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JULES DONEUX
A well-known citizen of San Joaquin
County may be found in Jules Doneux, who has lived in the county for the past
fifteen years. He has been a prosperous
business man and agriculturist, and his career is most creditable from every
point of view. He was born in Faribault,
Minnesota, June 10, 1882, a son of Pierre and Rosalie (Joachim) Doneux. The father was a general farmer in Minnesota,
where he conducted an eighty-acre ranch in the vicinity of Faribault. There were six children in the family: Mary, Rosie, Adele, Josephine, Joseph and
Jules. The father passed away in 1921,
his wife in 1912.
Jules Doneux received his education
in the grammar schools of Faribault and remained in that locality until he had
passed his twenty-fourth birthday, when he came to California, coming directly
to San Joaquin County. He was one of the
founders of the cream of tartar factory at Woodbridge that manufactured cream
of tartar from grape tartar, and he later became manager of the plant, where he
remained for seven years; this plant put out the greater portion of grape cream
of tartar manufactured in the United States.
Afterwards he engaged in ranching, becoming the foreman of the 180-acre
ranch belonging to Mr. Chapdelain, located on the
Kelly Road west of Lodi. He has found in
agriculture a more profitable source of income, and through his untiring
efforts has become a most capable and efficient foreman.
The marriage of Mr. Doneux occurred
on September 30, 1907, in Faribault, uniting him with Miss Mary Bowe, also a
native of Minnesota, where he father was a farmer. Mrs. Doneux is one of a family of seven
children born to her parents, and she received her education in the Faribault
schools. Mr. and Mrs. Doneux are the
parents of three children: Cletus,
Roland, and Leona. In politics Mr.
Doneux is a Democrat. He is affiliated
with the Knights of Columbus.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1123. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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