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GEORGE LE FEBER
A successful viticulturist of the
Lodi district is George Le Feber, who was born on
January 6, 1866, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was reared and
educated. For many years he followed the
dairy business near where he was born.
During the year 1904 he came to California and settled first in Fresno,
where he remained for two years; then, in the fall of 1906, he came to Lodi. His first real estate purchase was thirty
acres, bought from Dr. S. R. Arthur; and one year later he added twenty-four
acres, making a total of fifty-four acres.
His ranch is about evenly divided between orchard and vineyard, his
orchard being of assorted fruits of peaches, plums and almonds, and his
vineyard being entirely devoted to the Tokay variety of grapes. He has improved his ranch with a modern
system of irrigation, with a fine pumping plant which produces an ample supply
of water for all irrigation purposes, thus enabling him to bring his property
to a high state of productiveness.
The marriage of Mr. Le Feber united him with Miss Daisy M. Dana, a native of
Wisconsin, and they are the parents of four children: Georgia S. and H. Lucile, both graduates of
the State Normal School located at San Jose, and both teaching in the public
schools of Lodi; and Lloyd D. and Frances Elizabeth, students in the public
schools of Lodi. Mr. Le Feber has been actively identified with the educational
affairs of his community for many years, serving as a member of the Lodi grammar
school board of trustees for six years and now serving
his eighth year as a member of the Lodi public library board. Fraternally he is a member of the Modern
Woodmen.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page 1515. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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