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CHARLES E. ROSIN
A highly-esteemed pioneer, whose
useful life, serving unselfishly his day and generation, was duly appreciated
by all who knew him, was Charles E. Rosin, a native of Pomerania, Germany, where
he was born on December 8, 1861. He enjoyed
a good education in his native county, and came out to the west coast of
America by way of Cape Horn, on the steamship Miranda in 1890, stopping for a
brief visit at Valparaiso. Arriving at
San Francisco, he made his way into the San Joaquin Valley, and located in the
Jefferson district.
In 1882 he was married to Miss
Christine Lorenzen, who was born at Satrup, Holstein, Germany, on October 12, 1860, and
remained behind in Europe when her husband ventured to establish himself in the
New World. In 1893, she came out to
Chicago and the World’s Fair; after which she progressed westward, to join her
husband, who had set himself up as a carpenter and builder at Tracy, and who,
from 1895 to 1898, owned 160 acres in the Jefferson district. Five children were born to this union. Augusta has become the wife of Joseph
Armstrong and they reside at Byron with their three children. Mary is the wife of William Kelso, and they
reside in Contra Costa County with their two children. August F., who is single, is a driver for the
Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation, and he has an enviable record for
overseas service during the World War.
He enlisted on August 7, 1917, with the 86th Aero Corps, and
served for eleven months, in action from Varincourt
to Behonnee, in park-squadron salvage, and in the
supply department of aircraft in action; and on June 6, 1919, he received his
honorable discharge. William H. Rosin
also has an enviable record. He served
with the 13th Ammunition Train in training at Camp Lewis, and
received an honorable discharge on January 19, 1919. Emma is the wife of Glenn Perryman, and the
mother of one child; and they reside at Stockton.
Rich in a wide circle of admiring and
devoted friends, Mr. Rosin, who had always been an active Odd Fellow and was a
past member of the Encampment, passed away on August 24, 1914, at the Rosin
residence on Sixth Street, which had been their home since 1910. Mrs. Rosin is a member of the Rebekahs.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
999-1000. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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