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MRS. LENA EGGERS
Active alike in public movements and
in private charities, Mrs. Lena Eggers, a highly-esteemed native of Germany who
has become a patriotic American by adoption, has done everything in her power
to bring about new development in agricultural enterprises in the section where
she has long made her home. She was born
in Holstein on December 12, 1854, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Wehde,
both natives of Germany and in 1886 she came out to California, after spending
a short time, en route, at Omaha. She has
been married three times and is now a widow.
In 1874 she was first married to
William Harder, and their union was crowned with the birth of four
children: Maggie, wife of Julius Kiesling, resides at Omaha, Nebraska, and has eleven
children; William Harder, Jr., also resides at Omaha, Nebraska with his wife
and three children; Emma is the wife of Joseph Gonzales, employed by the
Associated Pipe Line and resides in Tracy, and they have one child; George F.
died in 1916, thirty-one years old.
In 1886, Mrs. Harder remarried at
Stockton, her second husband being Hans Gosch, by
whom she had one child: Caroline F. Gosch; she married A. J. Irwin, who was accidentally killed
in an explosion while employed on the Associated Pipe Line, March 23, 1922,
leaving his widow with one child, Frederick R. Irwin. Our subject was married a third time to Peter
Eggers of San Joaquin City. By him she
had three children: Robert, Kate and
Fred. Robert and Fred farm her place of
600 acres running to grain and sheep.
Robert was born April 25, 1891, and is one of San Joaquin County’s
rising ranchers and stockmen. He belongs
to the Knights of Pythias. Kate is at
home, while Fred has an honorable war record to his credit. He enlisted and served in the U. S. Marine
Corps, as corporal in Company 105, 8th Regiment and was honorably
discharged at the Presidio at San Francisco at the close of the war. He is a member of Tracy Parlor, N. S. G. W.
Peter Eggers, who passed away on
September 22, 1910, at his home near Vernalis, was born in Holstein, Germany,
on August 18, 1854, and was brought out to California in the early
sixties. He was an employee of Mr. Holt
who was engaged in the raising of stock and sheep, and after awhile he acquired
a ranch near Vernalis for himself. His
first marriage united him with Miss Maria Hagermann,
and by her he had five children: Henry
died when twelve years old; Annie is the wife of Frank Trebois,
employed by the P. G. & E. Company.
She resides in San Francisco and has one child; Louisa, wife of H. Raffensbergar, resides in San Francisco; William Eggers, a
rancher north of Stockton, served in the Marine Corps; Maria died when six
years old. At the time of his death, Mr.
Eggers was widely known for his extensive farming operations, and since then the
enterprise thus splendidly inaugurated by this worthy pioneer has been carried
on by the sons, Robert and Fred. The
valuable home-place is located on the edge of the picturesque Hospital Canyon,
about three miles to the west of Vernalis, and includes some 600 rich and
highly-productive acres. The family have made this place their home since 1916, nor could
a more desirable site be found in all San Joaquin County.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
815-816. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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