SURNAMES: MILLER
FREDERICK W. TANTAU is the son of Mathew and Catharine Tantau.
He dates his birth in New Orleans, April 23, 1849. He was a child
of four years when his parents crossed the plains and established their
residence in the immediate neighborhood of the place where he now
lives. The property which he now owns and occupies, consisting of
247 acres, comprises a portion of his father's estate, and included the
old family homestead which was established in 1858. It is
situated in the Doyle District, on the Bollinger road, west of
Campbell's Creek.
His education was that received in the district school,
suplementd by attendance of two years at the University of the
Pacific. In October, 1877, he married Miss Josephine Miller, the
daughter of Fred Miller, of San Francisco. Their first-born,
Freddie, died in 1881, in his third years. They have two
daughers, Evelyn and Minnie. Both Mr. and Mrs. Tanau are members
of the German American Church. Mr. Tantau has grown up with
Santa Clara County, and has kept pace with the steady, onward march of
progress which has carried the county forward to the front. He is
thoroughly identified with all the interest of his community and
neighborhood, and rejoices in the fulfillment of every enterprise which
tends to advance the prosperity of the county. He is a
Republican, as was his father, but has strong Prohibitionist tendencies.
SOURCE: Pen Pictures From The Garden of the World of Santa Clara County, California, Illustrated. - Edited by H.S.
Foote.- Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888. page 541 Transcribed by Carolyn Feroben
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