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Born 1833
From The History of Jackson county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens, Jackson county in the late war... history of Missouri, map (1881), Kansas City, Missouri; its history and its people 1808-1908 (v. 2, biographical) (1908)
Proprietor of bakery, confectionery and grocery. The subject of this sketch was born, in the Province of Hanover, Germany, October 19, 1833, where he was reared and educated. Leaving there he went to Bremen, where he learned his trade of baker, remaining three and a half years. He sailed for New York, where he arrived in May, 1852. Resided in New York, working this trade and following the grocery business until the fall of 1856, when he went to New Orleans. Remained there six months, then embarked for St. Louis, where he found employment in a wholesale commission store, until December, 1865. Then went to Rolla, Mo., at which place he started the bakery business, continuing this, with good success, until June, 1865, when he sold out and removed to Independence, starting a confectionery and grocery store, running the same until the following year. In 1866 he came to Kansas City and embarked in the confectionery and bakery business, on Main street, where he continued until he moved to his present location, in which place he is now doing a large, lucrative business. Mr. Warneke-wbls married to Miss Wilhelmina Kumpf, of St. Louis, in March, 1860, and by this marriage they have had eight children, five of whom are now living.
As printed in The History of Jackson county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens, Jackson county in the late war... history of Missouri, map (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
John C. Warneke was one of the pioneer business men of Kansas City, arriving here in 1866, at which time he established a bakery business, conducting the enterprise throughout his remaining days. It still stands as a monument to his commercial activity and integrity, being now conducted by his sons.
A native of Germany, Mr. Warneke was born October 19, 1833, the parents always remaining residents of that country. There John C. Warneke attended the public schools and acquired a good education in his native tongue. When a boy be began learning the baker's trade, which he followed in Germany and later he continued in the same pursuit in America. The favorable reports which he heard concerning this land and its opportunities influenced him to seek a home in the United States and he landed in New York, where he soon afterward acquired a position a.s clerk in a bakery and grocery store, being employed there for a few years. jNIaking hi.- way to the middle west he located in St. Louis, Missouri, where he formed a partnership and began the manufacture of rates, continuing in that field of activity mitil after the outbreak of the Civil war. when he sold his interest in the lousiness and removed to RoUa. Mis-ouri. There he established a bakery business on his own account and continu'd in the same for a few years.
In 1865 lie removed to Independence, Jack.-on county, where he engaged in the bakery business for a year, coming thence to Kansas City, where he remained until his demise. Here he at once established a bakery, beginning operations, however, on a small scale in a little room near the river, in that district of the city known as the levee. There he engaged in business for several years willi a constantly increasing trade hut later he removed to what is now the business center of the city, opening his bakery at No. 1500 Grand avenue. He purchased this property and equipped it
As printed in Kansas City, Missouri; its history and its people 1808-1908 (v. 2, biographical) (1908). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: John C. Warneke
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