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EDWARD W. LATTA
A resident of San Joaquin County,
California, since 1911, Edward W. Latta was associated with the Lockeford
Mercantile Company until 1918, when he sold his interest and established a
route for the Lodi Steam Laundry, which he has successfully built up and which
has been a lucrative occupation. A
native of Michigan, he was born in Grand Rapids on September 29, 1876 the son
of Charles and Etta (Mott) Latta, farmers in that state. Edward W. is the eldest of a family of seven
children, the others being: Edith, Roy,
Herbert, Fred, Bertha and Harry. Charles
Latta, the father, passed away at the age of fifty-four, while the mother only
reached the age of forty-six.
Edward W. Latta received a grammar
school education and at the age of fifteen was thrown on his own resources,
finding employment with Edgar Holsenberg, a grocery
man of Grand Rapids, where he worked for eight years. At the end of eight years he purchased the
business and continued for three years longer when he sold out and came to
California, settling at Lockeford. He
worked in a grocery store for two years, then with S. S. Strobridge and Mr.
Athearn bought out the business and formed the Lockeford Mercantile Company
which continued for five years, then the business was sold. In 1917 he established a route for the Lodi
Steam Laundry which covered all the territory outside of Lodi; recently he has
sold the portion of the route lying southeast of Lodi.
On September 5, 1908 at Grand Rapids,
Michigan, Mr. Latta was married to Miss Jetta Holsenberg, born at Grand Rapids, a daughter of Edgar and
Rose Holsenberg.
Mrs. Latta received her education in the schools of Grand Rapids and was
the second in a family of three girls:
Lila, Jetta and Ida. Mr. and Mrs. Latta are the parents of one
child, Virginia Rose. Politically Mr.
Latta is a Republican and fraternally belongs to the Odd Fellows of Lockeford.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1620. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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