Oeste Ranch workers harvesting crops circa the 1890s. More than 20 mules were harnessed to pull the load.
Oeste Ranch workers harvesting crops circa the 1890s. From this view, you can see the combine and blades.
A photograph circa 1903 of the J.H. Oeste sons harvesting in the field. Left to right: Adoph in driver’s seat, Julius sitting on grain sack, Henry standing, Carl Theodore Oeste riding on the back.
A wider shot of the harvester circa 1903 L-R Adoph Oeste, Julius Oeste, Henry Oeste, Carl Theodore Oeste along with approximately 36 mules pulling the load.
The three sons of Jacob William Oeste and Anna Katherine Vogt. Jo hanne Heinrich Oeste (pictured right) along with his two brothers William (left), David Theodore (center), changed his name to John Henry Oeste when he came to the United States from Germany and eventually to Sacramento in 1868. His parents also immigrated to Yolo County from their homeland.
John Henry was native to Hesse-Cassel, Germany, depicted in this drawing.
John Henry Oeste and Mary Marie Elisabeth Stripple Oeste’s had five children. Carl Theodore Oeste 1872-1944
John Henry Oeste and Mary Marie Elisabeth Stripple Oeste’s had five children. Adolph Oeste 1878-1934
John Henry Oeste and Mary Marie Elisabeth Stripple Oeste’s had five children. Henry Oeste 1875-1951
John Henry Oeste and Mary Marie Elisabeth Stripple Oeste’s had five children. Julius Oeste 1883-1925
John Henry Oeste and Mary Marie Elisabeth Stripple Oeste’s had five children. Sophie Oeste 1885-1954
John Henry Oeste in front of his Plainfield home with his entire family, mother, and father circa 1890. Pictured left to right. Front row: His father Jacob Wilhelm Oeste, his mother Annie Catherine Voigt Oeste, daughter Sophie Elizabeth Oeste, wife Mary Marie Elisabeth Strippel Oeste, John Henry Oeste. Back row left: Sons Henry Oeste, Carl Theodore Oeste, and Adolph Oeste.
A closer image of John Henry Oeste in front of his Plainfield home with his entire family, mother, and father circa 1890.
J.H. Oeste Family as adults. Pictured L-R Back Row: Carl Theodore, Adolph, Sophie, and Henry. Front Row L-R: Julius, John Henry Oeste, and Mary Marie Elisabeth.
J.H. Oeste Family as adults. Pictured L-R Back Row: Adolph, Henry, Sophie, and Carl Theodore. Front Row L-R: Julius, Mary Marie Elisabeth, and John Henry Oeste.
John Henry Oeste with his four sons. Back row L-R:Carl Theodore, John Henrey, and Henry. Front Row seated L-R: Adoph and Julius.
Adoph Oeste on his wedding day in 1910 with bride Sadie Wurth Oeste.The only son of Adolph and Sadie Oeste, Laverne Adolph Oeste 1916-1987.Ethel Wildah Heidrick Oeste 1914-2001. Married Laverne Adolph Oeste in 1938.
Sharlene Oeste Stahl 1941-2021. Sharlene was the last born Oeste, one of Laverne and Ethel Oeste’s two daughters, and a fighter for her family’s farm heritage and legacy. Her family still owns property in a partnership that continues to produce crops near Davis along W. Covell Blvd. between County Roads 98 and 99.
