*** Source: Trinity Church, San Jose, California: Advent, 1860, to Easter, 1903. San Jose, Calif.: Trinity Parish Guild, 1903. Notice: This data is donated to the Public Domain by TAG, 2004, and may be copied freely by anyone to anywhere. *** ---page 9--- of 1850." The parish boundaries determined upon were the same as those of the county township. The Rev. Sylvester S. Etheridge was unanimously chosen rector at a salary of seven hundred dollars per year, and a for- mal call was extended to him. An organist was engaged for the small sum of eight dollars per month. Prof. and Mrs. Hamm, known in the musical circles of San Jose for so many years, were engaged as choristers. A Sunday School was organized without delay. Mrs. Jackson Lewis, Mrs. Hardy-Gregory, Mrs. Henry Has- kell, and Mrs. Frances Devine Estee were the pioneer Sunday School teachers. Though nearly three years passed before a church building was erected, services were regularly held in the City Hall, and the real life of the parish had begun. During the first year a class of nineteen was presented for confirmation. Mrs. Jackson Lewis, Mrs. Hardy- Gregory and Mrs. Redding Speights, all still Communi- cants of Trinity, were members of this class. During the fall of the same year, the women of the parish put a thousand dollars into the church treasury. In November subscriptions were solicited for a lot and church building. It may be interesting to the older parishioners to speculate upon what might have been, if the first lot that was purchased had been retained. This was the lot on the northwest corner of San Fernando and Fifth Streets. It was held by the vestry for a few months only, and then sold with the prospect of getting what has proved to be a more satisfactory site. This change in the selection of the lot was due to the far- sightedness of James Hart who bought the lot from the vestry that the way might be open for a better choice. The present site was owned at this time by Major S. J. Hensley, being part of a large property extending north to the vicinity of the Hotel Vendome. It was used as a corral for horses and was surrounded by a high board *** end ***