600. Its 16 cemeteries included some 1.5 million graves. Links: USA, Colma
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2012 Jun 12 |
Lanty Molloy (b.1932), patriarch of the family-owned Molloy’s Tavern in Colma, Ca., died of a heart attack. Links: USA, SF Bay Area, Colma
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