Merced-Fresno County CA Archives Biographies.....Barneich, John 1863 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

JOHN BARNEICH

   No better example of the self-made man can be given than the life work and
accomplishments of John Barneich; nor of the wonderful opportunities offered by
California for the man or woman to rise to positions of affluence and influence
by their own endeavors. Coming to California a lad of seventeen, poor in purse
but rich in ambition and in strength, the success to which he has attained has
been obtained by patient, persevering and honest labor.

   John Barneich was born in the Basque province in the Pyrenees in the south of
France, on May 6, 1863, and his education was obtained in the common schools of
his section of country and he was reared in the sheep industry until he was
seventeen. In 1880 his desire to become a citizen of the United States was
granted him and he arrived in California and got work herding sheep for J.
Miguel Arburua; and at the same time he was studying the English language. When
these sheep were sold to Miller & Lux our subject went along with the band and
remained in the employ of Mr. Miller for two years. From 1884 to 1886 he drove
sheep through the Pacheco Pass to the stockyards and slaughter houses in San
Francisco and Oakland while employed by Eugene Avy, a butcher in San Francisco,
who had the Little Panoche Ranch in Fresno County.

   In 1885 Mr. Barneich had saved enough money to engage in the sheep business
on his own account; in 1886 he homesteaded 160 acres of land on Little Panoche
Creek in Fresno County, and as he prospered he kept adding to his holdings until
he owned 2000 acres, all in Fresno County. He farmed 150 acres of it, had twenty
acres in alfalfa, with water rights. Here he made his home until 1898, when he
sold his sheep and came to Los Banos and opened a butcher shop, one of the
pioneers of the new town, and this he operated until 1915, when he sold out and
retired to devote his time to his personal interests. He owns the O. B. Garage
building and some residence property in Los Banos; and he also owns his ranch in
Fresno County, which is leased to tenants.

   Mr. Barneich was united in marriage in 1890, with Louise Clavere, born in
France, and they have had nine children, viz.: Isadore J. of Los Banos; Julia,
wife of Martin Jussel of Oakland, and the mother of two children; Mary, wife of
Bernard Benitou of St. Helena, and mother of one child; Justine, married Frank
La Forte, of Oakland and has one child; Annie, of Los Banos; John L., of
Oakland; and Bernice, Louise and Marguerite, all of Los Banos. Mr. Barneich has
always been public spirited and helped to promote all interests for upbuilding
Los Banos and Merced County.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
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

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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