California Biographies

Source: History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of 
the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with 
its growth and development from the early days to the present (1919)

History By Paul E. Vandor 
Illustrated, Complete In Two Volumes 
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1919
 
Notes: Missing+page1185-1186

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
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G. WIESBROD. � Among the foreign-born residents of Fresno County 
who has made his influence felt for the betterment of local conditions is G. 
Wiesbrod, a resident of the Barstow Colony and a native of Russia. He was 
born at Straub, Samara, November 1, 1885, a son of Chris and Marie (Thomp- 
son) Wiesbrod, both born in that same country. The father was a farmer 
there and, having heard much about the conditions in California from some 
of his countrymen who had located in Fresno County, he decided to make 
an investigation for himself and accordingly brought his son here, his wife 
having died in Russia in 1890. He began ranching near Oleander, succeeded in his 
efforts and is now living retired in Fresno. 

Our subject was the only child of the union of his parents and was edu- 
cated in the public schools of Fresno, after which he learned the baker's 
trade with the Model Bakery. After he had mastered it he started the San 
Benito Bakery, on the avenue of that name, conducted it until he closed the 
business and went to Madera County and bought sixty acres and engaged in 
dairying. In February, 1918, he traded his ranch for thirty acres in Barstow 
Colony and is now raising alfalfa and Thompson seedless grapes and is meet- 
ing with deserved success. 

Mr. Wiesbrod was married in Fresno in 1907, to Miss Margaret Nilmeier, 
born in Samara, a daughter of H. P. Nilmeier, of whom mention is made on 
another page of this work. She was educated in the Fresno schools and has 
proven herself an able helpmate to her husband. They have a daughter, Helen 
Margaret. The family are members of the Lutheran Church in Fresno. Mr. 
Wiesbrod is a member of the California Alfalfa Growers Association and 
politically supports the candidates of the Republican party.