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PHILLIP J. GOEHRING
A successful vineyardist
who is residing on his fifty-acre vineyard home, located a mile and a half
southeast of Victor, is Phillip J. Goehring, a
self-made man, whose success has come to him entirely through his own labor and
carefully directed efforts. He was born
in McIntosh County, North Dakota, on July 9, 1892, a son of John and Elizabeth
(Bertsch) Goehring, the
former coming to America from Neudorf, south Russia,
his birthplace, and the latter a native of Bergdorf, south Russia. His father passed away in North Dakota about
twenty years ago, while the mother still resides there. They were the parents of
eight children: John, Jacob, Christina
and Fred, Gottlieb, Phillip J., or subject, Maggie and Martin.
The education of Phillip J. Goehring was limited to about five months, and he was
obliged to assume his share of the farm work.
Shortly after becoming of age, he began to earn his own way, and went to
Idaho where he homesteaded 320 acres of land on which he raised grain and stock
for four years.
Mr. Goehring’s
first marriage occurred while living in Idaho, on February 4, 1914, and united
him with Miss Martha Bertsch. She passed away in Idaho in 1916. In January, 1917, Mr. Goehring
made a trip to Lodi, California, where he was married to Miss Christine Knoll,
born in Russia, a daughter of Jacob Knoll.
He father came to California about fifteen years ago from South Dakota
and settled at Victor, where he purchased a vineyard and had added to it from
time to time until he is now one of the wealthiest citizens of San Joaquin
County. After their marriage the young
couple returned to Mr. Knoll’s ranch in Idaho and continued farming until the
early fall of 1917, when they returned to Lodi to locate. He traded his ranch of ten acres, his present
vineyard home, and since then he has added by purchase 30 acres more, and Mrs. Goehring received gift of ten acres from her father, all
devoted to vineyard and alfalfa. In
April, 1921, Mr. Goehring purchased forty-nine acres
at the intersection of the Cherokee and Lockeford roads,
which was an old almond orchard, with the exception of ten acres in
prunes. Mr. Goehring
decided to take out all the almond trees and planted vines, but left the prune
orchard. Soon after buying this tract,
he sold five acres for $2,000 per acre, which left forty-four acres, thirty of
which are planted to Tokay grapes. So
now he owns and operates ninety-four acres.
Mr. and Mrs. Goehring are the parents of five
children: Emma, Reuben, Levi, Elsie and
Elmer are twins. He is a Republican in
politics; he and his family are members of the First German Baptist Church of
Lodi.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1530. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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