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EDWARD PRESZLER.?California is noted
throughout the world for its splendid orchards and
vineyards; and conducting important business enter-
prises along these lines are many men of activity
and energy, who in this department of labor have
gained desirable success. Of this class is Edward
Preszler, a prosperous vineyardist residing in the
vicinity of Victor. He was born in Hutchinson
County, S. D., on January 7, 1891, his parents being
George and Margareta (Schnaidt) Preszler, both na-
tives of southern Russia, born near Odessa. The
former came to America with an older sister when he
was seven years old, his parents having died when
he was three years old. The mother came with
her parents from Russia when she was three years
old. They were reared in Hutchinson County, S. D.,
and there they were married. Geo. Preszler, when
a boy of fourteen years, went to work for his brother-
in-law, and for six years worked for him steadily. At
the end of that time he had saved $1100. His wife
received $500 from her parents, and with their com-
bined capital they purchased 240 acres and began
grain and stock raising, adding to their original farm
until they had 320 acres. In 1901 they came to Cali-
fornia with their family, arriving in Lodi in Febru-
ary of that year. He purchased 154 acres, a stubble-
field, near what is now Victor; and with the aid of
his children he improved it to vineyard. In time the
whole ranch was improved. Since 1921 he and his
wife have lived retired in Lodi.
Edward Preszler is the eldest in a family of eight
children, the others being Emma, Mrs. Kirschen-
mann of Victor; William, residing at Victor; Henry,
on the home place; and Allina, Ida, Martha and Len-
hardt. Edward Preszler spent the days of his boy-
hood in the place of his nativity, residing there until
1901, when he came with his parents to California
and attended the Harmony Grove, Alpine and Locke-
ford schools, in the interim between school terms
assisting his father on the home ranch.
The marriage of Mr. Preszler occurred on August
3, 1913, in Lodi, and united him with Miss Ella Heil,
a native of Hutchinson County, S. D., and a daugh-
ter of Peter and Caroline (Neuhardt) Heil, both na-
tives of Russia. Her father, Peter Heil, came to the
United States in 1887, and her mother was only one
year old when she was brought by her parents to
America. Peter Heil is prominent as a successful
vineyardist and independent packer of San Joaquin
County, and has also been prosperous as a buyer and
seller of vineyard property. They were the parents
of eleven children, only seven of whom are now liv-
ing. Emanuel and Ella were born in South Dakota;
and Leodine, Freda, Theodore, Eugene and Regina
are all natives of California. Mr. and Mrs. Preszler
are the parents of four children, Bertha, Alfred, Irene
and Raymond Reuben.
Mr. Preszler continued to aid his father on the
home ranch until he was twenty-two years of age
when his father assisted him in the purchase of his
first ranch, the present place of forty acres on Locust
Avenue. A part of the place was set out to vineyard,
and Mr. Preszler continued the development. It is
now all in a full-bearing vineyard with a small or-
chard, a good, comfortable residence, and suitable
farm buildings. In 1920 he purchased five acres in
vineyard just outside the city limits of Lodi; and
again in 1921 he purchased a ten-acre vineyard south
of Kettleman Lane on the Alpine school road. His

Edward married Ella Heil on 3 Aug 1913 in Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA. Ella (daughter of Peter Heil and Karolina Neuhardt) was born on 5 Jun 1895 in South Dakota, USA; died on 27 Nov 1952 in Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alfred Edward Preszler was born on 3 May 1917 in San Joaquin County, California, USA; died on 12 Oct 1984 in San Joaquin County, California, USA.
2. Raymond Reuben Preszler was born on 25 Mar 1922 in San Joaquin County, California, USA; died on 10 Jul 1996 in California, USA.
3. Bertha Preszler
4. Irene Preszler

Edward married Luisa Zimbelmann in Oct 1953. Luisa (daughter of Jakob Zimbelmann and Regina Bachmann) was born on 23 Sep 1896 in Nebraska, USA; died on 21 Mar 1994 in Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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GEORGE PRESZLER.? Among the well-known
and prosperous viticulturists of San Joaquin Valley
is George Preszler, the owner of a valuable vineyard
of eighty-seven acres about four miles east of Lodi,
undoubtedly one of the finest and most profitable
vineyards in the county. He was born in South
Russia not far from Odessa, on October 4, 1868, a
son of George Adam Preszler. He has no recollec-
tion of his parents, as his mother and father both died
from the cholera within two weeks of one another
when he was four years old.

