San Joaquin County Biographies


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CHARLES W. VOLLBRECHT.
 
         A valuable ranch of twenty-five acres on East Pine Street, about a mile 
east of Lodi is the property of Charles W. Vollbrecht, who is engaged in the 
culture of grapes. He was born at Riceville, Iowa, on March 26, 1890, a son of 
William and Anna Vollbrecht. William Vollbrecht was born in Germany and came to 
America with his parents when he was three years old. Charles W., our subject, 
is one of a family of twelve children; Martha, deceased; Herman; Amanda; Jennie; 
Emma is Mrs. Merrill; Minnie; Charles, our subject; Lillian; Clara; Cora; Jack 
and Robert. William Vollbrecht and his wife now live retired in Riceville, Iowa.
        Charles W. received a grammar school education at Riceville, Iowa. and 
grew to manhood on his father's farm. When he was twenty-two years old he rented 
440 acres (the home place) and later bought his father's stock and farm 
equipment, where he farmed for seven years.
        The marriage of Mr. Vollbrecht occurred at Riceville on November 6, 
1912, and united him with Miss Dorothy Peters, a native of Tama, Iowa, a 
daughter of John and Matilda (Lohrmann) Peters, a farmer of that state. There 
were five children in her family; Ella, Dorothy, Mrs. Vollbrecht, Elmer, Hazel 
and Irene. In 1918, Mr. Vollbrecht came to California and purchased seventeen 
and a half acres northwest of Victor, a full-bearing vineyard, and in 1919 sold 
this property and purchased the twenty-five acre ranch on East Pine Street, 
where he resides. He also owned another ranch near Lodi, but recently sold it 
for $2,600 per acre and now devotes his entire time to the cultivation and 
development of his home place. Mr. and Mrs. Vollbrecht are the parents of one 
son Earl. He and his family are members of the Lodi Lutheran Church and in 
politics he is a Republican. He enjoys the confidence of the business community 
and he has secured a good home and gained a comfortable competence
 
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 
1923
p   1590       
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.