Mary A. (Kelly) and Frederick Meincke had four sons. Two married and two did not. The unmarried sons were Frederick Jr., born in 1878 in San Francisco, and Ralph, born in 1891 in San Francisco. Both lived with their mother and sister Gertrude well into their adult lives.
Frederick Joseph Meincke Jr.
Notes:
Frederick first votes at the age of 22 in 1900. He was a Republican, Democrat, and had a brief stint with the Union Labor party. Between 1909 and 1911, he was a member of the California State Assembly, which is not noted in the records. His first residence, 4298 Mission Road, was where the Five Mile House was situation–the boarding house his parents owned. Most of his career he was the Deputy County Clerk for San Francisco.
Meincke Frederick Joseph 4298 Mission none 1900 none given 22
Meincke Frederick Jos 19 Cotter Dep. Co. Clerk 1907 none given 28
Meincke Frederick J. 19 Cotter Dep. Co. Clerk 1908 Union Labor 29
Meincke Frederick J. 19 Cotter Dep. Co. Clerk 1910 Republican 31
Meincke Frederick Joseph 19 Cotter Clerk 1912 Republican 33
Meincke Frederick Joseph 19 Cotter Clerk 1913 Republican 33
Meincke Frederick J. 19 Cotter Clerk 1914 Republican
Meincke Frederick J. 19 Cotter Clerk 1916 Republican
Meincke Frederick J. 19 Cotter Dep. Co. Clerk 1918 Republican
Meincke Frederick J. 19 Cotter Dep. Co. Clerk 1920 Republican
Meincke Frederick J. 19 Cotter Clerk 1922 Republican
Meincke Frederick J. 19 Cotter Clerk 1922 Republican
Meincke Fred J. 31 Cotter Clerk 1930 Republican
Meincke Frederick J. 31 Cotter Dep. Co. Clerk 1935 Democrat
Meincke Frederick J. 31 Cotter Clerk 1936 Democrat
Ralph M. Meincke
Notes:
Ralph started voted in 1912 at the age of 20. He switched his party affiliation quite a bit. He worked as a Teamster and then a salesman, back to a teamster, and then a salesman again. It’s interesting because this really doesn’t reflect the information found in the census or city directories. Those records show: 1910–Street Car Laborer (could that be a teamster?), 1920–Molder, 1927–Controller, 1930–Horse Dealer, which could be classified as “salesman”. Other documents only show him as a teamster in 1919.
Meincke Ralph 19 Cotter Teamster 1912 Republican
Meincke Ralph 19 Cotter Teamster 1913 Republican
Meincke Ralph 19 Cotter Teamster 1914 Democrat
Meincke Ralph 19 Cotter Teamster 1916 Democrat
Meincke Ralph 19 Cotter Teamster 1919 Republican
Meincke Ralph 19 Cotter Teamster 1920 Republican
Meincke Ralph M. 19 Cotter Teamster 1923 Republican
Meincke Ralph M. 19 Cotter Teamster 1928 Republican
Meincke Ralph M. 31 Cotter Salesman 1930 Republican
Meincke Ralph M. 31 Cotter none given 1932 Republican
Meincke Ralph M. 31 Cotter Teamster 1935 Democrat
Meincke Ralph M. 31 Cotter Salesman 1936 Republican
