San Joaquin County
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JOHN HERRMANN
JOHN HERRMANN, one of the
well-known business men of Stockton, is a native of Hamburg, Germany, born
August 15, 1846. He was reared at his native place, educated at
boarding-school, and at the age of thirteen and a half years, went to sea on
the sailing vessel Falke, a brig in the Brazil coffee trade. He made two trips
on her, and his next voyage was on a barque from Hamburg to Valparaiso and the
coast of Chili, in the saltpetre trade. After two trips on this barque, he made
a journey from Hamburg to Buenos Ayres and return in the sugar and coffee
trade. His next vessel was the Amazon, bound for California, and she arrived at
San Francisco after a voyage of 199 days. He left the vessel there and came to
Stockton, remaining here till 1871, engaged in ranching in this vicinity most
of the time. He next went to Marysville, where he remained till 1878, being in
business two years of that time. He next located in Stockton, and has since
that time operated the Chicago Exchange, on the corner of Main and California streets,
which was started by Max Von Helmrich in 1874. This house has an extensive
patronage of the best character. Mr. Herrmann also has the agency for this
district of the celebrated Fredericksburg lager, his territory embracing San
Joaquin, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, Yuba and Calaveras counties, and the Yosemite
valley.
Mr. Herrmann was married at Santa Rosa in
September, 1878, to Miss Ella Mosher, a native of Maine. They have two
children, viz: Harry and Eddie.
Mr. Herrmann is a member of Charter Oak
Lodge, K. of P.; of the Stockton Turn-Verein, and of San Joaquin Grove, No. 9,
A. O. D., in which he has passed the chairs.
He is an active, enterprising business
man, and has an extensive circle of warm personal friends. He has a ranch of
forty acres, located ten miles north of Stockton and four miles west of Lodi.
His plan is to devote practically all of this tract to vineyard and orchard,
and in the spring of 1889 he set out ten acres of table grapes, principally
Muscat, Black Ferrara, Black Hamburg and Tokay. He has also planted some almond
and fig trees, and will devote the remainder of his place to fruit and wine
grapes.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Pages 601-602. Lewis Pub.
Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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