Albert is the third and youngest son of Johann Heinrich (John Henry/ J.H.) Lueth and Sophia Kegebein. They both were born in Mechlenburg (Germany), came to America in their youth and married in Kankakee, IL. J.H. began as a blacksmith, and worked his way up to owning a most prosperous carriage, wagon, and farm equipment business on the main intersection of downtown Kankakee. His sons became partners in that successful business.
Albert's father helped his boys buy a large home when they got married. Albert and Bessie had a beautiful ornate two-story home with 14 rooms in Kankakee. Daughter Florence would run away and hide in the new buggies. Her dog would always give her away by sitting next to the buggy. This dog saved a child in the river. Bessie tied Florence to the front porch so she would not run away when she was about four years old.
Albert ruptured himself with a double hernia and wrenched his back lifting heavy equipment. He had to spend several months each year in a sanitarium due to his arthritic back condition. A doctor advised him to move to a warmer climate or he would get worse and have to spend all year in the sanitarium. Bessie's mother and sister lived in Marysville, California. They decided to move there in early 1907 as long as they had to leave their ideal family conditions in the cold Kankakee climate. Florence had her fifth birthday in Marysville, CA. Albert had to wear a double truss for the double hernia rupture and a wide red flannel band wrapped around his waist to relieve his arthritic back for the rest of his life. Despite his injuries, he functioned normally and had nine children, eight of whom lived to adulthood. In California he had good health and never had to go to a doctor until about 1930 when he had an automobile accident with a drunken Indian.
Upon settling in Marysville in 1907, they lived facing the park between 5th and 6th Streets on H and J Streets. Their house was on 5?? H Street, second house from 6th Street facing east. Albert worked as a traveling salesman for Lydon Hardware for two years; then Hampton Hardware for many years covering Yuba and Sutter Counties with a horse and buggy at first and later with an automobile as the roads improved. He would always try to return home each night, even if he had to ride all night. He would stay overnight with a customer only if he had more work to do there the next day, like setting up machinery. They were active in the Episcopal Church.
About 1914, they moved to a 30-acre farm near Pease Station, Tierra Buena, northwest of Yuba City. Today, its address is 3302 Elmer Ave. off Pease Road. His 30-acre homestead consisted of 9 acres of house, large barn, sheds, and almond orchard; 3 acres of alfalfa; and 18 acres for grains. His equipment consisted of a team of horses, wagon, hay mower and rake; and a horse and buggy for transportation until cars became affordable. He was unhappy when the county took a strip off the front and side of his property for a road and did not pay him for it.
They lived in a one-story wood frame house for many years in front of the current house. Albert purchased a pre-cut large two-story wood frame house-kit from Aladdin Readi-Cut Homes. It stayed in the barn for four years, while Albert intended to construct it himself. He later decided he would not be able to get to it with all his other work and traveling. There was a complete set of plans telling how to assemble the pre-cut pieces of lumber, and each piece was numbered. Albert interviewed several carpenters about assembling the house for him. When one prospect said he did not need any plans, Albert sent him away and hired another. When he came home from a sales trip during construction, he found one of the boards had been cut so he fired that contractor on spot. When he found the next contractor sawing a board. Albert told him to put his saw away and find the piece that was supposed to fit or he would be short one piece somewhere else. We see why he wanted to do it right himself.
Karl Weber & tractor, Duane & Henry dug the basement and foundation for the new house with a small Cletrac tractor and a Fresno drag, and mixed cement for the basement walls and foundation about 1928. Neither Henry nor Frances remember any details about the new two-story house going up or moving in. It was completed before June 1932 when daughter Bessie's wedding pictures were taken in front of it. Frances remembers that they hung green foliage from coat hangers on the front of the house for pictures because there was no landscaping. Frances wished for a large front lawn, but they had only one water pump and not enough water for a lawn so the front yard remained a plowed weed patch.
