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EMANUEL HANDEL
Among the prominent and leading
viticulturists of San Joaquin County is Emanuel Handel, who owns 119-1/2 acres
and operates ninety acres in vineyards and orchards located in the Lodi section
of the county. He is one of the
staunchest advocates of irrigation, and his labors have proved its
effectiveness as an agent in agricultural activity. He is a native of Hutchinson County, South
Dakota, where his birth occurred January 5, 1878; a son of Gottfried and
Margaret Handel, both natives of southern Russia, their birthplace being near
the city of Odessa. They left their
native country for America and settled in South Dakota, where the father took
up three claims, homestead, timber and pre-emption. When Emanuel was six years of age his mother
died and his father later married again.
About fifteen years ago his father passed away and the stepmother is now
the wife of Lot Lachenmaier of Lodi. The schooling of Emanuel Handel consisted of
a grammar school education.
In South Dakota on November 13, 1903
Mr. Handel was united in marriage with Miss Katherine Neuharth, also born in
South Dakota in the vicinity of her husband’s birthplace. She is the daughter of Phillip and Katherine
Neuharth and her education was obtained in grammar school. Shortly after their marriage the young people
came to California and settled near Lodi, where Mr. Handel purchased a
sixty-five acre vineyard about five miles east of Lodi on the Kettleman Lane
Road, which he has improved with a modern bungalow, garage, barns and all
necessary equipment for carrying on grape culture; he also owns a half interest
in a thirty-five acre vineyard east of Lodi with his brother-in-law, Mr.
Neuharth. Each ranch is amply supplied
with water from a four-inch pump driven by a ten horsepower motor, thus
insuring the best of crops. Mr. and Mrs.
Handel are the parents of ten children:
Edwin Emanuel; Gideon, deceased; Gideon Benjamin; Emil Arthur; Rachina Katherine; Matilda Louisa; Lenora Pavlina; Leon Elgin; Ida Magdaline; and Viola Bertha. The family are all
members of the German Reformed Church of Lodi.
Mr. Handel is a Republican in his political affiliation.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1602. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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