Austyn Elizabeth Gariador

Randall married Lucy Abacherli [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Education: 1936-1944; Education in Les Aldudes was conducted by the priests. One priest recognized his potential and pushed him very hard to study. He would go to sleep on many nights with a book in his hand. When his aunt Catherine Harriet offered to pay for his education at a school in St. Jean Pied de Port, he refused because he was already burned out from studying.
• Military: 1950-1952; French Army Paratrooper. He made 26 jumps while on duty as a paratrooper.
• Immigration: 1953, Buffalo, Wyoming; He was sponsored to come to America by his mother's first cousin Catherine Marton who owned a sheep ranch in Buffalo, Wyoming. He came with another cousin Domingo Martiarena and the two along with the Marton sons, Charles and John, herded sheep on the Marton Ranch. He said that the winters were very cold there and he was anxious to move to a warmer climate.
• Occupation: 1954-1956, Los Angeles, California; Carpenter: After two years in Wyoming, he headed to California where he learned the carpentry trade. He did scaffolding with the Aphessetche brothers and general carpentry with the Nielson brothers. He claimed to have helped construct the Capital Records building and the KTLA radio tower.
• Occupation: 1957-1963, Buena Park, California; After his marriage to Grace Biscay, he went to work for the Orange County Food Service business. He drove a small lunch truck around to various businesses. He was one of the first employees hired by this company which is a multi-million dollar company today.
• Occupation: 1963-1970; They leased the Centro Basco Hotel in Chino from Ben & Melanie Sallaberry and eventually sold the business to Peyo and Monique Berterretche
• Occupation: 1971-1972; They built a building on Central Ave in Chino to operate a sausage making plant and retail meat store called Basque Brand Sausage.
• Occupation: 1973-1976; They formed a partnership with Henri Arrambide of Lasse to operate a restaurant in Montclair. They called it The Basque and Henri ran the bar, Jean Baptiste the kitchen and Grace was the hostess. The large banquet room in the back was the site of many large Basque parties and weddings.
• Occupation: 1977-1982; He returned to work for Orange County Food Service Co. to operate one of their larger lunch wagons. He enjoyed making specials at home at night and selling them the next day to the employees of the various companies he visited. His customers nicknamed him "Frenchy".

Jean married Grace Louise Biscay on 06 Nov 1956 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Grace (daughter of John (Jean Biscaichipy) Biscay and Marie Maitia) was born on 7 Jun 1928 in Hanford, California; died on 16 Jun 2006 in Chino, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1930, Lemoore, California; California, Kings, Lemoore, District 12, page 10
• Census: 1940, Lemoore, California; California, Kings, Lemoore, District 16-18a, page 29
• Education: 1947; She attended school in Lemoore and graduated from Lemoore High School in 1947.
• Residence: 1950-1953; After her mother remarried and moved to Chino, she lived with Domingo Ahado and his two daughters Flora and Louise in Lemoore.
• Occupation: 1954-1956; She moved to Chino and first worked at Chino Lumber, later she began working at 1st Trust Bank. When her mother and Domingo spent the winters with the sheep in Blythe, she would stay with Simona Arretche. She danced with the Basque dance group in her free time.
• Residence: 1956-1963; After initially living in an apartment on Boyle St. in East Los Angeles after their marriage, they soon bought a house in Buena Park. She was a homemaker during these years as she had 5 babies in 7 years.
• Occupation: 1963-1970; They leased the Centro Basco Hotel in Chino from Ben & Melanie Sallaberry and eventually sold the business to Peyo and Monique Berterretche
• Occupation: 1971-1972; They built a building on Central Ave in Chino to operate a sausage making plant and retail meat store.
• Occupation: 1973-1975; They formed a partnership with Henri Arrambide of Lasse to operate a restaurant in Montclair. They called it The Basque and Henri ran the bar, Jean Baptiste the kitchen and Grace was the hostess. The large banquet room in the back was the site of many large Basque parties and weddings.
• Occupation: 1976-1993; She went back to work at 1st Trust Bank which changed names and was bought out by Systematics when she retired in 1993. She always enjoyed working with numbers and enjoyed spending time with her friends from the bank.

Notes:

Census:
John (54 years old), Mary (32) and Grace (11) Biscay were living on Hill St in Lemoore. He was a sheep shearer.