Florence remembers the family was always well provided for. Albert earned good wages. They were not able to enjoy luxuries, nor did they have to endure hardships. The parents never discussed money or argued in front of the children. After Albert retired from his job with Hampton Hardware, he worked part-time installing and repairing large truck weighing scales, repairing spray rigs and gas engines. It was only after all the kids were raised and on their own, that he quit Hampton Hardware and went into business for himself operating out of his home. His income increased. He was resentful of Hampton Hardware because they took advantage of him during the depression, not paying him what he was worth. All the farmers knew and respected Albert for his ability. By the earliest 1940's finances became tight; Albert had no savings and no retirement plan. Most reluctantly, Albert asked his youngest and unmarried daughter Frances if he could borrow enough to pay the taxes on his property. She was working in a bank at the time and he repaid her as soon as he was able. It was about this time that a big family reunion was held at their home with many pictures taken. Bessie and Larry came to live with them during her final separation and divorce from R. Wallace Campbell.
Albert had a pile of firewood that seemed to go down faster than Albert used it. To find the culprit, Albert drilled holes in both ends of a piece of firewood, put gun powder in each end and plugged it up. Later, he heard a loud bang and clatter as the stove exploded of a nearby couple who took in washing, but apparently did not cut and chop their own wood. Albert loved strong Limburger cheese on soda crackers, which no one else would eat due to its strong smell and taste. Carolyn Weber remembers struggling to get one of Grandma Bessie's delicious cookies from the hard to reach cookie jar. Grandma came back in time to chastise her for trying to take cookies that she was saving. Carolyn was crying when Albert came in. When he learned the cause, he told Carolyn to go into the breakfast room where he shared soda crackers, limburger cheese, and hot tea with her.
He listened to the radio, baseball games, and boxing matches while working in his shop. Albert and Bessie were kind, quiet, hard-working, highly respected people who rarely got upset. At night, after work, Albert would read the newspaper and fall asleep in his chair. Bonnie remembers that money was often scarce. They enjoyed boxes of rummage sale clothes sent by Bessie's more affluent sister "Aunt Georgie" from Salt Lake City. Bessie was a good seamstress and could alter clothes to fit and make clothes for herself and the family. Albert was only able to make interest payments on his 30 acres, no principal for many years. Frances & Jerry helped him with some tax payments. He did all the family grocery shopping as they had only one car and he was the one in town. He enjoyed his large family at get-togethers on special occasions like their 50th wedding anniversary. Bessie died first. He died six years later while on a rare visit to his relatives in Kankakee. He got up one morning in Kankakee, reached for his hat on a shelf, and dropped dead. His body was sent back home and buried in the family plot in Sutter, Sutter, CA.
Albert's father helped his boys buy a large home when they got married. Albert and Bessie had a beautiful ornate two-story home with 14 rooms in Kankakee. Daughter Florence would run away and hide in the new buggies. Her dog would always give her away by sitting next to the buggy. This dog saved a child in the river. Bessie tied Florence to the front porch so she would not run away when she was about four years old.
Albert ruptured himself with a double hernia and wrenched his back lifting heavy equipment. He had to spend several months each year in a sanitarium due to his arthritic back condition. A doctor advised him to move to a warmer climate or he would get worse and have to spend all year in the sanitarium. Bessie's mother and sister lived in Marysville, California. They decided to move there in early 1907 as long as they had to leave their ideal family conditions in the cold Kankakee climate. Florence had her fifth birthday in Marysville, CA. Albert had to wear a double truss for the double hernia rupture and a wide red flannel band wrapped around his waist to relieve his arthritic back for the rest of his life. Despite his injuries, he functioned normally and had nine children, eight of whom lived to adulthood. In California he had good health and never had to go to a doctor until about 1930 when he had an automobile accident with a drunken Indian.
Upon settling in Marysville in 1907, they lived facing the park between 5th and 6th Streets on H and J Streets. Their house was on 5?? H Street, second house from 6th Street facing east. Albert worked as a traveling salesman for Lydon Hardware for two years; then Hampton Hardware for many years covering Yuba and Sutter Counties with a horse and buggy at first and later with an automobile as the roads improved. He would always try to return home each night, even if he had to ride all night. He would stay overnight with a customer only if he had more work to do there the next day, like setting up machinery. They were active in the Episcopal Church.
About 1914, they moved to a 30-acre farm near Pease Station, Tierra Buena, northwest of Yuba City. Today, its address is 3302 Elmer Ave. off Pease Road. His 30-acre homestead consisted of 9 acres of house, large barn, sheds, and almond orchard; 3 acres of alfalfa; and 18 acres for grains. His equipment consisted of a team of horses, wagon, hay mower and rake; and a horse and buggy for transportation until cars became affordable. He was unhappy when the county took a strip off the front and side of his property for a road and did not pay him for it.
