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MRS. AGNES STEINY FINKBOHNER
A native daughter of Stockton whose
father was a ‘49er, is Mrs. Agnes Steiny Finkbohner; she is the daughter of
Julius and Amelia (Seiffert) Steiny,
natives of St. Petersburg, Russia, and Saxony, Germany, respectively. Julius Steiny came to the United States in
1845 and lived in Baltimore, Maryland; he served on the American ship Congress
during the Mexican War under Commodore Stockton of the U. S. Navy. He was discharged at Norfolk, Virginia, in
1848, and came around the Horn to California in December, 1849; he engaged in
the shipping business with Henry Fiske on the San Joaquin River until 1853; in
1856 Miss Amelia Seiffert came via the Horn to
California and in 1861 she was married to Julius Steiny in Stockton. Two children were born to them, Theodore died
December 25, 1922, leaving two sons, Homer Julius Steiny of San Francisco, and
Loomis F. of Stockton; and Agnes, the subject of this sketch. Julius Steiny became an influential citizen
of Stockton and for seven years was county assessor and later city clerk of
Stockton; he died at the age of sixty-three, honored by all who knew him; his
wife passed away at the age of seventy-three.
Agnes Steiny received her education
in the grammar and high schools of Stockton.
On August 31, 1892, in Stockton, she was united in marriage with George
Finkbohner, also a native son of California, a son of Jacob and Barbara (Kuhn)
Finkbohner, early settlers of California, arriving about 1853. Jacob Finkbohner engaged in business in
Stockton and his son George was reared and educated in that city and today is
one of Stockton’s influential businessmen.
Three sons have been born to them:
Theodore is chief clerk of the southern Pacific Railroad division office
of the Stockton division; George is assistant cashier of the Sacramento and San
Joaquin Bank; Otto is a farmer.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
355. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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