Alameda County
Biographies
GEORGE KIRCHNER.
George Kirchner, a partner in the firm of Kirchner & Mante, representatives in Oakland of the Seattle Brewing & Malting Company of Seattle, Washington, was born at Vertheim, Germany, January 22, 1868, a son of Fritz Kirchner. He was a public school pupil to the age of fourteen years and then came to the United States in 1882, settling in San Francisco, where he served an apprenticeship with Lang Brothers, bottlers, with whom he remained for two years. He was afterward employed in various bottling establishments until 1888, when he entered the employ of the Buffalo Bottling Company at Oakland, with which he continued as bottler for five years. He then entered the bottling business on his own account, and soon afterward entered into a partnership with F. Mante under the firm style of Kirchner & Mante. They represent the Seattle Brewing & Malting Company of Seattle, the largest brewery on the Pacific coast, in a business which has been constantly growing and which has won them a substantial measure of success.
In Oakland in 1893 Mr. Kirchner was married to Miss Dora Lueddeke, and they have four children, Helen, Minna Dora, Fritz and George. Mr. Kirchner belongs to the Merchants' Exchange and the Chamber of Commerce, and also holds membership in the Eintracht, the Sons of Herman, the Eagles, the Oakland Turnverein and the Loyal Order of Moose. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he found the business opportunities which he sought and in their improvement has made steady advancement.
Past & Present of Alameda County, California – Vol II, S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1914
p. 107
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
NORMAN FISK PEART
Since 1906 Norman Fisk Peart has been successfully engaged in business at Oakland as president of the firm of Peart, Incorporated, who handle automobile tires and also conduct a repair shop. As their business has grown they have established branches in San Francisco and Berkeley. His birth occurred in San Francisco, California, on the 19th of September, 1878, his parents being Benjamin and Sophia Peart, who in 1888 established their home at Woodland, Yolo county, this state.
Norman F. Peart obtained his education in the graded and high schools of Woodland and following his graduation, in 1897, spent one year as a student in the University of California. Subsequently he returned to San Francisco, where for four years he was employed as clerk with the Overland Freight & Transportation Company. He next acted as salesroom foreman for the Mobile Carriage Company until 1906, when he resigned his position and came to Oakland, here opening an automobile tire and repairing establishment. Mr. Peart manifests excellent executive ability and sound judgment in his capacity as president of the firm of Peart, Incorporated, which has enjoyed continuous growth and prosperity, so that branches have been opened in San Francisco and Berkeley.
In San Francisco, on the 15th of March, 1906, Mr. Peart was united in marriage to Miss Kate Ralston, by whom he has two children, Madeline and Ruth. He is a republican in politics and belongs to the Nile and Rotary Clubs.
Past & Present of Alameda County, California – Vol II, S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1914
p. 108
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
DAN ANDKER.
Dan Andker has been engaged in business as an undertaker of Oakland since 1909, in which year he organized the firm of Andker & Company, of which he is the president. His birth occurred in Odense, Denmark, on the 19th of April, 1865, his parents being Anders and Mortensen Andker. He attended the public schools until a youth of fourteen and afterward worked with his father, a gardener, until twenty years of age. Subsequently he spent three and a half years as a soldier in the army and on the expiration of that period emigrated to the United States, settling in San Francisco, California, where he worked in a tailor shop for three years. At the end of that time he came to Oakland and here was employed as a tailor by Joseph Poeheim for six years. Subsequently he spent two years in the service of Lancaster & Rehor, tailors, and was then engaged as a tailor with John J. Andersen until 1909. In that year he embarked in the undertaking business, organizing the firm of Andker & Company, of which he has since served as president. Success has come to him in this connection, for his is a well appointed and up-to-date establishment and the service rendered is of the very best.
Mr. Andker has been married twice. On the 21st day of December, 1889, in San Francisco, he wedded Miss Clara Andker, whose demise occurred in August, 1906. On the 28th of December, 1909, in Sacramento, California, he was again married, his second union, being with Mrs. Ella Biggi. His children are three in number, namely: Exe, twenty-one years of age; Carla, who is fourteen years old and a public-school student; and Norman Dan, who is two years of age. The last named was born of his second marriage.
In his political views Mr. Andker is a republican, while his religious faith is that of the Lutheran church. He is a member of all the Danish societies and likewise belongs to the Masonic order, the Fraternal Brotherhood, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World and the Improved Order of Red Men. Coming to the new world in early manhood, he here found the opportunities which he sought and in their wise utilization has won a place among the substantial and representative citizens of his community.
Past & Present of Alameda County, California – Vol II, S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 1914
p. 109
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler