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JACOB PETER ENGEL
Since 1911 Jacob Peter Engel has
been actively engaged in agricultural pursuits in the vicinity of Woodbridge,
San Joaquin County, and for the past nine years he has been on the Burton Towne
ranch, where he is now foreman of the field men. He was born at Crown Point, Indiana, October
18, 1873, his parents being Joseph and Margaret Engel, both deceased. Mr. Engel was left to shift for himself while
still a young lad and his education consisted of schooling in the Indiana
grammar schools.
On June 8, 1898, at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, Mr. Engel was united in marriage with Miss Mary Theresa Maier, a native of that city and a
daughter of Andrew and Catherine Maier.
Her parents were pioneers of Milwaukee, where Mr. Maier owned and
conducted a bakery for thirty-five years.
They had ten children: Carrie,
deceased; William, of Harshaw, Wisconsin; Christ, of
Hollister, California; Andrew, of San Mateo, California; Antone, of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin; Adam, also of Harshaw; John, also of
Hollister; Mary Theresa, Mrs. Engel; George, also of Milwaukee; and
Philipina. The father died at the age of
sixty-seven, and the mother at sixty-four.
Mrs. Engel received her education at the old Ninth Ward School in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Engel
are the parents of six children:
Florence, Mrs. Savio; Joseph, deceased at the
age of three and a half years; and Jacob, Laura, Gilbert and Douglas. The family resided in Milwaukee until 1905
when they removed to California, arriving in Hollister on July 15, the same
year. They remained there only six
months, removing thence to Newark, where Mr. Engel worked in a foundry for five
years. Then he tried ranching on Dry
Creek for a short time; but on November 6, 1911, removed to Woodbridge, where
the family has since resided. Mr. Engel
first worked for Charles Newton for two years, and then was employed on the
ranch of Burton Towne, where he is at the present time foreman of field
work. Mr. Engel and his wife are held in
high esteem in their community.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1587-1588. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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