Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Beck, Aaron ************************************************ 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 10, 2005, 2:38 pm Author: Tom Gregory AARON BECK A native of Wurtemberg, Germany, born in 1847, Mr. Beck received a thorough education in the public schools of that section. Later he learned the shoemaker's trade, in which, upon his immigration to America in 1866, he engaged in Newark, N. J., serving in a shoe factory ten years. He then came to Capay, Yolo county, Cal., where he remained a similar period. In 1886 he located in Woodland, where he worked at his trade until the purchase of his present twenty-acre ranch in Willow Oak Park, in 1890. During the past twelve years Mr. Beck has devoted his property to alfalfa. His thrift and perseverance, united with strictly honorable methods, have won him a place among the most influential and highly esteemed citizens of the community. In Newark, N. J., in 1869, Mr. Beck was married to Miss Mary E. Krumeich, a native of that state, and eight children were born to them, as follows: Anna E., at home; Mamie, deceased; Selma, the wife of Alfred Streng, of San Francisco; Aaron, deceased; Jesse J.; Lavinia, Mrs. Joseph Wetzel, of Woodland; Francis H. and Gertrude A. The mother of these children passed away at her home March 10, 1912. Always keenly active in public movements of worth, Mr. Beck maintains a special interest in educational progress, observation and study having not only added to his culture, but enabled him to keep fully abreast of the times as well. He is a member of the Herman Sons, and also holds active membership in the German Lutheran Church of Woodland, while the children are members of the Catholic Church, as was his wife also. Additional Comments: Extracted from HISTORY OF YOLO 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 HISTORY BY TOM GREGORY AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/bios/beck142gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb