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JANS
PETER TUCKSEN
JANS PETER TUCKSEN. The property which now forms the ranch of
Jans Peter Tucksen was entirely unimproved when he purchased it in the pioneer
days of the state, but with characteristic energy and perseverance he has given
to its cultivation and improvement an effort which could not fail to meet with
a reward. He is both a rancher and salt
manufacturer located near Russell station, Eden township, Alameda county, and
although advanced in years he still manages, with the assistance of his son,
his ranch of sixty acres purchased in 1868.
Born in Schleswig, Germany,
November 22, 1828, he was reared to young manhood in his native land and
trained to the practical duties of a farmer.
Deciding to emigrate to America, in May, 1855, he completed his long
trip from the Old World, landing at San Francisco on that date. He first found employment in that city, where
he remained for a couple of years.
During the gold excitement on the Fraser river he was attracted to the
north, but found it a disastrous venture, as he lost all the money he had
managed to save previously. Returning in
1858 to Alameda county, in partnership with another he took a government claim
of one hundred and eighty acres, and began the manufacture of salt, putting in
levees, etc. Later he entered upon
farming operations, continuing so occupied up to the present time. In 1868 he purchased sixty acres of land,
improving this property by cultivation, erecting substantial and modern barns,
and putting up a handsome residence. He
remained in partnership in his salt manufacture for about twelve years, when he
bought out the other’s interest and has since been alone in this work.
In 1864, Mr. Tucksen married Marie
Helena Jensen, who was born in Schleswig.
She died in 1899, leaving three children: Mary, Martin and Jennie. In his political convictions Mr. Tucksen
adheres to the principles advocated in the platform of the Republican party in
national affairs, but locally reserves the right to cast his ballot for the man
whom he considers best qualified for public office.
Transcribed
by Donna Toole.
Source: History
of the State of California & Biographical Record of Coast Counties,
California by Prof. J. M. Guinn, A. M., Pages 795-796. The Chapman
Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904.
© 2015 Donna
Toole.
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