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JOHN C. BRAAS
A successful Delta farmer, John C.
Braas was born in Eckenforde, Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany, May 21, 1866 a son of Otto and Magdalena Braas, both natives of the
same place. Otto Braas served under the
Danish flag in the War of 1864 and under the Prussian flag in 1870-71; he was
one of five surviving members of his company who returned from the War of
1870. Early in life John C. left home
and became a clerk in a general merchandise store, but in 1886 returned to the
home ranch after the death of his father, where he remained for three years; he
then left for America, arriving in New York on April 4, 1889 and came directly
to California. In 1890 he rented land in
the Dangers tract on the river, southwest of Stockton, and after four years of
successful farming bought a tract of fifty-four acres on the Burns Cutoff, to
which he has added until he now owns 210 acres.
On April 27, 1889 in Stockton, Mr.
Braas was married to Miss Louise Beberwitz, a native
of Germany, daughter of Magnus and Maria Beberwitz,
both now deceased. Mrs. Braas arrived in
Stockton in 1889. They are the parents
of five children: Freda is the wife of
Henry Hansen and they have three children and reside in San Francisco; Alma is
the wife of William Buchan and they have one daughter and reside in San
Francisco; Clara is the widow of Andrew Bowman and she has one daughter; Otto
is a rancher assisting his father at home; and Louise is the wife of Herman
Busch, a rancher on the Copperopolis Road.
Mr. Braas has served seventeen years as trustee of the Independent
School District, and is past president of Fidelity Lodge of the Sons of Herman.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1355. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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