Marin County Biographies

JOHN MAHNCKEN

Transcribed by Betty Wilson

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             (deceased).  Was born in Hanover, Germany, October 
20, 1832, where he resided until 1854, in which year he came to America, and 
settled in New York City, where he resided until August, 1857, in which year he 
transferred his domestic life to California, and located his residence in San 
Francisco, where he remained until April, 1860, then changed his residence to 
California City, Marin county, and lived in that pleasant valley until August, 
1877, when he moved to San Rafael and erected the German Hotel, which his 
beloved wife now conducts.  Deceased was married July 2, 1858, to Lena Gerken, a 
native of Hanover, by whom he has two children, Frederick and Anna Bertha 
Katherine, now Mrs. Thomas Nichols, who has one child, Helena Jane Anna.  His 
son departed this life on March 31, 1862.  Mr. Mahncken died December 3, 1877.
 
History of Marin County, California; Including Its Geography, Geology, 
Topography and Climatology; by J. P. Munro-Fraser, Historian; Alley, Bowen & 
Co., Publishers, San Francisco, California, 1880