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MRS. WILLIAM H. POPE
An exceptionally interesting and
highly-esteemed resident of Tracy is Mrs. William H. Pope, the youngest of a
family of five children surviving their parents, Frenz
and Margaretha (Warch)
Huck, both pioneers of this county, who settled in the New Jerusalem district
about 1868, coming by way of the river and Mohr’s Landing. She was born in this county, and attended the
New Jerusalem School, and grew up in a comfortable home; her father, who was a
native of Germany, and a man of sterling qualities, spent a part of his life in
the southern mines in Tuolumne County.
He passed away at Tracy, on April 9, 1904, mourned by many who had come
to know and appreciate his worth. Miss Margaretha Warch had come to
California alone, and had located at San Francisco; and in the Bay City she met
Mr. Huck, and there, in 1862, they were married. Mrs. Huck passed away in December, 1906,
survived by Mrs. Eva Schmidt, Mrs. Caroline Jepsen,
Mrs. Margaretha Schmidt, F. W. Huck and Julianna Augusta, now Mrs. Pope, the
subject of our story.
On
September 29, 1901, Julianna Augusta Huck was married to William Henry Pope,
who was born at San Francisco on August 10, 1877, the son of Gustaf and Christina (Schlichtman)
Pope, and who was reared in San Francisco.
He had worked at the blacksmith trade in Alameda County, and had then
come to San Joaquin County; and from 1901 to 1907 had engaged in ranching. Later, he acquired the West Side Garage
business on the Lincoln Highway at Tracy, to which city he naturally then
moved, and there, while enjoying the pleasant companionship of his family, he
met his death without warning, when, on September 15, 1921, he was accidentally
killed in a collision of his automobile with a railway train, his death proving
a great shock to the community. Since
his death Mrs. Pope has disposed of the thriving garage business, but the ranch
she has leased out on shares. He left
two children, Frenz William and Nola C.
Residing
in her delightfully attractive home, which she had built in 1922, Mrs. Pope is
and has been very active in the Lutheran Church, and she leaves nothing undone
whereby she may advance the best interests of the town and county.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
976. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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