San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 1/28/2010
EMANUEL HANDEL
Among the prominent and leading viticulturists of San Joaquin County is Emanuel Handel, who owns 119½ acres and operates ninety acres in vineyards and orchards located in the Lodi section of the county. He is one of the stanchest advocates of irrigation, and his labors have proved its effectiveness as an agent in agricultural activity. He is a native of Hutchinson County, S.D., where his birth occurred January 5, 1878, a son of Gottfried and Margaret Handel, both natives of southern Russia, their birthplace being near the city of Odessa. They left their native country for America and settled in South Dakota, where the father took up three claims, homestead, timber and pre-emption. When Emanuel was six years of age his mother died and his father later married again. About fifteen years ago his father passed away and the stepmother is now the wife of Lot Lachenmaier of Lodi. The schooling of Emanuel Handel consisted of a grammar school education.
In South Dakota on November 13, 1903, Mr. Handel was united in marriage with Miss Katherine Neuharth, also born in South Dakota in the vicinity of her husband's birthplace. She is the daughter of Phillip and Katherine Neuharth and her education was obtained in grammar school. Shortly after their marriage the young people came to California and settled near Lodi, where Mr. Handel purchased a sixty-five acre vineyard about five miles east of Lodi on the Kettleman Lane Road, which he has improved with a modern bungalow, garage, barns and all necessary equipment for carrying on grape culture; he also owns a half interest in a thirty-five acre vineyard east of Lodi with his brother-in-law, Mr. Neuharth. Each ranch is amply supplied with water from a four-inch pump driven by a ten horsepower motor, thus insuring the best of crops. Mr. and Mrs. Handel are the parents of ten children: Edwin Emanuel; Gideon, deceased; Gideon Benjamin; Emil Arthur; Rachina Katherine; Matilda Louisa; Lenora Pavlina; Leon Eigin; Ida Magdaline; and Viola Bertha. Reformed Church of Lodi. Mr. Handel is a Republican in his political affiliation.
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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