San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 4/10/2010
HERBERT JUSTIN MANN
An eminently conscientious and efficient public accountant who has done much, through his painstaking labors and successful work, to elevate still further the dignity of that profession in California, is Herbert Justin Mann, of 222 Yosemite Building, Stockton, in which city he was born, on September 4, 1890. His father, Jacob Mann, a native of Germany, when sixteen, made his way to Australia, then came out to California in the early sixties, when he was a boy of eighteen, and for almost twenty-five years he was with the Simpson & Gray Lumber Company. He died in 1907, an honored member of the Druids. He had married, in Stockton, Miss Bertha Echenberger, a native of Canton Berne, Switzerland, who came with her parents to Philadelphia when about seven years old, and there attended school. Later she accompanied her mother and sister to Stockton. She died in April, 1921, the mother of four sons, all born in Stockton, and all still living—William J., Robert E., Walter C., and Herbert J.
Herbert J. Mann attended the grammar schools and Stockton high school, and from the latter institution he was graduated with the class of '08. His first employment was in the shipping department of the Houser-Haynes Harvester Company, and after a while he was in the accounting department of the same company. When the Holt Company absorbed the concern, Mr. Mann remained with them for eight months, and in 1913 he entered the employ of the Frank A. Guernsey Grain Company, where, at the end of two years, he became one of the partners and was made secretary and treasurer. On June 25, 1921, he severed his connection with that important house and struck out for himself, and since then he has built up a large patronage. He not only does auditing and installation of accounting systems, but, as the result of his seven years with the Guernsey Company, when he made many friends among the farmer-folk, he has successfully opened up a new branch, in taking charge of the account books of ranchers. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce.
At Stockton, in 1914, Mr. Mann was married to Miss Ruth Page, a native of Lodi; and their union has been blessed with three children: Justin Page, Susan Ruth, and Margery Beryl. Mr. Mann is a charter member of the Stockton Sciots, and he belongs to Stockton Parlor No. 7, N.S.G.W.; Stockton Lodge No. 218, B.P.O.E.; San Joaquin Lodge No. 19, F. & A.M.; Stockton Chapter No. 28, R.A.M., and to the local council R. & S.M.
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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