Yolo-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Krellenberg, Emil 1856 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory

EMIL KRELLENBERG

    A native of New York City, Emil Krellenberg, of Woodland, Yolo county, Cal.,
was born December 9, 1856, a son of Peter and Julia (Clausen) Krellenberg. Peter
Krellenberg first saw the light of day in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, June 22,
1828, and died in Woodland October 21, 1904. After leaving school he learned the
cabinetmaker's trade, then worked at his trade until he entered upon his three
years' term of military service. In 1853 he came to the United States and for
ten years thereafter lived in New York City, working continuously for one house
at his trade. Soon after his arrival he married Julia Clausen, of German birth,
who bore him nine children, of whom only three are living: Emil, Julia and
Nellie. In 1863 he brought his family to California by way of Panama, expending
most of his ten years' savings on the journey. At that time he had four
children. Settling near Blacks Station, Yolo county, he made furniture for his
neighbor pioneers, and he made such good furniture that some of it is in use in
the county at this time. In 1864 he moved to Sacramento, but in 1869 settled in
Woodland, then only a small village, and opened a furniture store and cabinet
shop on the corner now occupied by the establishment of his son and successor.
His small building did service as both store and residence, but his success was
such that he was soon able to erect a brick building in its place, in which he
enlarged his enterprise, partially by the purchase of an undertaking business.
His second building was burned in 1881, but he immediately built a two-story
brick structure, and in the following year put up an adjoining building, and the
two constituted a block with a ground area of 76x100 feet. For eleven years he
served as county coroner by election and re-election on the Democratic ticket,
and then declined further renomination. He was city trustee also for many years,
and officially and as a private citizen did much for the advancement of the
interests of his fellow townsmen. As he advanced in years his business was
entrusted more and more to Emil Krellenberg, his son and partner. Socially he
was popular and he was a member and officer of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

    With his parents and their other children, Emil Krellenberg came to
California when he was seven years old. He was educated in the public schools of
Woodland, completing the course in 1874, when he was eighteen years old, and
then entered his father's establishment and acquired a full knowledge of the
business in its mechanical as well as in its commercial department. He became
his father's partner in 1881, the firm name becoming P. Krellenberg & Son, and
since his father's death he has been sole proprietor. Besides the shop and
establishment above described he has a storage warehouse in the block adjoining.
The main building is at the corner of Third and Main streets, the auxiliary
building across the street, also on Main street. When the elder Krellenberg
located in the town there were oak trees growing in the middle of Main street,
and the country all round about was very new and its population was sparse. At
the time of the senior Krellenberg's last illness his business was the oldest in
Woodland under one management and today is the oldest business of any kind in
the city. Emil Krellenberg finds time for some political activity in the work of
the Democratic party, in the policies of which he is much interested. Other
business interests than his immediate enterprise command his attention to some
extent. He is a stockholder and director in the First National Bank of Woodland.


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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