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FRED G. WEIK
WEIK, FRED G., Real Estate, Investments and fire insurance, Los Angeles, California, was born at Allmerbach, province of Bachnang, Germany, September 14, 1873. He married Miss Anna Ilmer at Pasadena in 1898. There are three children, Helen, Marguerite and William H. Weik.
Mr. Weik was taught in the public schools of New York and before that in Germany, but his schooling was of short duration. He arrived at Monrovia, Cal., in 1887, after a residence of several years in New York City. He worked in a bakery at Monrovia, and later went to Pasadena, where he worked in the bakery which he afterwards bought.
He foresaw the growth of the Southern California cities and bought property in many of the most promising ones. Much of it he has held and it has enhanced greatly in value.
In the year 1905 he engaged in the real estate and loan business, and is known as one of the most accurate appraisers in the State.
He was formerly president of the Los Angeles Lodge, No. 12, of the O. A. H. S., and is now treasurer. He is a member of the Sons of Hermann, Turn Verein and Schwaben Verein, Chamber of Commerce, Foresters and German Alliance.
Transcribed
by Joyce Rugeroni.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 593,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Joyce
Rugeroni.
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