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The Knave Continued from Page 15 Dec. 3, i 972 1 8-CM zine known as Oakland Sunshine. If this is so there may be in some obscure place an extant copy, but the great libraries do not Rave it. The Library of Congress has scattered issues for the years 1915, 1920 and 1925, but none for 1907. Gregorys Amencan Newspapers shows that Bancroft Library of the University of California in Berkeley has some issues, but not for 1907 the only one is that of Dec.

21. California State Library in Sacramento likewise has no pertinent issue. Unless in the future a copy is found, proof of the councils intent to honor Captain Shorey must be based upon other than direct evidence, Dr. Conmy says. It must rest upon tradition and circumstances.

A review of the name Shorey in Oakland indicated but one other person after whom conceivably the street might have been named. This was Albert Shorey, a distinguished member of the Oakland Police Department. He W'as born in Kennebec County, Maine, Feb. 2, 1837, completed his high school in Colburn Institute and taught elementary school. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War, followed by tw'o years in government service.

In Oakland he was appointed a Special Officer in 1870 and a regular officer in 1872. lie rose to the rank of detective and wa the Detective Bureaus senior officer at the time of his retirement. He died Dec. 24, 1905 a few months after his retirement. Although Detective Shorey bore a fine record in the Police Department, it is unlikely that Shorey Street was named for him.

If it had been, there would undoubtedly be a tradition to support it. i Oakland appears to have been freefrom racial basis, Dr. Ctimy concludes. That Captain Shorey and his family attended St. John's Episcopal Church, founded originally by an all white congregation In keeping with this fine spirit which prevailed in 1907, it is not at all unlikely that the Oakland City Council named a street after.

a Negro sea captain who stood out in the community as both a good and brave man. This could be made into a fact if the present 1972 City Council, as the successor of that body that sat in 1907, took action as to clarify the years and had been a Master Mariner for almost a quarter of a century. His had been an arduous life and the time had come when he sought a less strenuous existence. Accordingly, he retired from the sea, but until the time of his death kept his license in effect. His final renewal was dated Nov.

21, 1918. Once ashore, Captain Shorey accepted employment on the docks as a Special Police Officer, with the Pacific Coast Steamship USmfia-ny. This appointment came on Jan. 8, 1912 and remained in effect until his death seven years later. The captain had long deserved to be a citizen of the United States and had taken out first papers, but because of his long sea voyages the statutory time always lapsed.

On Dec. 7, 1908, he again took out preliminary papers and this time, because of his retirement, he was successful. On Nov. 27, 1912 he' appeared before. Judge Frank B.

Ogden in Alameda County Superior Court and was admitted to citizenship. In religion the sea captain was a high church Episcopalian and held membership in the old St. Johns Episcopal Church at Eighth and Grove Streets in Oakland. This appears also to have been the religion of his wife Julia Shelton Shorey and of his family. When he died his body was taken to St Johns for services prior to interment.

The obituary notice relating to his daughter Zenobia, who died in 1908, advises that her body was to be taken to that church for a high and then to Mountain View CCmot'ery. The funerals of Mrs. Julia Shelton Storey and Mrs. Victoria Francis were from St. Peters Episcopal Church at Broadway and Lawton Street in Oakland.

Captain Shorey died in Oakland on April 15, 1919, age 60 yqars, two months and 21 days. Cause of death was lobar pneumonia. The obituary notice indicates membership in Golden Gate Lodge 3007, G.U.O. and A.O. of No 7804 of San Francisco.

Mrs. Shorey survived her husband by a full quarter of a century. Her end came on March 12, 1944 and was caused by arterio-sclcratic heart disease. She as 79, and had been very active in the affairs of the Beulah Rest Home, at one time being chairman of the board of directors. She Photo from the Son Froncisco Maritime Museum The Gay Head was commanded by Captain Shorey in 1894 WHEN the Oakland City Coun-cd changed the name of Short Street in Oaklands old Fourth Ward to Shorey Street back in August of 1907 the why is clear but the after whom cannot be determined by documentary evidence, Dr.

Conmy notes. It has been suggested that the change of name honoring Captain Shorey was noted in a Negro maga- was also a member of the Companions of the Forest, the Household of Ruth, and the Herames of Jericho. William T. Shorey Jr. died July 20, 1969, having been preceded in death by his wife Audrey who went to her rest in 1962.

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