YUBA COUNTY Biographies
ARNOLD EMIL ZWANCK
An expert interior decorator, whose success has enabled him to increase the volume of his business steadily as both painter and paper-hanger, is Arnold Emil Zwanck, of Yuba City. A native of Germany, he was born at Hamburg on January 20, 1885, the son of Arnold E. and Henrietta (Wolf) Zwanck. His father was a machinist, and was engaged as such on the steamers plying between Hamburg and the West Indies; he died at the early age of twenty-seven. The grandfather was also a steamer captain. Mrs. Zwanck, the mother, came to the United States and California, and is now living at San Francisco.
Arnold Zwanck attended the public-schools of Marysville and the mountain towns, having been brought by his mother to the former place when he was only eighteen months old. As a mere boy he began to work to provide for his “keep”; and like so many another, he found the selling of newspapers about the best means for helping himself. Later he took up clerical work, and then he went to San Francisco and secured employment in the Union Iron Works. For three years he was in business in Marysville, and next he began to learn the painter’s trade. About fifteen years ago he established himself in business in Marysville as a contracting painter and decorator. Selling his business, he then worked at his trade for a few years, until July 1, 1922, when he opened up in business in Yuba City, doing a general contracting business as a painter. Among the jobs he has completed are the residences of Arthur Chase, W. G. Williamson, Claire Jones, and J. Eugene Morrison; and many others attest to his ability and speak for themselves. He has about all the work he can take care of and employs as man as ten men to accomplish some of his contracts on time. He is a member of the Yuba City Chamber of Commerce. In party affiliations he is a stanch Republican.
In Marysville, in 1907, Mr. Zwanck was married to Miss Mae Norman, a native daughter of Yuba City, who was reared at Marysville. One child blessed this union, Henry Arnold Zwanck, a senior in the Marysville High School. Mr. Zwanck is fond of hunting and trout fishing. Fraternally, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World, and the Foresters of America. He was a member of the Marysville Fire Department, and also of Company D, 2nd Regiment, C. N. G.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p . 1307-1308
H. B. JEFFERY
Among the prosperous and progressive orchardists of Sutter County, H. B. Jeffery has held a place of prominence for many years. He is a man of sterling worth, bearing a good reputation throughout the community for honor and integrity. His highly developed orchard home ranch consists of twenty acres lying two miles south of Live Oak. His birth occurred in Chicago, Ill., September 18, 1871. For the past twenty-four years, Mr. Jeffery has been affiliated with Lodge No. 171, B.P.O. Elks. He is also a member of the Live Oak Farm Bureau.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p . 1308
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