San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 4/11/2010
FRED LEO MARCHAND
A native Californian, Fred Leo Marchand was born near the present site of the thriving town of Newman, October 25, 1879, a son of Leo and Johanna (Jeschke) Marchand, both natives of Prussia. The father left the home for America before the outbreak of the Civil War and in 1861 enlisted for service in the U.S. Navy, serving for over three years, and was discharged in Pensacola, Fla. In 1869 he arrived in San Francisco and soon after removed to San Joaquin Valley, locating in the grain country near Newman, where he engaged in farming. There were five children in the family: Fred Leo, the subject of this sketch; Anna, deceased; William J. resides at Stockton; Lilly, Mrs. H.A. Davidson, residing in Stockton; and Charles J. resides in Los Angeles. The father passed away in 1920 at the age of eighty-three and the mother was seventy-one when she died.
Fred Leo was a child of one year when his parents removed to Stockton, where his father worked in the lumber business, and later conducted a dairy for fourteen years, and in that city Fred Leo received his education. When he was fourteen years old he learned the harness-makers' trade and for thirteen years was associated with C. Rodder. Fifteen years ago he removed to Lodi, where he opened a shop of his own. As the automobile increased in importance and popularity, Mr. Marchand added the line of auto trimming, which has well-nigh done away with his harness business; he now owns his own building, 40x100 feet, and conducts a thriving business.
On November 26, 1908, in Lodi, the marriage of Mr. Marchand united him with Miss Grace Roulette, born in Sainte Genevieve, Mo., a daughter of J.T. and Emma Roulette, who had three children: Addie, Mrs. Banta, resides in Richmond; Lawrence T. resides in Plumas County; and Mrs. Marchand. The mother passed away in May, 1922, and the father is a farmer in the Lodi vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Marchand are the parents of two children, Uvon Catherine and Fred Leo, Jr. Besides his harness and auto trimming business Mr. Marchand owns fifteen acres in vineyard three miles from Lodi. He is a Republican. Fraternally he is a member of the N.S.G.W. and is past president of the Lodi Parlor; he is also a member of the Eagles and the Foresters of Stockton, and has passed through the chairs of the latter. Mr. Marchand believes in the uninterrupted prosperity and development of Lodi and environs and he is deeply interested in all that pertains to the welfare and progress of his locality, and is a typical western citizen.
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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