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THEOPOLD KIRSCHENMANN
An industrious rancher and self-made
man, Theopold Kirschenmann is the owner of thirty-three and a half acres
northwest of Christian Colony, San Joaquin County, California, twenty-four
acres of which is in vineyard, two acres in pears and the balance in open land
around the house and outbuildings. He
was born in South Russia on January 30, 1886, a son of Theopold and Magdalena
Kirschenmann, both natives of Russia, where they reared a family of five
children. The father passed away in his
native land at the age of fifty-four years, and the mother at the age of
forty-one years. Their children are as
follows: Christ, Christina, Magdalena,
Theopold, of this sketch, and Fred.
Opportunities for an education were
very meager in Russia, and consequently Theopold Kirschenmann received very
little schooling. At the age of nineteen
he left his native country for the New World, arriving at Lodi, California, on
December 16, 1905. He began work on the
ranch of John Mettler, south of Lodi about two and one-half miles, remaining
there for three years; and then he worked on various ranches
throughout the county until he rented eighty acres, five acres of which was in
grapes and the balance grain land. This
he farmed for two years, and then leased the forty-one-acre ranch owned by Mr.
Hartman west of Acampo and ran this for four years. In the spring of 1921, Mr. Kirschenmann
purchased thirteen and one-half acres northwest of the Christian Colony, and a
short time later bought a twenty-acre tract in the same vicinity, which is
yielding him a fine income. Mr.
Kirschenmann is a well driller by trade, and when he
can be spared from his ranch work he takes his well drilling outfit to all
parts of the county, thus adding to his income materially.
Mr. Kirschenmann’s
marriage occurred at Sacramento on November 10, 1909, and united him with Miss
Elizabeth Becker, a native of Eureka, South Dakota, and a daughter of John and Katherine Becker, residing at
Victor Station, San Joaquin County, California.
Mr. and Mrs. Theopold Kirschenmann are the parents of eight
children: Fred, Theopold, Bertha,
Rudolph, Edwin, Emma, John and Katherine.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George H., History of San
Joaquin County, California , Pages
1561-1562. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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