San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 2/24/2010
THEOPOLD KIRSCHENMANN
An industrious rancher and self-made man, Theopold Kirschenmann is the owner of thirty-three and a half acres northwest of Christian Colony, San Joaquin County, Cal., twenty-four acres of which is in vineyard, two acres in pears and the balance in open land around the house and outbuildings. He was born in South Russia on January 30, 1886, a son of Theopold and Magdalena Kirschenmann, both natives of Russia, where they reared a family of five children. The father passed away in his native land at the age of fifty-four years, and the mother at the age of forty-one years. Their five children are as follows: Christ, Christina, Magdalena, Theopold, of this sketch, and Fred.
Opportunities for an education were very meager in Russia, and consequently Theopold Kirschenmann received very little schooling. At the age of nineteen he left his native country for the New World, arriving at Lodi, Cal., on December 16, 1905. He began work on the ranch of John Mettler, south of Lodi about two and one-half miles, remaining there for three years; and then he worked on various ranches throughout the county until he rented eighty acres, five acres of which was in grapes and the balance grain land. This he farmed for two years, and then leased the forty-one-acre ranch owned by Mr. Hartman west of Acampo and ran this for four years. In the spring of 1921, Mr. Kirschenmann purchased thirteen and one-half acres northwest of the Christian Colony, and a short time later bought a twenty-acre tract in the same vicinity, which is yielding him a fine income. Mr. Kirschenmann is a well driller by trade, and when he can be spared from his ranch work he takes his well drilling outfit to all parts of the county, thus adding to his income materially.
Mr. Kirschenmann's marriage occurred at Sacramento on November 10, 1909, and united him with Miss Elizabeth Becker, a native of Eureka, S.D., and a daughter of John and Katherina Becker, residing at Victor Station, San Joaquin County, Cal. Mr. and Mrs. Theopold Kirschenmann are the parents of eight children: Fred, Theopold, Bertha, Rudolph, Edwin, Emma, John, and Katherine.
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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