Joshua Francis Chadbourne (April 30, 1873 - December 5, 1959) was born in Centerville (Alameda County

Alameda County, California

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), California

California

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 and died in Fremont, California

Fremont, California

Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...

. He was a businessman who opened the first auto mechanic shop between Hayward, California

Hayward, California

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 and San Jose, California

San Jose, California

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 in Irvington, California. He also owned a large apricot orchard in Irvington. Chadbourne Elementary School

Chadbourne Elementary School

Joshua Chadbourne Elementary School is an elementary school in Fremont, California named after Joshua Chadbourne. It is located at 801 Plymouth Ave., Fremont, CA 94539. Built on part of the Chadbourne family apricot orchard, the school was dedicated on September 22, 1960. It is one of 28 elementary...

 (an elementary school in the Fremont Unified School District

Fremont Unified School District

Fremont Unified School District is a primary and secondary education school district located in Fremont, California.The District has 28 elementary school campuses, 5 junior high campuses, and 5 high school campuses, as well as one alternative school campus.-School campuses and attendance areas:The...

) was named after him, as the benefactor of the land for
the school.