Los Angeles-San Francisco-San Benito County CA Archives Biographies.....Vache, Adolf 1835 - ************************************************ 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 January 1, 2006, 9:05 pm Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908) ADOLF VACHE is a California pioneer of 1855. He is a native of France, born near La Rochelle in 1835. His father and grandfather were bakers by trade and pursued the business as a life occupation. His father was also a vineyardist and wine maker, and Adolf acquired a thorough knowledge of both trades. He became an expert bread maker. He was nineteen years of age when he came to San Francisco. He there followed his trade as baker, went to San Juan, in then Monterey, now San Benito County, and for eighteen years conducted a bakery and meat market. The building of the Southern Pacific Ry. through San Benito County opened up the new city of Hollister and business at San Juan declined, when Mr. Vache went to San Bernardino and joined his brother E. Vache, in grape culture, at Brookside, near the present city of Redlands. Later Mr. Vache raised grapes on an extensive scale on leased land of the Barton Ranch, at old San Bernardino. In 1887 he came to Santa Monica and purchased two lots at the corner of Oregon Avenuerand Fourth Street, where he built a dwelling and bakery and conducted business for many years. His bread became famous for its excellent quality and his patronage extended to Los Angeles and surrounding towns. Some people who spent the summer season at Santa Monica ordered their bread from him after their return home. Mr. Vache married in 1875, Miss Francisca Pellissier, in Watsonville, California. She died in this city in 1891 leaving a family of seven children, namely: Emily, Mrs. Jesse Yokum, of Arizona; Adolf, of San Jose; Joseph, of Santa Monica; Zoe, who is Mrs. Joseph Hall, of Los Angeles; Marcelina, Mrs. M. Biene, of Brook-side, California; Miss Madaline, single, and Ernest, in Arizona. Mr. Vache is one of Santa Monica's most reliable and respected pioneers. He has retired from business. 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/vache203nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb