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LOUIS F. MOLLENHAUER
L. F. MOLLENHAUER.--Among the
enterprising business men of Stockton, who take an active interest in public affairs, is he
whose name heads this sketch. He is a native of Germany, born in the old kingdom of Hanover, September 7, 1852, his parents being John Frederick
and Doris (Kobbe) Mollenhauer. He was reared at his native place, and educated
to the age of fourteen years, after which he was engaged in farm work. In 1868
he emigrated to America, landing at New York, where he engaged as clerk in a grocery store on the corner
of Ninth avenue and Fifty-third street. He afterward changed his place of employment to a
store on the corner of Ninth avenue and
Fifty-fifth street.
In 1878 he came to California and located in Stockton,
where he bought the grocery business of John Ducker, on Weber avenue. This store was established by Mr. Ducker in 1858,
and was carried on by him until succeeded by Mr. Mollenhauer. The latter has
kept up the high reputation of the store established by his predecessor, and
enjoys an extensive trade with city and county. He has a well equipped store,
and his well-known fair dealing and uniform habits of courtesy have given his
establishment a reputation second to none.
Mr. Mollenhauer was married, on the 7th
of September, 1881, to Miss Ella Wolleson. They have three children, viz:
Freddie, Willie and Jesse. Mr. Mollenhauer is a member of the Verein-Eintracht,
and of the U. A. O. D.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 378. Lewis Pub. Co.
Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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