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RUDOLPH E. RODE
Coming to California in 1905,
Rudolph Rode has gradually worked his way up until he ranks among the
successful vineyardists of the Lodi section of San Joaquin County. He has made good use of his opportunities
since arriving at manhood, and the prosperity that has come to him is from his
own efforts. He was born in Volynia, western Russia, January 29, 1892, a son of Julius
and Julia (Friedmann) Rode, also natives of Russia. The father brought his family to the United
States from Russia in 1902 and first settled at Orlando, Oklahoma, where he
bought a quarter-section of land on which he farmed for three years, and in
1905 brought his family to California.
Rudolph Rode went to school for a
short time in Russia and when the family settled in Oklahoma he went to school
for three years; then when he came to San Joaquin County he attended the
Liberty district school. Rudolph
remained at home with his folks until 1912, when he went to San Francisco and
there took a six months’ course in a business college, then returned to Lodi,
where he became a clerk for Beckman, Welch & Thompson, remaining with them
for four years; he then worked for the Standard Oil Company for a year.
On February 15, 1916, in Lodi, Mr.
Rode was married to Miss Bertha A. Bender, a native of Menno, South Dakota, and
a daughter of John K. and Christina (Bender) Bender, farmer folk in their native
land of Russia, who migrated to the United States in 1903, and later came to
California. They were the parents of
four children: Charles J.; John A.;
Margaret, Mrs. Henry Bender; and Bertha, Mrs. Rode. The father passed away in 1916 and the mother
in 1906 at their home in Lodi. Mr. and
Mrs. Rode have two children, Ruth and Donald, and the family
are members of the Lutheran Church in Lodi. In 1920 Mr. Rode purchased his present ranch
on the Lincoln Highway about five miles southwest of Lodi, consisting of sixty
acres of grain land; here he built a fine bungalow and has fifteen acres in
alfalfa, thirty-five acres in vineyard and the remaining ten acres is used for
grain raising; he has a six-inch pump for irrigation, which throws sufficient
water for the proper irrigation of his land.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Tinkham, George H., History of San
Joaquin County, California , Pages
1593-1594. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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