They lived in a one-story wood frame house for many years in front of the current house. Albert purchased a pre-cut large two-story wood frame house-kit from Aladdin Readi-Cut Homes. It stayed in the barn for four years, while Albert intended to construct it himself. He later decided he would not be able to get to it with all his other work and traveling. There was a complete set of plans telling how to assemble the pre-cut pieces of lumber, and each piece was numbered. Albert interviewed several carpenters about assembling the house for him. When one prospect said he did not need any plans, Albert sent him away and hired another. When he came home from a sales trip during construction, he found one of the boards had been cut so he fired that contractor on spot. When he found the next contractor sawing a board. Albert told him to put his saw away and find the piece that was supposed to fit or he would be short one piece somewhere else. We see why he wanted to do it right himself.
Karl Weber & tractor, Duane & Henry dug the basement and foundation for the new house with a small Cletrac tractor and a Fresno drag, and mixed cement for the basement walls and foundation about 1928. Neither Henry nor Frances remember any details about the new two-story house going up or moving in. It was completed before June 1932 when daughter Bessie's wedding pictures were taken in front of it. Frances remembers that they hung green foliage from coat hangers on the front of the house for pictures because there was no landscaping. Frances wished for a large front lawn, but they had only one water pump and not enough water for a lawn so the front yard remained a plowed weed patch.
Florence remembers the family was always well provided for. Albert earned good wages. They were not able to enjoy luxuries, nor did they have to endure hardships. The parents never discussed money or argued in front of the children. After Albert retired from his job with Hampton Hardware, he worked part-time installing and repairing large truck weighing scales, repairing spray rigs and gas engines. It was only after all the kids were raised and on their own, that he quit Hampton Hardware and went into business for himself operating out of his home. His income increased. He was resentful of Hampton Hardware because they took advantage of him during the depression, not paying him what he was worth. All the farmers knew and respected Albert for his ability. By the earliest 1940's finances became tight; Albert had no savings and no retirement plan. Most reluctantly, Albert asked his youngest and unmarried daughter Frances if he could borrow enough to pay the taxes on his property. She was working in a bank at the time and he repaid her as soon as he was able. It was about this time that a big family reunion was held at their home with many pictures taken. Bessie and Larry came to live with them during her final separation and divorce from R. Wallace Campbell.
Albert had a pile of firewood that seemed to go down faster than Albert used it. To find the culprit, Albert drilled holes in both ends of a piece of firewood, put gun powder in each end and plugged it up. Later, he heard a loud bang and clatter as the stove exploded of a nearby couple who took in washing, but apparently did not cut and chop their own wood. Albert loved strong Limburger cheese on soda crackers, which no one else would eat due to its strong smell and taste. Carolyn Weber remembers struggling to get one of Grandma Bessie's delicious cookies from the hard to reach cookie jar. Grandma came back in time to chastise her for trying to take cookies that she was saving. Carolyn was crying when Albert came in. When he learned the cause, he told Carolyn to go into the breakfast room where he shared soda crackers, limburger cheese, and hot tea with her.
He listened to the radio, baseball games, and boxing matches while working in his shop. Albert and Bessie were kind, quiet, hard-working, highly respected people who rarely got upset. At night, after work, Albert would read the newspaper and fall asleep in his chair. Bonnie remembers that money was often scarce. They enjoyed boxes of rummage sale clothes sent by Bessie's more affluent sister "Aunt Georgie" from Salt Lake City. Bessie was a good seamstress and could alter clothes to fit and make clothes for herself and the family. Albert was only able to make interest payments on his 30 acres, no principal for many years. Frances & Jerry helped him with some tax payments. He did all the family grocery shopping as they had only one car and he was the one in town. He enjoyed his large family at get-togethers on special occasions like their 50th wedding anniversary. Bessie died first. He died six years later while on a rare visit to his relatives in Kankakee. He got up one morning in Kankakee, reached for his hat on a shelf, and dropped dead. His body was sent back home and buried in the family plot in Sutter, Sutter, CA.
