Duval County FlArchives Biographies.....Wienbarg, Fred W. March 27, 1869 - 
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Source: Vol. II  pg.86-87  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present   

        FRED W. WIENBARG. In a large, cosmopolitan city like Jacksonville many 
different lines of business may flourish, and it is almost a certainty that the
old standard ones that supply actual needs will do well if conducted with
honorable methods, good business judgment and a due regard for public
accommodation. The grocery business is an example, and one of the leading, well
managed grocery houses here is that of FRED W. WIENBARG, a property owner and
highly respected citizen.
	Mr. Wienbarg was born in the province of Hanover, Germany, March 27, 
1869, a member of an old family that had belonged to Hanover for generations.
His parents, GEORGE and META (BRUMMER) WIENBARG, were born there, his father
and mother both in 1844, and died there in 1882 and 1904, respectively. Of
their family of six children, three sons and three daughters, Fred W. was the
firstborn and is one of the four now living. The father was in business as a
shipping contractor. Both parents were faithful members of the Lutheran Church
and highly respected people in their community.
	FRED W. WIENBARG attended school at Lehe, in his native province in his
boyhood, after which he worked on a farm until early in 1887, when he came to
the United States. He passed his first six months in the new country as a clerk
in a grocery store at Jersey City and in getting acquainted with the language
and customs of the land in which he proposed to spend the rest of his life, and
as he was very much in earnest and had a quick understanding, he soon overcame
many of the difficulties.
	From Jersey City Mr. Wienbarg came to Jacksonville, reaching the city 
on September 6, 1887. For about three months he worked in a grocery store, on 
the corner of Pine and State Streets, and then entered the employ of Mr. 
Lilienthal, with whom he remained for about four years, when he went to a 
business house in Savannah, Georgia, but later returned to Jacksonville. For 
two years afterward he was concerned to some extent with oil interests, 
returning then to grocery trade, in which he had had much valuable training. He 
embarked in the business for himself, and has prospered exceedingly, in his 
business house on Davis Street, carrying an extensive stock of first-class 
grocery staples and sundries, and is supplying goods to a very dependable class 
of customers. In 1906 he erected a substantial two-story brick building on the
corner of Kings Highway and Davis Street, and has other investments.
	On August 20, 1892, Mister Wienbarg married Miss LENA VAN DOHLEN, a
native of Hanover, and they have four children: ANNA, wife of H. W. VAN DOHLEN,
has four children, HENRY, ANNA, KATHERINE and an infant; and GEORGE N., FRED W.
and MARGARET. The family belongs to the Lutheran Church. Politically he is a
democrat, and served one year on the City Council with great efficiency. He
belongs to the Order of Woodmen.	


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