He was the proprietor of the American Hotel and Oyster Bar at 76-82 River Street in Hoboken, NJ (Home to "Texas Arizona" as of 2019).
[3] Records indicate that Gonzales was born in Brooklyn, New York and moved to Hoboken in 1874.
[3][4] Gonzales was listed as the President of the Board of Trustees (ex-officio) for the Hoboken Public Library in its 20th Annual Report.
[3] His son, Frank Gonzales, was indicted for auto theft in 1914 at the age of 22.
[10] He died of Pneumonia at the age of 39 in 1938, leaving behind his wife, Mrs. Edna Cox Gonzales and his children Janet and George.