William Joseph Texido^[1]

1936 - 1994  (58 years)

• Name	William Joseph Texido  [2, 3, 4]
  	William “Bill” Texido was the first of two children born to Harriet O’Regan and Harold Texido. He was born on April 6, 1936 in New Rochelle, New York. He grew up in Houlton, Maine, attending Houlton High School, and he later attended Fryeburg Academy and Tufts Engineering School, before joining the Navy SEALs. Bill married Helen Keefe on February 16, 1963 in Olmstead, Minnesota, and they had two children, Michael and Mary. Bill was a businessman, who founded BRAE Corp, a diversified manufacturing, leasing and transportation services company headquartered in San Francisco, California. He resigned his position with the company in 1986, and pursued a new investment company, Providential Corporation, which offered reverse mortgages, for which he found much success. Bill died on August 7, 1994, in Atherton, California.
  Nickname	Bill
  Birth	6 Apr 1936	New Rochelle, New York, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Aug 1994	Santa Clara County, California, USA   [2]
  Person ID	P1616	The McIver Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Harold Ames Texido,   b. 19 Jun 1909, Mount Vernon, New York, USA d. 12 Feb 1979, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, USA (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Harriet Cecelia O'Regan,   b. 20 Dec 1905, Caribou, Aroostook, Maine, USA d. 1 Aug 1981, Houlton, Maine, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1934	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living
  Family ID	F1368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2020

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Photo - William Texido Photo from a newspaper article.
  		Photo - William Texido Photo of William Texido from an article published in The Spokesman-Review on October 9, 1983.
  		Photo - William Texido Photo of William Texido from an article published in the Spokane Chronicle on May 14, 1984.
  		Photo - William Texido

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Newspaper Article - Donald O'Regan Article published in The Bangor Daily News on July 14, 1938, advising that Donald was in attendance at a family reunion in Caribou. His sister Harriet, her husband Harold, and their son were also in attendance.
  		Newspaper Article - William Texido Article published in The Bangor Daily News on April 7, 1952, which states that William attended Fryeburg academy.
  		Newspaper Article - William Texido Article published in the Chicago Tribune on April 11, 1992, with a photo of William Texido.
  		Newspaper Article - William Texido Article published in The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington) on April 8, 1986, announcing William's resignation from his company's board of directors.
  		Newspaper Article - William Texido Article published in The Desert Sun on January 21, 1989, with a photo of William Texido.
  		Newspaper Article - William Texido Article published in the Bangor Daily News on September 7, 1955, which states that William was returning to Tufts Engineering School.
  		Yearbook - William Texido Excerpt from the 1951 Yearbook at Houlton High School in Houlton, Maine. William Texido is pictured with a group called the Alpha HI-Y.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Birth Record - William Texido Excerpt from the New York State birth index from 1936.
  		Yearbook - William Texido Picture from the Houlton High School yearbook in 1950, where William Texido is shown in a photo with all the class presidents.
  		Yearbook - William Texido Excerpt from 1951 yearbook from Houlton High School, where William Texido is pictured with the Junior Varsity basketball team.
  		Yearbook - William Texido Excerpt from the 1951 yearbook from Houlton High School, where William Texido is pictured with a group of students.
  		Death Record - William Texido Obituary published in The Bangor Daily News on August 17, 1994. He died on August 7, 1994 in Atherton, California. The funeral was held on August 10, 1994 at the Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park, California.
  		Newspaper Article - William Texido Article published in the Spokane Chronicle on May 14, 1984, announcing that William Texido was elected as chairman of the board for BRAE Corp.
  		Document - William Texido Magazine article written by Bruce G. Posner, published in Inc. magazine on May 1, 1983, detailing the quick success of William Texido's company, BRAE Corp. The author refers to the success as a result of the "competitive ardor" of William Texido.
  		Census - 1940 US Census - Houlton, Maine

  
  

  Histories

  Document - William Texido This is an online article written by Mike Troiano, published on June 11, 2014, describing a conversation he once had with William Texido.

  
  

• Sources

  [S218240922] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=119634274&pid=1616 [S238066462] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S218301820] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1940; Census Place: Houlton, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: m-t0627-01472; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 2-53. [S238081694] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).