Tulare County Biographies

GEORGE THUT

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        George Thut, one of the leading merchant tailors of Visalia, California, 
was born in Switzerland, August 19, 1882. While he was still in his early 
childhood his parents, Rudolph and Elizabeth Thut, came to the United States and 
settled in Kern county, California. After a short residence there they removed 
to Tulare county. Rudolph Thut was a farmer and followed that occupation all his 
life. Both parents are deceased.
        George Thut received his education in the public schools of Kern and 
Tulare counties. While still in his teens he was apprenticed to a tailor. He 
learned all the details of making clothes and in 1907 opened a shop of his own 
in Visalia. He is now located at No. 111 South Church street, employs four 
journeymen tailors, and claims the distinction of having been longer in business 
than any other tailoring establishment in Visalia. All the work is done in his 
own shop and among his patrons are many of the best dressed men in the city.
        Mr. Thut married Miss Nina Jarrett, who was born in the state of Maine, 
but grew to womanhood in California. They have two children : Mervin and 
Richard. Politically Mr. Thut gives his allegiance to the republican party, and 
fraternally he belongs to the Foresters and the Benevolent Protective Order of 
Elks.
 
Source:  History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen 
Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1926., p. 310