Sacramento County
Biographies
BENJAMIN & FRANK A. JAUCH
BENJAMIN and FRANK A JAUCH.--Two native
sons who are making a success of dairying on the Cosumnes
River, near Slough House, are Benjamin an Frank A. Jauch
who were born in Sacramento County, the one near Elk Grove in 1893, the other
near Arno in 1897, the sons of Joseph and Josephine (Zraggen)
Jauch, natives of Switzerland, who came to the United
States immediately after their marriage, about 1880. Coming directly to California,
the parents engaged in dairying in the Sacramento
Valley. In January, 1898, they located on the Plummer
ranch, on the Cosumnes
River, where Mr. Jauch was foreman of the hop-field; and later he leased the
ranch and engaged in dairying. He took
out the hops, and instead planted the field to alfalfa. He was energetic, and by close application
made a success of his business until he retired. Joseph and Josephine Jauch
were the parents of eight children: Mrs. Mary Atkinson, of Sacramento; Mrs.
Josephine Kurtz, of Live Oak; Joseph, living in Wheatland; Fred, assisting Jauch Bros., as is also their sister Annie; Benjamin and
Frank, of Jauch Bros.; and Mrs. Lillie Thorsen, of North Sacramento. The mother passed on in 1912, and some time
afterwards the father married again, being united to Mrs. Catherine Bowman; he
now makes his home in Woodland.
Benjamin
and Frank Jauch attended school in the Stone House
school district. From the time they were
lads, they assisted their father on the farm and there
learned dairying, as they were specializing in that branch of agriculture. On July 1, 1919, Benjamin and Frank formed a
partnership and purchased their father’s dairy business; and they have since
continued together harmoniously, meeting with deserved success. Their fields of alfalfa, together with pasture
lands, give them ample feed for their herd of cattle; and they milk about
seventy-five head of high-grade Holstein cows. In former days they manufactured cheese, but
now the milk is separated and the cream is sent to Sacramento.
Frank
Jauch is married, the ceremony having occurred in Sacramento
on February 28, 1922, when he was united with Miss Eva Allison, born at Plymouth,
Cal., a daughter of William and Mary
Allison, pioneers of this state. The
mother is still living, but the father has passed away. Mr. And Mrs. Frank Jauch
have one child, Grace Lillian.
Enterprising and progressive, Jauch Bros, are
aiding in the development and upbuilding of the Cosumnes region. In
political matters they are stanch Republicans.
Transcribed
by Priscilla Delventhal.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History
of Sacramento County, California With Biographical
Sketches, Page 978. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 P. J. Delventhal.