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DIEDERICH LAMMERS
A successful agriculturist whose
long residence in San Joaquin County won him a high place in the esteem of his
community was Diederich Lammers. A
native of Germany, he was born on July 11, 1837, his parents being Henry and
Marguerita (Dascher) Lammers, worthy residents of that county who spent all
their lives there.
Coming to America as a young man,
Mr. Lammers at first located at Charleston, South Carolina, where he worked as
a grocer’s clerk two years before coming to California in the fall of
1869. He spent some time in San
Francisco, and in 1870 came to San Joaquin County, where an older brother,
Martin Lammers, had already located upon a farm in Tulare Township.
In 1871 Mr. Lammers was married to
Miss Dorothea Hemsen, also a native of Germany, who
came to California in 1870. They became
the parents of two daughters: Matilda
America is the wife of George H. Luhrsen; and Annie Gesena married F. O. Housken,
well-known attorney of Tracy; and sketches of both appear elsewhere in this
history. Mr. Lammers became the owner of
320 acres of valuable land near Bethany, and this he developed into a fine
ranch, meeting with splendid success in his farming operations. He passed away on May 30, 1900, his wife
surviving him until March 13, 1917.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
916. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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