Yolo-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Rehm, Henry 1878 - 
************************************************
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 February 22, 2006, 11:46 pm

Author: Tom Gregory (1913)

HENRY REHM

    For generations the name of Rehm was one well and favorably known in Germany
and subsequently claimed like distinction in Russia, whither the grandfather of
our subject, Jacob Rehm, migrated during the reign of Czarina Ekatherina, In
Russia as in Germany the grandfather was a tiller of the soil. Among the
children in his family was Jacob Rehm, who was born on the paternal farm in
Russia and who in later years became a contractor and builder. He became a
citizen well known and highly respected in Petersburg, where he built up a large
trade in his line. His marriage united him with Barbara Fohrath, who like
himself was a native of Russia and was a descendant of German ancestors.

    Three children comprised the family of Jacob and Barbara (Fohrath) Rehm, and
the second of these was Henry Rehm, who was born in Petersburg, Russia, May 31,
1878. His early life was identified with the city of his birth, and up to the
age of fifteen years his time was passed in the national schools of Petersburg.
This ended his training so far as books were concerned, but in reality the
closing of his school days was but the beginning of that larger education which
is gained through contact with the outside world and the meeting and solving
aright of the problems of life that come to all. Leaving home surroundings at
the age of fifteen he went to Orenburg and apprenticed himself to the baker's
trade, which he completed in the prescribed time and thereafter worked as a
journeyman in different parts of Russia and Germany. Subsequently he returned to
Russia and joined the army, his service of four years therein fitting him
admirably for the active service which awaited him in the breaking out of the
Japanese-Russian war. He was ordered to the front and as a member of the
Fifty-sixth Cavalry, First Company, in which he held the rank of quartermaster
sergeant, he rendered valiant service, having participated in the battles of
Leoyan and Mukden. In recognition of heroism displayed in the battle of Leoyan,
when he was shot in the right leg, he received a medal with the line of
promotion to second lieutenant. At the close of his service he was honorably
discharged.

    Mr. Rehm was a young man of twenty-seven when, in 1905, he landed in the
harbor of New York, a stranger to the language and customs of the country which
he had selected for his future home. Youth and ambition were in his favor and
these apparent obstacles proved no bar to his progress. Instead of lingering in
the east he came during the same year to Woodland, Yolo county, Cal., where at
that time he was not able to secure work at his trade, but hearing of an
opportunity at Sacramento he went to that city. With the means which he had been
able to accumulate through one year of hard work and frugal living he returned
to Woodland and opened a business of his own. The beginning was necessarily
small and unpretentious, and would hardly be recognized in the fine modern plant
at No. 422 Main street which has been made possible by the push and energy of
the proprietor. Besides dispensing the wholesome commodities of a first-class
bakery, Mr. Eehm has added a coffee parlor to his place, an innovation that is
appreciated, as demonstrated in the hearty patronage that it receives.

    Before coming to this country Mr. Rehm was married, in Orenburg, Russia, to
Miss Margareta Brehm, who was a native of that city. Four children have been
born to Mr. and Mrs. Rehm, as follows: Henry, Frederick, Lydia and Wilhelm. The
family are communicants of St. John's Lutheran Church at Woodland, in the
activities of which all participate. Politically Mr. Rehm is a Republican, and
his fraternal affiliations are with the Modern Woodmen of the World, Royal
Neighbors and Herman Sons.


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/rehm675bs.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/

File size: 4.7 Kb