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GEORGE REIMCHE
A vineyardist of San Joaquin County
who is engaged in the cultivation and further development of his five-acre
vineyard near Lodi is George Reimche. He
was born at Akaterina, Slav, in south Russia, on July
22, 1855, a son of Peter and Margaret (Laugert) Reimche, both natives also of Russia. They were the parents of ten children, George
Reimche being the only son living in California. He has three sisters in North Dakota. The father was a farmer in his native land,
and passed away at the age of fifty-six; the mother lived to be sixty years of
age.
George Reimche was raised on a farm
on the Island of Crem and was educated in the public
schools. On September 18, 1873, he was
married to Miss Sophia Bechthold, a native of Russia, the daughter of Christ
and Carry (Delk) Bechthold. When Mr. Reimche first started to work for
himself, he had a small place which he farmed; then he bought about 175 acres
in Crem, Russia, which he farmed until he came to the
United States. Arriving in the United
States in 1893 with his wife and seven children, he bought 160 acres of land in
South Dakota, between Parkstown and Menno; later he
sold this and went to Marion County, Kansas, and bought a home in a colony where
the land remained the property of the colony and the house was owned by the
individual. Here he remained two years,
when he sold his interest and went to Alberta, Canada, and took up a claim of
320 acres. This move proved very
disastrous for him. For two consecutive
years there were no crops, and Mr. Reimche lost all his savings and his land
besides. In 1910 he came to California
and bought a five-acre vineyard about three miles east of Lodi. This place he has improved with a comfortable
house and suitable farm buildings. Mr.
and Mrs. Reimche are the parents of nine children: John, a rancher near Lodi; Christ, in North
Dakota; Elizabeth, at home; Henry, of Lodi; George, in Canada; Lottie, who was
Mrs. Boschee, and who died in Canada leaving six children,
of whom the youngest, Viola Lottie, resides with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Reimche; and Lydia, Mrs. Jacob Wagemann; Carrie, Mrs.
Fred Wagemann; and Mrs. Kate Wagemann,
all of Lodi. Mr. and Mrs. Reimche have
twenty-six grandchildren. Mr. Reimche
became an American citizen while residing in South Dakota.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1502. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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