HARRY W. WERNSE, one of the foremost men in Contra Costa County, is worthy being styled a self-made man, for, starting out in life without resources, he has through his own energy and initiative risen to be one of the leading real-estate operators and promoters in the Bay region, Mr. Wernse was born February 11, 1878, in St. Louis, Missouri, his parents being William F. and Minna (Hintze) Wernse. His father came to America from Hanover, Germany. His mother is a native of Missouri.
The subject of this sketch acquired his education in the public and high schools of St. Louis. After graduation he went to Texas, where he rode the range for two years. He then took up mining in Arizona and Colorado. This vocation he followed for five years.
In 1902 he came to California, locating in San Francisco, where he engaged in the real-estate business and operated largely in Richmond. He has been associated with H. C. Cutting in the development of the Point Richmond Canal & Land Company of Richmond since 1904, and has served as secretary and treasurer of that company ever since.
Mr. Wernse was united in marriage to Miss Helen J. Owens of St. Louis, Missouri, June 14, 1899. To this union in 1902 was born one daughter, Helen Mildred, who ranks high among her associates as one who enjoys and takes part in many children's operas.
In politics Mr. Wernse is affiliated with the Republican party. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic order and the Elks. He has been prominently identified with Richmond's harbor project. He was elected as a committee of one to appear before the Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House of Representatives in support of the bill for the improvement of Richmond's harbor. He has been secretary of the Richmond Industrial Commission for the past four years, and is ever working in the interest of the city of Richmond's great industrial and commercial progress.
"The History Of Contra Costa County, California" by Frederick J. Hulaniski, 1917; The Elms Publishing Co., Berkeley, Cal.
The subject of this sketch acquired his education in the public and high schools of St. Louis. After graduation he went to Texas, where he rode the range for two years. He then took up mining in Arizona and Colorado. This vocation he followed for five years.
In 1902 he came to California, locating in San Francisco, where he engaged in the real-estate business and operated largely in Richmond. He has been associated with H. C. Cutting in the development of the Point Richmond Canal & Land Company of Richmond since 1904, and has served as secretary and treasurer of that company ever since.
Mr. Wernse was united in marriage to Miss Helen J. Owens of St. Louis, Missouri, June 14, 1899. To this union in 1902 was born one daughter, Helen Mildred, who ranks high among her associates as one who enjoys and takes part in many children's operas.
In politics Mr. Wernse is affiliated with the Republican party. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic order and the Elks. He has been prominently identified with Richmond's harbor project. He was elected as a committee of one to appear before the Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House of Representatives in support of the bill for the improvement of Richmond's harbor. He has been secretary of the Richmond Industrial Commission for the past four years, and is ever working in the interest of the city of Richmond's great industrial and commercial progress.
"The History Of Contra Costa County, California" by Frederick J. Hulaniski, 1917; The Elms Publishing Co., Berkeley, Cal.
HARRY W. WERNSE, one of the foremost men in Contra Costa County, is worthy being styled a self-made man, for, starting out in life without resources, he has through his own energy and initiative risen to be one of the leading real-estate operators and promoters in the Bay region, Mr. Wernse was born February 11, 1878, in St. Louis, Missouri, his parents being William F. and Minna (Hintze) Wernse. His father came to America from Hanover, Germany. His mother is a native of Missouri.
The subject of this sketch acquired his education in the public and high schools of St. Louis. After graduation he went to Texas, where he rode the range for two years. He then took up mining in Arizona and Colorado. This vocation he followed for five years.
In 1902 he came to California, locating in San Francisco, where he engaged in the real-estate business and operated largely in Richmond. He has been associated with H. C. Cutting in the development of the Point Richmond Canal & Land Company of Richmond since 1904, and has served as secretary and treasurer of that company ever since.
Mr. Wernse was united in marriage to Miss Helen J. Owens of St. Louis, Missouri, June 14, 1899. To this union in 1902 was born one daughter, Helen Mildred, who ranks high among her associates as one who enjoys and takes part in many children's operas.
In politics Mr. Wernse is affiliated with the Republican party. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic order and the Elks. He has been prominently identified with Richmond's harbor project. He was elected as a committee of one to appear before the Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House of Representatives in support of the bill for the improvement of Richmond's harbor. He has been secretary of the Richmond Industrial Commission for the past four years, and is ever working in the interest of the city of Richmond's great industrial and commercial progress.
"The History Of Contra Costa County, California" by Frederick J. Hulaniski, 1917; The Elms Publishing Co., Berkeley, Cal.
The subject of this sketch acquired his education in the public and high schools of St. Louis. After graduation he went to Texas, where he rode the range for two years. He then took up mining in Arizona and Colorado. This vocation he followed for five years.
In 1902 he came to California, locating in San Francisco, where he engaged in the real-estate business and operated largely in Richmond. He has been associated with H. C. Cutting in the development of the Point Richmond Canal & Land Company of Richmond since 1904, and has served as secretary and treasurer of that company ever since.
Mr. Wernse was united in marriage to Miss Helen J. Owens of St. Louis, Missouri, June 14, 1899. To this union in 1902 was born one daughter, Helen Mildred, who ranks high among her associates as one who enjoys and takes part in many children's operas.
In politics Mr. Wernse is affiliated with the Republican party. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic order and the Elks. He has been prominently identified with Richmond's harbor project. He was elected as a committee of one to appear before the Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House of Representatives in support of the bill for the improvement of Richmond's harbor. He has been secretary of the Richmond Industrial Commission for the past four years, and is ever working in the interest of the city of Richmond's great industrial and commercial progress.
"The History Of Contra Costa County, California" by Frederick J. Hulaniski, 1917; The Elms Publishing Co., Berkeley, Cal.
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