Albert is the third and youngest son of Johann Heinrich (John Henry/ J.H.) Lueth and Sophia Kegebein. They both were born in Mechlenburg (Germany), came to America in their youth and married in Kankakee, IL. J.H. began as a blacksmith, and worked his way up to owning a most prosperous carriage, wagon, and farm equipment business on the main intersection of downtown Kankakee. His sons became partners in that successful business.
Albert's father helped his boys buy a large home when they got married. Albert and Bessie had a beautiful ornate two-story home with 14 rooms in Kankakee. Daughter Florence would run away and hide in the new buggies. Her dog would always give her away by sitting next to the buggy. This dog saved a child in the river. Bessie tied Florence to the front porch so she would not run away when she was about four years old.
Albert ruptured himself with a double hernia and wrenched his back lifting heavy equipment. He had to spend several months each year in a sanitarium due to his arthritic back condition. A doctor advised him to move to a warmer climate or he would get worse and have to spend all year in the sanitarium. Bessie's mother and sister lived in Marysville, California. They decided to move there in early 1907 as long as they had to leave their ideal family conditions in the cold Kankakee climate. Florence had her fifth birthday in Marysville, CA. Albert had to wear a double truss for the double hernia rupture and a wide red flannel band wrapped around his waist to relieve his arthritic back for the rest of his life. Despite his injuries, he functioned normally and had nine children, eight of whom lived to adulthood. In California he had good health and never had to go to a doctor until about 1930 when he had an automobile accident with a drunken Indian.
Upon settling in Marysville in 1907, they lived facing the park between 5th and 6th Streets on H and J Streets. Their house was on 5?? H Street, second house from 6th Street facing east. Albert worked as a traveling salesman for Lydon Hardware for two years; then Hampton Hardware for many years covering Yuba and Sutter Counties with a horse and buggy at first and later with an automobile as the roads improved. He would always try to return home each night, even if he had to ride all night. He would stay overnight with a customer only if he had more work to do there the next day, like setting up machinery. They were active in the Episcopal Church.
About 1914, they moved to a 30-acre farm near Pease Station, Tierra Buena, northwest of Yuba City. Today, its address is 3302 Elmer Ave. off Pease Road. His 30-acre homestead consisted of 9 acres of house, large barn, sheds, and almond orchard; 3 acres of alfalfa; and 18 acres for grains. His equipment consisted of a team of horses, wagon, hay mower and rake; and a horse and buggy for transportation until cars became affordable. He was unhappy when the county took a strip off the front and side of his property for a road and did not pay him for it.
They lived in a one-story wood frame house for many years in front of the current house. Albert purchased a pre-cut large two-story wood frame house-kit from Aladdin Readi-Cut Homes. It stayed in the barn for four years, while Albert intended to construct it himself. He later decided he would not be able to get to it with all his other work and traveling. There was a complete set of plans telling how to assemble the pre-cut pieces of lumber, and each piece was numbered. Albert interviewed several carpenters about assembling the house for him. When one prospect said he did not need any plans, Albert sent him away and hired another. When he came home from a sales trip during construction, he found one of the boards had been cut so he fired that contractor on spot. When he found the next contractor sawing a board. Albert told him to put his saw away and find the piece that was supposed to fit or he would be short one piece somewhere else. We see why he wanted to do it right himself.
Karl Weber & tractor, Duane & Henry dug the basement and foundation for the new house with a small Cletrac tractor and a Fresno drag, and mixed cement for the basement walls and foundation about 1928. Neither Henry nor Frances remember any details about the new two-story house going up or moving in. It was completed before June 1932 when daughter Bessie's wedding pictures were taken in front of it. Frances remembers that they hung green foliage from coat hangers on the front of the house for pictures because there was no landscaping. Frances wished for a large front lawn, but they had only one water pump and not enough water for a lawn so the front yard remained a plowed weed patch.
Florence remembers the family was always well provided for. Albert earned good wages. They were not able to enjoy luxuries, nor did they have to endure hardships. The parents never discussed money or argued in front of the children. After Albert retired from his job with Hampton Hardware, he worked part-time installing and repairing large truck weighing scales, repairing spray rigs and gas engines. It was only after all the kids were raised and on their own, that he quit Hampton Hardware and went into business for himself operating out of his home. His income increased. He was resentful of Hampton Hardware because they took advantage of him during the depression, not paying him what he was worth. All the farmers knew and respected Albert for his ability. By the earliest 1940's finances became tight; Albert had no savings and no retirement plan. Most reluctantly, Albert asked his youngest and unmarried daughter Frances if he could borrow enough to pay the taxes on his property. She was working in a bank at the time and he repaid her as soon as he was able. It was about this time that a big family reunion was held at their home with many pictures taken. Bessie and Larry came to live with them during her final separation and divorce from R. Wallace Campbell.
Albert had a pile of firewood that seemed to go down faster than Albert used it. To find the culprit, Albert drilled holes in both ends of a piece of firewood, put gun powder in each end and plugged it up. Later, he heard a loud bang and clatter as the stove exploded of a nearby couple who took in washing, but apparently did not cut and chop their own wood. Albert loved strong Limburger cheese on soda crackers, which no one else would eat due to its strong smell and taste. Carolyn Weber remembers struggling to get one of Grandma Bessie's delicious cookies from the hard to reach cookie jar. Grandma came back in time to chastise her for trying to take cookies that she was saving. Carolyn was crying when Albert came in. When he learned the cause, he told Carolyn to go into the breakfast room where he shared soda crackers, limburger cheese, and hot tea with her.
He listened to the radio, baseball games, and boxing matches while working in his shop. Albert and Bessie were kind, quiet, hard-working, highly respected people who rarely got upset. At night, after work, Albert would read the newspaper and fall asleep in his chair. Bonnie remembers that money was often scarce. They enjoyed boxes of rummage sale clothes sent by Bessie's more affluent sister "Aunt Georgie" from Salt Lake City. Bessie was a good seamstress and could alter clothes to fit and make clothes for herself and the family. Albert was only able to make interest payments on his 30 acres, no principal for many years. Frances & Jerry helped him with some tax payments. He did all the family grocery shopping as they had only one car and he was the one in town. He enjoyed his large family at get-togethers on special occasions like their 50th wedding anniversary. Bessie died first. He died six years later while on a rare visit to his relatives in Kankakee. He got up one morning in Kankakee, reached for his hat on a shelf, and dropped dead. His body was sent back home and buried in the family plot in Sutter, Sutter, CA.
Albert's father helped his boys buy a large home when they got married. Albert and Bessie had a beautiful ornate two-story home with 14 rooms in Kankakee. Daughter Florence would run away and hide in the new buggies. Her dog would always give her away by sitting next to the buggy. This dog saved a child in the river. Bessie tied Florence to the front porch so she would not run away when she was about four years old.
Albert ruptured himself with a double hernia and wrenched his back lifting heavy equipment. He had to spend several months each year in a sanitarium due to his arthritic back condition. A doctor advised him to move to a warmer climate or he would get worse and have to spend all year in the sanitarium. Bessie's mother and sister lived in Marysville, California. They decided to move there in early 1907 as long as they had to leave their ideal family conditions in the cold Kankakee climate. Florence had her fifth birthday in Marysville, CA. Albert had to wear a double truss for the double hernia rupture and a wide red flannel band wrapped around his waist to relieve his arthritic back for the rest of his life. Despite his injuries, he functioned normally and had nine children, eight of whom lived to adulthood. In California he had good health and never had to go to a doctor until about 1930 when he had an automobile accident with a drunken Indian.
Upon settling in Marysville in 1907, they lived facing the park between 5th and 6th Streets on H and J Streets. Their house was on 5?? H Street, second house from 6th Street facing east. Albert worked as a traveling salesman for Lydon Hardware for two years; then Hampton Hardware for many years covering Yuba and Sutter Counties with a horse and buggy at first and later with an automobile as the roads improved. He would always try to return home each night, even if he had to ride all night. He would stay overnight with a customer only if he had more work to do there the next day, like setting up machinery. They were active in the Episcopal Church.
About 1914, they moved to a 30-acre farm near Pease Station, Tierra Buena, northwest of Yuba City. Today, its address is 3302 Elmer Ave. off Pease Road. His 30-acre homestead consisted of 9 acres of house, large barn, sheds, and almond orchard; 3 acres of alfalfa; and 18 acres for grains. His equipment consisted of a team of horses, wagon, hay mower and rake; and a horse and buggy for transportation until cars became affordable. He was unhappy when the county took a strip off the front and side of his property for a road and did not pay him for it.
They lived in a one-story wood frame house for many years in front of the current house. Albert purchased a pre-cut large two-story wood frame house-kit from Aladdin Readi-Cut Homes. It stayed in the barn for four years, while Albert intended to construct it himself. He later decided he would not be able to get to it with all his other work and traveling. There was a complete set of plans telling how to assemble the pre-cut pieces of lumber, and each piece was numbered. Albert interviewed several carpenters about assembling the house for him. When one prospect said he did not need any plans, Albert sent him away and hired another. When he came home from a sales trip during construction, he found one of the boards had been cut so he fired that contractor on spot. When he found the next contractor sawing a board. Albert told him to put his saw away and find the piece that was supposed to fit or he would be short one piece somewhere else. We see why he wanted to do it right himself.
Karl Weber & tractor, Duane & Henry dug the basement and foundation for the new house with a small Cletrac tractor and a Fresno drag, and mixed cement for the basement walls and foundation about 1928. Neither Henry nor Frances remember any details about the new two-story house going up or moving in. It was completed before June 1932 when daughter Bessie's wedding pictures were taken in front of it. Frances remembers that they hung green foliage from coat hangers on the front of the house for pictures because there was no landscaping. Frances wished for a large front lawn, but they had only one water pump and not enough water for a lawn so the front yard remained a plowed weed patch.
Florence remembers the family was always well provided for. Albert earned good wages. They were not able to enjoy luxuries, nor did they have to endure hardships. The parents never discussed money or argued in front of the children. After Albert retired from his job with Hampton Hardware, he worked part-time installing and repairing large truck weighing scales, repairing spray rigs and gas engines. It was only after all the kids were raised and on their own, that he quit Hampton Hardware and went into business for himself operating out of his home. His income increased. He was resentful of Hampton Hardware because they took advantage of him during the depression, not paying him what he was worth. All the farmers knew and respected Albert for his ability. By the earliest 1940's finances became tight; Albert had no savings and no retirement plan. Most reluctantly, Albert asked his youngest and unmarried daughter Frances if he could borrow enough to pay the taxes on his property. She was working in a bank at the time and he repaid her as soon as he was able. It was about this time that a big family reunion was held at their home with many pictures taken. Bessie and Larry came to live with them during her final separation and divorce from R. Wallace Campbell.
Albert had a pile of firewood that seemed to go down faster than Albert used it. To find the culprit, Albert drilled holes in both ends of a piece of firewood, put gun powder in each end and plugged it up. Later, he heard a loud bang and clatter as the stove exploded of a nearby couple who took in washing, but apparently did not cut and chop their own wood. Albert loved strong Limburger cheese on soda crackers, which no one else would eat due to its strong smell and taste. Carolyn Weber remembers struggling to get one of Grandma Bessie's delicious cookies from the hard to reach cookie jar. Grandma came back in time to chastise her for trying to take cookies that she was saving. Carolyn was crying when Albert came in. When he learned the cause, he told Carolyn to go into the breakfast room where he shared soda crackers, limburger cheese, and hot tea with her.
He listened to the radio, baseball games, and boxing matches while working in his shop. Albert and Bessie were kind, quiet, hard-working, highly respected people who rarely got upset. At night, after work, Albert would read the newspaper and fall asleep in his chair. Bonnie remembers that money was often scarce. They enjoyed boxes of rummage sale clothes sent by Bessie's more affluent sister "Aunt Georgie" from Salt Lake City. Bessie was a good seamstress and could alter clothes to fit and make clothes for herself and the family. Albert was only able to make interest payments on his 30 acres, no principal for many years. Frances & Jerry helped him with some tax payments. He did all the family grocery shopping as they had only one car and he was the one in town. He enjoyed his large family at get-togethers on special occasions like their 50th wedding anniversary. Bessie died first. He died six years later while on a rare visit to his relatives in Kankakee. He got up one morning in Kankakee, reached for his hat on a shelf, and dropped dead. His body was sent back home and buried in the family plot in Sutter, Sutter, CA.
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