Tehama County Biographies

GUSTAVE LIERSCH

Transcribed by:  Melody Landon Gregory

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Gustave Liersch is the proprietor of the Liersh House, of Corning, who took 
charge and reopened it December 1, 1885, and by conducting it in a thorough 
manner has gained for it a good reputation.  The hotel is situated on Main 
street, a few blocks from the depot, and affords a fine view of the Sacramento 
Valley and surrounding foot hills.  The appointments and furnishings of the 
hotel denote a degree of comfort, and the tables are bountifully supplied with 
the best the market affords.  The popularity of the hotel is attested by the 
fact that it receives more than the average share of the public patronage.  Mr. 
Liersch is a native of Thalwinkel, Saxony, Germany, born November 8, 1857.  He 
learned the millwright and wagon-maker's trade, which he followed until 1875, 
when he came to America, landing at New York, and thence by rail to California, 
locating at Jacinto, Colusa County, where he followed his trade two years.  He 
then came to Riceville and formed a partnership with his brother William, 
carrying on the business of blacksmith and wagon-making until 1884, when he sold 
out his interest.  In 1885 he made a visit to his native land; returning to 
Riceville the same year, he took charge of his present business.
 
Mr. Liersch was first married in 1882, and by that union there is one child, 
Helena.  He was again married, at Riceville, December 3, 1885, to Miss Dora 
Jens, a native of Holstein, Germany.  They have two children--Francis and Otto.  
Mr. Liersch came from a long-lived family; his grandfather, Carl Liersch, lived 
to the age of 119 years and three months; and his father, also named Carl, met 
his death by accident at the age of seventy-two years; his mother, nee Julia 
Schoneburg, is still living, at the age of seventy-nine years.  Mr. Liersch is a 
staunch Republican, was naturalized in 1883, and always takes an active part in 
local politics.  He affiliates with the I.O.O.F., Corning Lodge, No. 305, and is 
a charter member of the Encampment, No.76, of Red Bluff.

Source:  Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California, Lewis 
Publishing  Co., 1891  pages 757-758