San Joaquin County Biographies
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JACOB ENGELLANDT
One to whom San Joaquin County is greatly indebted for the active and beneficial work he accomplished is Jacob Engellandt, who was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, August 6, 1851, and at the age of nineteen was drafted for service in the German army, serving until he came to New York City on August 14, 1871. The following year he spent in Washington County, Nebr.; then, on March 1, 1873, he came to Stockton, California. He found employment on the Feck, Rockendorf, Captain Moss, and Pat Elliott ranches, but in 1880 returned to his native country for a few months' visit.
In 1889 Mr. Engellandt removed to Woodbridge, where he farmed for six years, when he returned to Roberts Island and farmed the Levy tract. Twenty-one years ago he bought sixty acres from the George Hury estate, where he made his home until seven years ago, when he retired on account of ill health and removed to Stockton. He passed through the disastrous floods of 1884 and 1886, when the levees broke and the water covered the land, devastating the whole island. The flood of 1886 occurred in January, the storm being accompanied by high winds which almost carried away the small farm house, which consisted of two rooms. That year he had seeded to grain 600 acres, doing all the work himself with his eight-horse team, and all was a complete loss; glad enough were they to escape with their lives.
The marriage of Mr. Engellandt occurred in San Francisco, February 17, 1883, and united him with Miss Mary Elizabeth Mann, a native of London, England, and they were the parents of four daughters: Ida, the wife of A.F. Ruhl, hardware merchant in Stockton; Mabel, wife of H.E. McClure, a dairyman here; Alice, the wife of J.C. McIntosh, proprietor of an electric planing mill here; and Miss Edna Engellandt, who assists her mother in presiding over the home. There are two grandchildren, Bernard Jacob Ruhl and Aileen McClure. Mary Elizabeth Mann was the daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Jones) Mann, born in Scotland and Wales, respectively. Her father was a civil and mechanical engineer and brought his family to Erie, Pa., in 1872, and a year later to California, on an early transcontinental train, arriving in San Francisco in the spring of 1873, where he followed civil and mechanical engineering. He died in San Francisco in 1905, his wife having preceded him. He was a prominent Mason for more than fifty years. This worthy couple had two children: Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Engellandt and Mrs. Alice Rice of Oakland. Mrs. Engellandt was educated in the Lincoln school, San Francisco, Fifth and Market Streets, opposite the U.S. Mint, which was burned at the time of the fire in 1906. Mr. Engellandt died on March 16, 1922, his residence in San Joaquin County having covered a period of forty-nine years, during which time wonderful changes had occurred. He was well read and interesting and a faithful student of the Bible, being a member of the Lutheran Church. In 1879 he became an American citizen and no native-born son was more faithful to his allegiance to the Stars and Stripes.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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