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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ANDREAS WULF. � A man of sturdy character, an industrious worker 
and good manager, Andrew Wulf, as he is known by his associates, has been 
most successful in his ranching operations, and is commended by his many 
friends as representative of his countrymen and as a developer of the natural 
resources of Fresno County. His birth took place at Dinkel, Samara, Russia, 
September 4, 1871, his father, Andrew, being a farmer of that province and 
there his death occurred; the mother, Marie E. (Gleim) Wulf, still resides 
there. Of their twelve children, Andrew is the third oldest, and three girls 
and two boys of the family are now residents of this state, namely, Andreas, 
of this sketch ; Mrs. Mary Siebert of Selma ; Peter, residing on Shields Ave- 
nue; Mrs. Katie Peterson of Dakota Colony; and Anna Klemm of Rolinda. 

Andreas Wulf was reared on the home farm in Russia and while attend- 
ing the public schools there assisted his father at farming. His marriage 
occurred there on December 25, 1891, to Miss Anna Busick, born in Samara, 
and he continued operating the farm until 1899, when he sold out and came to 
this country. He first located in Lincoln, Nebr., where he was employed in 
the material yard of the B. and M. Railway. On December 5, 1900, he came 
to Fresno, and found employment in the olive factory of M. Archibald, and 
there learned the curing and pickling of olives and the manufacture of the 
oil, continuing for seven years, the last four of which he was superintendent 
of the factory, having become an- authority in the industry. 

In 1907, Mr. Wulf purchased his ranch of twenty acres at Rolinda ; he 
releveled and rechecked the land and resowed it to alfalfa, set out ten acres 
of Thompson grapes, and two and one-half acres to peaches and apricots ; 
the balance being in alfalfa. He maintained a modern dairy until selling his 
cows in 1919, and he is a member and stockholder of the Danish Creamery. 
He later purchased forty acres one-half mile northwest of Rolinda and is 
improving it to alfalfa and vineyard ; and also bought twenty-five acres on 
Shields Avenue, three miles north of Rolinda, of which twelve acres are in 
Thompson seedless, three and one-half acres in apricots, and the balance in 
alfalfa. 

Mr. Wulf is a member of the California Associated Raisin Company and 
of the California Peach Growers, Inc., and is also a stockholder in the Cali- 
fornia Post Publishing Company. He is a man of broad ideas and a firm 
believer in the cooperation of ranchers as a means to greater prosperity for 
the individuals and for the county. He has proven his worth as a citizen 
and a developer of the county's resources. 

Nine children have blessed the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Wulf: Andrew, 
a rancher on Shields Avenue; John, with the United States Army in France; 
George; Peter; Mollie; Lydia ; Marie Elizabeth; Jacob; and Anne Margaret. 
The two oldest were born in Russia, while the others are natives of Cali- 
fornia and Fresno Count}-. The family attends the Congregational Church 
in Fresno, and Mr. Wulf has been president of the board of trustees for three 
years, during which time the new church edifice has been erected. In political 
matters he supports the Republican party. 

When Mr. Wulf purchased his various pieces of property, after he had 
established his home on Whites Bridge Road at Rolinda, they were in their 
primitive state of weed-patches and sand-hills, but he has developed and im- 
proved them, until they are highly productive. He was one of the developers 
of the Rolinda district and helped open the roads in that section.