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NICOLAUS OBAD
A
representative California rancher, Nicolaus Obad
resides on his fine farming estate of twenty-six acres in the Banta district of San Joaquin County, fifteen miles southwest of
Stockton on the Lincoln highway. He is progressive, enterprising and thoroughly
systematic in his farming activities, and for the success he has won through
his own hard labor and conscientious industry he quite deserves the respect and
esteem which his fellow-citizens accord him. He was born near Dubovinich, Dalmatia, August 29, 1883, a son of Peter and
Mary Obad, who were both natives of the same province in Dalmatia. Paul Obad, a
brother of our subject came to California and the San Joaquin Valley in 1887, but
has since returned to his native country and there passed away in May, 1910. He
had become an American citizen before he returned to Dalmatia. Both parents are
living in Dalmatia and are prosperous olive and grain farmers of that country.
Nicolaus Obad
received a good grammar school education in the schools of his native province
and was reared on his father's farm until he was nineteen years old, when he
decided to try his fortune in a new country. He embarked at Havre, France, and
fourteen days later arrived in New York. Of a party of ten young men who came
to California, Mr. Obad is the only one residing in this county. Being a practical
farmer, he soon obtained employment on a ranch, and in 1908 he purchased his
present ranch of twenty-six acres, which is devoted to the raising of fruit and
alfalfa, and he also conducts a dairy. Recently he erected a fine residence on
his ranch where he resides with his family.
The marriage of Mr. Obad occurred on March
22, 1910, and united him with Miss Ellen Durango, and they are the parents of
two children, Peter and Mary. In 1907 Mr. Obad received his U. S. citizenship
papers and he has never failed to cast his vote for Republican candidates.
Fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Pythias
of Tracy. Coming to America when nineteen years of age, he has never regretted
the step then taken, for he has worked his way upward, winning success and
gaining for himself the confidence and good will of his associates.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1489-1490. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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