Los Angeles-San Bernardino County CA Archives Biographies.....Bouck, Charles Aley 1856 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 21, 2005, 6:17 pm Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891) CHARLES ALEY BOUCK, of Venice, is a native of Green County, Ohio, where he was born in the township of Beaver Creek, July 11th, 1856. His grandfather, Henry Bouck, was a Pennsylvanian as was also his maternal grandfather, John Aley, and both were of Holland Dutch parentage. John Aley was an early-day pioneer of Green County, owned valuable farm lands and a steam saw mill at "Aley's Mills," in Beaver Creek Township. The family had a large membership which, with its connections, constituted by far the larger portion of the thrifty and prosperous community; Sarah Aley Bouck was the fourth daughter of this family. Mr. and Mrs. Bouck had three sons—Orrin L., who became a wealthy manufacturer of Dayton, Ohio, died September 27th, 1906; William Lincoln, who died in infancy, and Charles A., the subject of this sketch. Mr. Bouck grew up on his father's farm and about the mills in which his father also was interested. At sixteen years of age he went to Dayton and attended the public schools about two years. He then followed the trade of carpentry about three years in Springfield, Ohio. Later he was with the Mast-Foos Co., manufacturers, until 1881. In 1881 he married Miss Cora D. Harnish, a daughter of Christian Harnish, a wholesale and retail grocery merchant of Springfield. In 1882 Mr. and Mrs. Bouck came to Los Angeles and were guests of the family of Ex-Mayor Henry T. Hazzard, whose residence was where the Grand Theater on North Main Street now stands. They were among the early comers to the Boca de Santa Monica Canyon. They returned east in 1884 and came again to California in 1890. In 1891 Mr. Bouck went to Colton and was one of the first purchasers of unimproved land in the now rich and beautiful Colton Terrace tract, where he erected buildings and made other improvements. The same year, by the wrecking of a farm building during a severe storm, December 11th, 1891, Mr. Bouck received injuries which permanently disabled him for active business, but in no degree affected his mind. From the spring of 1897 to 1903 the family lived at Hollister Avenue and Ocean Front. In 1904 they were among the first to build at Short Line Beach, Venice, and have since been identified with the marvelous beach developments. Mr. Bouck takes a lively interest in all that transpires and, through his extensive reading, keeps in touch with the outside world. He is much interested in the development of his adopted city of Venice and has great faith in its future. Mrs. Bouck is a lady of splendid social and business attainments and lends her time and influence in forwarding the social and civic interests of Venice, and she has entire management of the Venetian Villa City. Mr. and Mrs. Bouck have one son, C. Harnish Bouck, born at New Carlisle, Ohio, February 25th, 1886. He married at Venice, December 12th, 1907, Miss Nettie Lillis Robinson, of Stockton, California. He may properly go on record as one of the active promotors of Venice, since in 1904 he aided in erecting the first building in the city having a roof, for the Abbot Kinney Company, and soon thereafter opened the first store which was located near the Ocean Front on the east side of Center Street. He is now chief engineer at the power house of the Abbot Kinney Company, Venice. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County, 1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative people. Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/losangeles/bios/bouck199nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb