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Author: Tom Gregory

WILLIAM BRINCK

    One of the most prominent citizens of Winters is William Brinck. This Yolo
pioneer was born in Bichweiler, Alsace, France, October 20, 1849, living there
until 1869, or until nineteen years of age. With his parents, Henry and
Elizabeth (Klem) Brinck, natives of the same place, he came to this country,
locating in New York City, and after three years' sojourn there the subject of
this review, in company with his brother, Henry Brinck, struck out for the west.
Fortune evidently went with the two young Alsatians, because they landed in one
of the garden spots of this garden of the world—Pleasant valley, Solano county.
They immediately settled upon a tract of two hundred and ten acres and began to
prosper. It was hard work clearing land for cultivation, but that made no
difference to them, or to their neighbors, and that is the reason Pleasant
valley blossoms as the rose. William married Miss Mary Keene, a native daughter
of the Golden West, and from that union was born, thirty-one years ago, a son,
William, Jr., whose marriage to Miss Daisy Manning resulted in the birth of two
sons, William G. and John M. After the death of his first wife, William Brinck
married Josephine Bernier, a native of Kentucky. This event took place sixteen
years ago, and the couple have two daughters, Gladys I. and Elizabeth E.

    Mr. Brinck, true to his native France, at first planted grapevines, but when
his vineyard, with those of his neighbors, became diseased, he grubbed it up and
planted the land to peaches, apricots, plums, prunes and pears. In the year 1903
he dissolved with his brother and divided the places. About eighteen years ago
he located on his present place and set out an orchard on a tract of grain land,
now having one hundred and twenty-five acres in one big orchard of different
varieties of fruit. He has sixty acres of peaches and twenty-five acres of
almonds. The yields of all his orchards for the year have been enormous. He
lives in a splendid, ten-room residence, fully modern and up to date, set in the
middle of beautiful surrounding grounds planted with orange trees and rare
fruits for family use. The ranch is well equipped with suitable packing and
drying houses, etc.

    Mr. Brinck was made a Mason in Buckeye Lodge No. 195 at Winters, and himself
and wife are identified with the Order of the Eastern" Star. He has always taken
a keen interest in the educational affairs of his neighborhood and has
repeatedly served as trustee of the district and of the Winters union high
school. For several years he has been vice president and a director of the First
National and Savings Bank of Winters, and is also a director in the Winters
Canning Association and the Winters Dried Fruit Company. In politics he
affiliates with the Republicans, but does not stick close within party lines
when the personal character of the candidate is in question. He is closely
attached to his family, is a loving father, a helpful neighbor, and, in all, a
good citizen of the republic, like the many immigrants the Republic of France
has sent to this country.


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]

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