San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 12/11/2009
MRS. AGNES STEINY FINKBOHNER
A native daughter of Stockton whose father was a '49er, is Mrs. Agnes Steiny Finkbohner; she is the daughter of Julius and Amelia (Seiffert) Steiny, natives of St. Petersburg, Russia, and Saxony, Germany, respectively. Julius Steiny came to the United States in 1845 and lived in Baltimore, Maryland; he served on the American ship Congress during the Mexican War under Commodore Stockton of the U.S. Navy. He was discharged at Norfolk, Virginia, in 1848, and came around the Horn to California in December, 1849; he engaged in the shipping business with Henry Fiske on the San Joaquin River until 1853; in 1856 Miss Amelia Seiffert came via the Horn to California and in 1861 she was married to Julius Steiny in Stockton. Two children were born to them, Theodore died December 25, 1922, leaving two sons, Homer Julius Steiny of San Francisco, and Loomis F. of Stockton; and Agnes, the subject of this sketch. Julius Steiny became an influential citizen of Stockton and for seven years was county assessor and later city clerk of Stockton; he died at the age of sixty-three, honored by all who knew him; his wife passed away at the age of seventy-three.
Agnes Steiny received her education in the grammar and high schools of Stockton. On August 31, 1892, in Stockton, she was united in marriage with George Finkbohner, also a native son of California, a son of Jacob and Barbara (Kuhn) Finkbohner, early settlers of California, arriving about 1853. Jacob Finkbohner engaged in business in Stockton and his son George was reared and educated in that city and today is one of Stockton's influential business men. Three sons have been born to them; Theodore is chief clerk of the Southern Pacific Railroad division office of the Stockton division; George is assistant cashier of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Bank; Otto is a farmer.
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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