San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 3/24/2010
EMANUEL LOFFELBEIN
A successful vineyardist, whose well-kept vineyard lies about four miles in an easterly direction from Lodi, is Emanuel Loffelbein, a native of South Russia who was born on July 12, 1868. His father, Augustus Loffelbein, was a native of Leipsig, Germany, and when he was two years old was taken by his parents to South Russia and was reared on a farm. He married Miss Barbara Stadel and they were the parents of ten children, namely: John, Jacob, Christ, Louisa, Mary, Christina, Margaret, Katherine, Emanuel and Gottleib. The father became quite an extensive farmer in his native country and lived to be seventy-five years old, while the mother passed away at the age of fifty-five. The schooling of Emanuel Loffelbein consisted of a grammar school education and he selected for his trade that of a shoemaker, but only worked one year, when he determined on coming to the United States, and arriving he went to North Dakota and homesteaded a quarter-section of land near Pheasanton where he resided for seven years and then moved to Harvey and for the next nine years was engaged in a livery and dray business with his brother Gottleib.
In May, 1895, at Pheasanton, N.D., occurred the marriage of Mr. Loffelbein and Miss Margaretta Schmierer, who was born in the same district as her husband in South Russia, and who is the daughter of John and Margaretta (Speidel) Schmierer. Her father was a farmer who had also removed from Germany to South Russia and he had six children, John of Lodi; Jacob of Victor; Margaretta, Mrs. Loffelbein; Christina, deceased; Magdalena and Selma. John Schmierer lives at Lodi, Cal., and is past eighty years of age.
In 1909 Mr. Loffelbein came to California, settling first at Ukiah, and there purchased a forty-three acre farm, but lived there only eight months when he sold out and came to Lodi. At first he rented different ranches, which he farmed. His first purchase was a place of twenty-one acres on Harney Lane, five acres of which was in vineyard and the balance in alfalfa. He then traded this place for his present place of twenty acres, most of which is in bearing vineyard. Three acres of the ranch are set to Zinfandel grapes, six acres to Black Prince, nine acres to Mission and the remaining two acres are in grounds surrounding the house. Mr. and Mrs. Loffelbein are the parents of eight children. Gottleib resides in Victor. He entered the service of his country in July, 1918, and was sent to Fort McArthur and was in the mechanical department of the officers' training camp, was in the hospital a number of months, and was discharged at Fort McArthur and returned to his home in Lodi. Samuel S. enlisted in August, 1918, and went to Camp Lewis in the Thirteenth Division as a private. He trained and remained at Camp Lewis until the armistice was signed and on February 1, 1919, was discharged at the Presidio, San Francisco. The other children are Walter, Elsie, Emil and Herbert; Elsa and Lillian are deceased. Mr. Loffelbein is a member of the Evangelical Association Church of Lodi.
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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