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JOHN K. WEBER
Among the farmer folk who have
recently become residents of the Lodi vicinity of San Joaquin County is John K.
Weber, who came to the county in 1920 and purchased a ten-acre vineyard three miles
west of Lodi on the Sargent Road where he resides with his family. He was born in Morristown, Minnesota, August
26, 1881 a son of Jacob and Louise (Oehler) Weber,
early farmers of the Morristown vicinity, where the father took up a homestead
and engaged in farming there for the remainder of his life. The mother also spent her last days there,
passing away in 1893. This worthy couple
were the parents of twelve children, nine of whom are now living: Louise; Mrs. Katie Neubauer resides at Lodi;
Emma, now Mrs. J. Wagner, lives at Lodi; John K. is the subject of this sketch;
Mrs. Amelia Switzenberg, lives in Morristown,
Minnesota; Christina lives in Morristown; Mrs. Hilda Turner resides in Lodi;
Mrs. Lena Rosseau lives in Morristown; Mrs. Alma Switzenberg also resides in Morristown; Jacob, Albert and
Lena are deceased.
John K. Weber attended the grammar
school at Morristown, Minnesota, and spent twenty-seven years of his life on
his father’s farm; assisting his father with the farm work from the time he was
large enough to guide a plow. In
January, 1909 at Morristown, Minnesota he was married to Miss Bertha Schmidtke,
also a native of Morristown and a schoolmate of her husband. She is the daughter of Herman and Amelia (Reiske) Schmidtke, farmers in Minnesota,
and the parents of nine children. After
his marriage Mr. Weber leased 360 acres in the vicinity of Morristown where he
farmed until 1920, when he sold his farming equipment and came to California,
locating on his present ranch. His ranch
consists of ten acres of producing vineyard, well irrigated. Mr. and Mrs. Weber have six children: Alvin, Edwin, Lucile, Leona, Leslie and Edna,
the two youngest being twins. The family
is identified with the Lutheran Church of Lodi.
Mr. Weber is a Republican.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1603-1604. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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