John Schlenker -From Germany to NY
Our County and Its People
Descriptive and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York
Edited by Safford E. North
The Boston History Company, Publishers1860
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page 118
John Schlenker, was born in Wurtemberg, Germany,
and came to the United States in 1852 with his
parents, who settled in 'Wyoming county, N. Y. He
was echcated in the district schools and in 1860
came to Batavia, where he learned the tinsmith
and plumber trades, and in 1875 established a
business for himself, in which he remained until
1892 . In 1870 he married Julia Schleddler, who
died in 1879. On April 7, 1887, he married Anna
S. Nichols. Mr. Schlenker is an industrious,
frugal and highly honorable man, and a citizen without reproach.
*Contribution by Betty Thomas