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PHIL LANDMANN
The proprietor of the Stockton Hat
Works, Phil Landmann, has been a resident of Stockton for the past twenty-eight
years, and during that time has succeeded in building up a fine business. He was born in Tarnof,
Austria, August 27, 1860, a son of Elias and Jennie (Newman) Landmann, both
natives of that country. Elias Landmann was a tailor by trade and both parents
lived and died in their native land.
Three sons and two daughters were born to them.
Phil Landmann attended a private
school in Vienna and at the age of fourteen began to learn the hatter’s trade,
spending four years as an apprentice; he then became stock clerk in a large hat
factory in Vienna. In 1881 he left his
home and after visiting relatives in Austria and Germany, he traveled through
France, Belgium, Holland and England; he then boarded a vessel bound for
America and on August 4, 1881, he arrived in New York, where for the following
eight years, he had charge of the block and shape department for George Brunson
& Company, cap and hat works; he arrived in San Francisco twenty-eight
years ago, where he went into business on Howard and Polk streets, and in the
meantime established a store in Stockton, going back and forth to San Francisco
by boat. His first location was at the
corner of San Joaquin and Weber streets; then a few years later he removed to
No. 12 North California Street, and early in the fall of 1922 located at No.
119 North San Joaquin Street, where he operates a modern hat shop which has
been incorporated as the Stockton Hat Works.
Mr. Landmann’s
first marriage occurred in New York City in 1885, which united him with Miss
Julia Ancker; she passed away in Stockton in
1914. In 1916, at San Francisco, Mr.
Landmann was married to Mrs. Sarah Carssel, a native
of Russia, but reared in England. Four
children were born to Mr. Landmann by his first wife: Pauline is the wife of Dr. Catts of Stockton;
Emile served in the U. S. Army during the World War and is a member of the
American Legion; Jennie and Tillie are at home.
Mr. Landmann received his U. S. citizenship thirty-six years ago in New
York. Politically he is a Republican and
fraternally he belongs to the Eagles, Moose, W. O. W., and was treasurer for
six years of the Ancient Order of Foresters; he is also a member of the local
Chamber of Commerce and the Red Cross.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1447-1448. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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