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ABRAHAM KLINK
Since 1893 Abraham Klink has resided
continuously in San Joaquin County, where he worked on different ranches until
1904, when he purchased his present ranch of twenty-five acres four and a half
miles west of Lodi. He is a native of
Bavaria, Germany, born December 2, 1864, a son of Adam and Philipina
(May) Klink. They were the parents of
six children: Katie, at home in Germany;
Philipina, Mrs. H. F. Beckman of Lodi; Abraham; Lena,
deceased; Elizabeth, Mrs. Coyer, deceased; and George, a blacksmith residing in
Germany. The father passed away in
Germany in 1872; the mother still lives in that country.
Abraham received a good education,
and when in his seventeenth year left home and came to America where he became
a cowboy, riding the range through Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Wyoming. In 1881 he made his first trip to California
working for wages as a cowboy until 1896, during which time he drove cattle on
the trail across the plains five different times. In 1893 he settled in San Joaquin County,
where he worked for wages on various ranches
throughout the county; then in 1904 he invested his savings in twenty-five
acres of unimproved land about one-half mile north of Lafayette Hall; fifteen
acres of this ranch he has set to vineyard and also has a small orchard. He has built a new house and there are other
farm buildings on the place. Mr. Klink
is a good judge of horses and for a number of years was engaged in buying and
selling horses; he also teamed to the mines from Grizzly Flat to Stockton and
Sacramento. He has never regretted his
change of residence from the old world to the new, for he has found
opportunities here whereby he has prospered and has gained a good home and the
favorable regard of many friends.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1537. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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