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Born in the Mexican state of Sonora, Gonzalez came with his parents to Arizona in the early 1920s. He followed friends to Richmond where he worked in the shipyards, eventually working his way up to leaderman and then foreman despite only rudimentary English skills. Eight of his siblings followed him to Richmond, where they all worked for Kaiser. Gonzalez later owned a local Mexican market, and then opened a popular restaurant, which still exists. Discusses: coming to the United States, working in Arizona, coming to Richmond, work at the Kaiser shipyards, running his Commerce, Industry, and Labor after the war, Mexican Baptist in Richmond.

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