History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . and Mrs. Jentges are the parents of two children, GertrudeMay and Thomas William. After his marriage Mr. Jentges worked for the Golden West Celery and at Westminster and Smeltzer, being engaged in the business when it was atits zenith. Later he rented land, became an independent celery grower and was amongthe unfortunate growers who suffered the loss of all they had whe
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . and Mrs. Jentges are the parents of two children, GertrudeMay and Thomas William. After his marriage Mr. Jentges worked for the Golden West Celery and at Westminster and Smeltzer, being engaged in the business when it was atits zenith. Later he rented land, became an independent celery grower and was amongthe unfortunate growers who suffered the loss of all they had when the celery blightcame and celery growing failed. With eighty dollars in his pocket he moved to SantaAna and went to work, making pipe for irrigation; January, 1911, he embarked in thebusiness for himself at Garden Grove, was very successful in the six years that he wasengaged in the occupation, built up a fine business and acquired a reputation as anirrigation contractor. He laid 80,000 feet of pipe in Orange and Los Angeles counties,and received $20,000 for one contract alone. In 1914, with Mr. Rogers, he added thefeed business to his cement business, under the firm name of Jentges and Rogers. Later.
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