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 . WestCompanys ranch. The Draper place is largely devoted to growing sugar beets andliina beans, which have become a leading industry of Orange County, and Mr. Houseris thoroughly conversant with the latest and most successful methods in their suc-cessful production. Mr. Houser was married in 1917 to Miss .^nnie Nankervis and one child, a daugh-ter Geraldine. has been born to them. Mrs.


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 . WestCompanys ranch. The Draper place is largely devoted to growing sugar beets andliina beans, which have become a leading industry of Orange County, and Mr. Houseris thoroughly conversant with the latest and most successful methods in their suc-cessful production. Mr. Houser was married in 1917 to Miss .^nnie Nankervis and one child, a daugh-ter Geraldine. has been born to them. Mrs. Houser is likewise a native daughter, herparents being Richard and Caroline (Buzza) Nankervis, pioneer settlers of West-minster. The father was born in England, but came to America when a young man,settling in Philadelphia, where his marriage occurred. Mr. and Mrs. Nankerviscame toCalifornia, settling first in Nevada County, and coming to what is now OrangeCounty in 1885. They are the parents of nine children, all living: Thomas is a rancherat Westminster; Carrie is the wife of William Olson, an engineer on the SouthernPacific, they reside at E! Paso, Texas; Agnes is the wife of James Rogers, manager of. HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 1313 the packing house at Aziisa; John is a rancher and owns the old Nankervis place westof Westminster; \innie is the wife of Harry Bray, the proprietor of a meat market atOakland; Richard. is in the employ of the E. K. Wood Lumber Company of LosAngeles; Jennie makes her home with her brother. Thomas; Will is a rancher atWestminster; and Annie is the wife of Charles E. Houser, of this review. Both Mrs. Richard Nankervis are living and reside w-ith their oldest son, ThomasNankervis. In fraternal circles, Mr. Houser is a member of the Independent Order of For-esters at Westminster and of the B. P. O. Elks of Santa Ana. Well informed, kindlydisposed and generous, he has host of friends throughout the county. Mrs. Housershares with her husband


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