El
Dorado County
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HENRY A. GIEBENHAIN
Henry A. Giebenhain
is numbered among California’s native sons.
He is now residing in Placerville, where he is engaged in business as
the proprietor of the Mountain Brewery, which was established in this city in
1853. He was born here on the 15th
of December, 1864. His father, Fred Giebenhain, was a native of Germany and crossed the
Atlantic Ocean and North America to California in 1852. The next year he came to Placer County, where
he engaged in mining. He followed that
pursuit at Gold Hill and at Mud Springs, and also conducted a bakery at Gold
Hill. In 1857 he came to Placerville and
purchased the Mountain Brewery, which he successfully conducted. It was one of the first in the county and he
supplied Placerville and the adjacent cities with the products of his brewery,
which were also shipped to Nevada. As
the output was of excellent quality he enjoyed a large sale and his business
continuously increased.
In 1857 Mr. Giebenhain
was united in marriage to Miss Mary Foster, a native of Germany, who in 1856 immigrated from her native country and became a resident of
Auburn, California, joining her sister who was then living there. Mr. and Mrs. Giebenhain
became the parents of seven children, all born in Placerville, and of this
number six are still living, namely:
Fred, at home; Carrie, the wife of Jacob Winhart,
a resident of Dayton, Washington; George, who died in the thirty-first year of
his age; Henry A., of this review; and William, Frank and Mary, who are still
with their mother. The home is a large
brick residence situated near the brewery.
Mr. Giebenhain died leaving his family in good
circumstances, for through an enterprising business career he had acquired a
comfortable competence.
In politics he was a Democrat and in
religious views was a Presbyterian. His
wife is a member of the Catholic Church and is an estimable lady. The sons, Henry and William, hold membership
relations with the Native Sons of the Golden West. Henry Giebenhain is
a careful and prosperous businessman, of keen discernment and indefatigable
energy, and in the control of the brewery is meeting with excellent
success. He is a worthy representative
of a family that is widely and favorably known in Placerville.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
“A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of Northern
California”, Pages 629-630. Chicago Standard Genealogical Publishing Co. 1901.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
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