He is the youngest of five children: John and
Daniel still reside in Russia; Mrs. Katie Finck of
Tripp, S. D.; Eva is Mrs. George Mettler of Lodi;
and George, our subject. When he was seven years
old he accompanied his sister Katie to America and
settled in Hutchinson County, Dakota Terirtory,
where he remained until he was fifteen years old;
then he worked for his brother-in-law, George Met-
tler, for six years until he was of age, then started
out for himself.

Most of Mr. Preszler's education was obtained in
the "school of hard knocks," for he was fifteen years
old when the first Government school was estab-
lished in South Dakota. With the thrift and indus-
try of his forbears, Mr. Preszler had saved sufficient
money with which to purchase a half-section of land
in Hutchinson County, S. D.. which he farmed to
grain for eleven years when he sold out and set his
face toward the Golden State, arriving on February
IS, 1901, and coming direct to San Joaquin County
he purchased his present ranch of 154 acres.

In Hutchinson County, S. D., on December 12,
1889, Mr. Preszler was married to Miss Margareta
Schnaidt, also a native of South Russia, a daughter
of John and Katherine Schnaidt. John Schnaidt was
a farmer and Mrs. Preszler was three years old when
she was brought from Russia to South Dakota,
where her father homesteaded land. They are the
parents of eight children: Edward is a vineyardist
near Lodi; Emma is Mrs. Kirschenmann of Victor;
William resides at Victor, Cat.; Henry is on the
home place; Alena; Ida; Martha; and Lenhardt.
When Mr. Preszler purchased his ranch it was a
stubble field and all the improvements on the ranch
have been made by him, including his fine residence
and vineyard. Of the original acreage, he gave his
son Edward forty acres; William thirty-seven acres;
to his daughter Emma, now Mrs. Kirschenmann, he
gave a ten-acre vineyard; and his son Henry a forty-
acres piece. Mr. Preszler retaining the remainder,
which is considered among the finest vineyards in
the state. In national politics Mr. Preszler is a
Republican and he and his family are members of
the Reformed Church. He has served as a member
of the Victor school board. He is a good example
of what hard work, saving and enterprise can do
when persistently followed, for he is rated as one of
the wealthy vineyardists of the Lodi country.

Georg married Margaretha Schnaidt on 12 Dec 1889 in South Dakota, USA. Margaretha (daughter of Johannes Schnaidt and Katharina Mettler) was born in 1871 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 19 Apr 1938 in Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA; was buried in Lodi Memorial Cemetery, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married Katharina Mettler on 12 Nov 1863 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina. Katharina (daughter of Heinrich Jakob Mettler and Anna Maria Mehlhaff) was born on 18 Jul 1844 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 23 Dec 1922 in Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA; was buried in Lodi Memorial Cemetery, Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Friedrich married Margaretha Bender on 25 Jan 1838 in Kassel, Odessa, Ukrayina. Margaretha (daughter of Johannes Georg Bender and Maria Apollonia Neuhardt) was born on 11 Dec 1816 in Bergdorf, Odessa, Ukrayina; died on 21 Aug 1845 in Bergdorf, Odessa, Ukrayina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Heinrich married Anna Maria Mehlhaff about 1820. Anna (daughter of Georg Peter Mehlhaff and Luisa Christina Kamm) was born on 5 Mar 1802 in Eppingen, Sinsheim, Baden; died in in Menno, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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