Résumé

Partner, [William C.] Hoagland and Newsom, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1869. Hoagland and Newsom operated their architectural office at 533 Kearny Street in San Francisco, CA. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1869, p. 676.)

Principal, J.J. Newsom, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1873. In 1873, J.J. Newsom operated an office at 430 Montgomery Street in San Francisco.

Relocation

In 1861, John J. Newsom lived on Gloucester Street East in the Saint James Ward of Toronto, ON. It was a two-story, wood-frame house set on a quarter-acre lot. His mother Jessie operated a boarding house with about five residents and eight children living here. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1106, accessed 02/14/2024.)

In 1869, Newsom resided in the town of Clinton (now a part of Oakland), in Alameda County, CA. He commuted to San Francisco to work in the Hoagland and Newsom architectural office. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1869, p. 469.)

Parents

His mother was Jessie Livingston Newsom (born c. 1821 in Glasgow, Scotland-d.12/09/1892 in Oakland, CA). As noted above she managed a boarding house and a large family in Toronto, ON, in the early 1860s.

Siblings included Isabella Newsom Cobbledick (born c, 1842 in Toronto, ON), E. Newsom (female, born c. 1845 in Toronto, ON), Levins M. Newsom, Jr., (born c. 1848 in Toronto, ON), Elizabeth Newsom, (born c. 1850 in Toronto, ON), Samuel L. Newsom, Sr., (born 1852 in Toronto, ON-d. 1912), Alexander Livingston Newsom (born 1854-d. 1883), Thomas Newsom (born c. 1856 in Toronto, ON) and Joseph Cather Newsom (born 1858-d. 1930).

Biographical Notes

The 1861 Census of Canada listed John J. Newsom's religion as "Wesleyan Methodist." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1106, accessed 02/14/2024.)