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John Doudell 1861 - 1936

John Doudell of San Jose, Santa Clara County, California United States was born on March 26, 1861 in Sibley County, MN to William Dowdle and Margaret Powers Dowdle. He was in a relationship with Rose Doudell, and had children Margaret "Marmie" (Doudell) Kunde, John William Doudell, Paul Doudell, Rose Doudell Grey, Raymond Doudell, Eileen (Doudell) Martin, Raleigh Doudell, Roberta Doudell Lamy, Monica Doudell Tompkins, Robert Doudell, Pauline Doudell, and Edna Doudell Mosher. John Doudell died at age 75 years old on April 9, 1936 in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA, and was buried in 1936 at Mission Santa Clara de Asís 500 El Camino Real, in Santa Clara.

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San Jose, Santa Clara County, California 95120, United States
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March 26, 1861
Sibley County, Minnesota, United States
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  • Introduction

    When John Doudell (also spelled "Doudle" or "Dowdell") was born on March 26, 1861, in Faxon, Minnesota, his father, William, was 31 and his mother, Margret, was 26. In 1899, when John was 38, he married Rose Doudell and they had 12 children together. He died on April 9, 1936, in Santa Clara, California, at the age of 75, and was buried in Santa Clara, California.
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    March 26, 1861
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    Sibley County, Minnesota United States
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  • Professional Career

    John's trucking company serviced most of the major fruit and vegetation companies located in the San Jose Bay Area. In addition to servicing the Del Monte cannery in West San Jose, the Doudell trucking company also serviced the United States Products cannery which was located at 570 Race Street just above Moorpark. The USP was actually a spinoff of Clessing - a Dutch conglomerate - which wanted to divest into the flourishing San Jose orchards industry. At the start of World War 2, the USP fell into bankruptcy in June 1943 and John Doudell was listed as a trustee of the company. The trustees got into trouble in 1944 as they had leased the cannery to Sunnyvale's Schuckl cannery for the 1943 season, and the person in charge of the bankruptcy filings gave the trustees a lesson in their fiduciary duties of keeping the USP business in business, not changing the business model. The USP continued to lease out their cannery as it was used by the Clapp baby food company in 1944 & 1945 as the baby food company built their new West Coast plant on Newhall Ave in San Jose. The United States Products ended up being owned by Carl N. Lovegren, a prominent San Jose canner who was found dead in his car in San Jose in 1950. After his death the company was sold to Consolidated Grocers, a Chicago-based wholesaler that had been the owner of the Rosenberg Brothers dried fruit business. Potential mafia connection? Who knows.

  • Personal Life & Family

    John married Minnie McKee (1868-1895) on June 13th, 1889 in Missoula Montana. Minnie died just six years later. On August 28th 1899, he married Rose McKeon (1881-1963) in Flandreau Moody South Dakota and they built a large family together.
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    Mission Santa Clara de Asís 500 El Camino Real, in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California 95053, United States
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1934 San Jose Directory
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John and Rose Doudell's address in the 1934 San Jose Directory.
Date & Place: in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California United States
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A photo of husband and wife John W. Doudell & Rose Doudell.
Date & Place: in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California United States
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John W Doudell - San Jose CA
John W Doudell, husband to Rose McKeon Doudell and father to upwards of 13 children, started one of the first trucking and transportation companies in San Jose, California.

His first truck was used for his own business, and he utilized the truck off hours helping all of the canneries and farmers in San Jose transport their products. Eventually, transportation services became his primary business as he gradually added more and more trucks.
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Doudell, Elizabeth (Nov 23, 1940 - Jul 5, 2005) Doudell, William (circa 1874 - Apr 17, 1920) Doudell, Raymond (Dec 11, 1917 - Jul 20, 2006) Doudell, Raymond (1945 - Feb 6, 2015) Doudell, Rose (Jan 8, 1881 - Nov 11, 1963) Martin, Eileen (Born Oct 27, 1926) Kunde, Margaret (Jul 13, 1901 - Jul 3, 1973) Doudell, John (Dec 3, 1902 - Jun 19, 1985) Doudell, Robert Doudell, Pauline
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