California Genealogy and History Archives
Biographies
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Sacramento County
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WILLIAM
HENCKEN Among
the successful business men of Sacramento is William Hencken, who was
born in San Francisco, August 1, 1874, the son of John and Anna Hencken,
natives of Germany, who came to California on a sailing vessel around
Cape Horn in the '50s. The son attended the public schools of his native
city until he reached the age of fifteen years, when he started out to
work for himself, and for a period covering seven years he filled
several store clerkships, only relinquishing the duties of one position
to assume another higher up and more remunerative. Thinking to better
himself he came, in 1898, to Sacramento, where he accepted the first
position that was offered him, that of driver for the Union Laundry and
this he filled for four years, meanwhile becoming familiar with that
line of business. He was instrumental in organizing the Sacramento
Laundry Co., now located at Front and streets, of which he is
vicee-president, and the same steady devotion to business he has
maintained during the last eight years has helped to make the company a
success. Mr.
Hencken 's first marriage was solemnized November 15, 1899, to Miss Lulu
Thielbahr, by whom lie had two children, Victor and Carl. Three years
after her death he married her sister, Miss Edna Thielbahr, of
Sacramento, and they have a daughter, Margaret. William Hencken is a member of the Foresters and the Woodmen of the World, and is an earnest fraternity man. He is politically a Republican, broadminded and progressive. |
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Source: Transcribed by Peggy Hooper 2011 |