Kings County Biographies


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FRED STORZBACK
 
Germany has given to the United States a class of citizens industrious, honest, 
thrifty and law abiding, who have done much to build up the interests of the 
communities with which individually they have cast their lots. One of the most 
progressive citizens of Corcoran, Kings county, Cal., is Fred Storzback, a 
native of Wurtemberg. Young Storzback attended public schools near the parental 
home until he was fourteen years old, when he immigrated to England and engaged 
in the butcher business. From there at the age of twenty he came to the United 
States in 1885, settling in Philadelphia, where he acquired a practical 
knowledge of the baker's trade. After working as a baker in different parts of 
the United States he came to California in December, 1905, and January 15, 1906, 
he settled at Corcoran; where he operated a combined bakery and restaurant for 
two years, then transformed his establishment into a combined bakery and ice 
cream parlor. His business, which from every point of view is successful, is one 
of the most popular in Corcoran, and the purity of his goods and his courtesy to 
all patrons commend him strongly to the general public.
In 1895 Mr. Storzback married Elizabeth Schiep, who was born August 17, 1876, in 
the state of Louisiana, and they have children as follows: Pauline, Augusta and 
Bertha, who are mentioned here in the order of their nativity. Mr. Storzback is 
a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a Woodman of the World, 
loyally devoted to the interests of these orders and ready at all times to meet 
any demand upon him in behalf of their beneficent work. As a citizen he takes a 
vital interest in everything that pertains to the growth and development of the 
town and to the economic problems of its people. So flattering has been his 
success thus far that to his observant neighbors his future is full of brilliant 
promise. In 1913 Mr. Storzback built a fine two-story brick building, 50x112, 
which is equipped with the finest and most up-to-date machinery and appliances 
for the bakery business and is a fitting testimonial to his laudable enterprise.
 
History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical Sketches - 
Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913
pp. 614-615
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler