George Axenty, son of Procop and Paraschiva Axenty, was born in Langenberg, Northwest Territories shortly after his parents and four siblings emigrated to Canada from Bucovina. He was baptized July 20th, 1899; his Godmother was Varvara Zilinski. George was raised on the family homestead near MacNutt, Saskatchewan until 1914 when the family emigrated again to Redondo Beach, CA. George quit school after completing the eighth grade and took a commercial course so that he could start to work. By 1927, George was the manager of the A-1 Cafe located at 1522 Cahuenga Avenue in Hollywood.
On November 24th, 1928, George married Grace Iowa Peel in Redondo Beach, CA. During the depression of the 1930's, George worked a while with the Union Iron Works in San Pedro, CA before he and Grace both took jobs working in a bakery. After about two years of working and learning the baking trade, they became the proprietors of Manhattan Beach Bakery located at 1025 Manhattan Avenue in Manhattan Beach. George also became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. on December 22nd, 1939.
As time went by, George decided to take up carpentry and, on his own, went into contracting. He built and lived in ten homes. In 1950, George and Grace went to the Coachella Valley to visit an old friend of the family, John Lazurka, who had a date ranch there in the desert. George loved it there so much he decided to quit the building business and bought desert land in Thermal, CA and called it the G & G Ranch. With cheap labor, they improved 40 acres of grapes, citrus fruits and tomatoes. In 1963, they sold the ranch to their nephew, Trifon Leonte, for $75,000.
George and Grace retired about three miles south of the ranch to Desert Shores, CA off the Salton Sea. They never had any children of their own and George was very concerned about preserving the stories of his parents and grandparents. He was able to convey many of those stories to his Great-Grandnephew, Tommy Henrich, who was very involved in recording the family genealogy.
On November 24th, 1928, George married Grace Iowa Peel in Redondo Beach, CA. During the depression of the 1930's, George worked a while with the Union Iron Works in San Pedro, CA before he and Grace both took jobs working in a bakery. After about two years of working and learning the baking trade, they became the proprietors of Manhattan Beach Bakery located at 1025 Manhattan Avenue in Manhattan Beach. George also became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. on December 22nd, 1939.
As time went by, George decided to take up carpentry and, on his own, went into contracting. He built and lived in ten homes. In 1950, George and Grace went to the Coachella Valley to visit an old friend of the family, John Lazurka, who had a date ranch there in the desert. George loved it there so much he decided to quit the building business and bought desert land in Thermal, CA and called it the G & G Ranch. With cheap labor, they improved 40 acres of grapes, citrus fruits and tomatoes. In 1963, they sold the ranch to their nephew, Trifon Leonte, for $75,000.
George and Grace retired about three miles south of the ranch to Desert Shores, CA off the Salton Sea. They never had any children of their own and George was very concerned about preserving the stories of his parents and grandparents. He was able to convey many of those stories to his Great-Grandnephew, Tommy Henrich, who was very involved in recording the family genealogy.
George Axenty, son of Procop and Paraschiva Axenty, was born in Langenberg, Northwest Territories shortly after his parents and four siblings emigrated to Canada from Bucovina. He was baptized July 20th, 1899; his Godmother was Varvara Zilinski. George was raised on the family homestead near MacNutt, Saskatchewan until 1914 when the family emigrated again to Redondo Beach, CA. George quit school after completing the eighth grade and took a commercial course so that he could start to work. By 1927, George was the manager of the A-1 Cafe located at 1522 Cahuenga Avenue in Hollywood.
On November 24th, 1928, George married Grace Iowa Peel in Redondo Beach, CA. During the depression of the 1930's, George worked a while with the Union Iron Works in San Pedro, CA before he and Grace both took jobs working in a bakery. After about two years of working and learning the baking trade, they became the proprietors of Manhattan Beach Bakery located at 1025 Manhattan Avenue in Manhattan Beach. George also became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. on December 22nd, 1939.
As time went by, George decided to take up carpentry and, on his own, went into contracting. He built and lived in ten homes. In 1950, George and Grace went to the Coachella Valley to visit an old friend of the family, John Lazurka, who had a date ranch there in the desert. George loved it there so much he decided to quit the building business and bought desert land in Thermal, CA and called it the G & G Ranch. With cheap labor, they improved 40 acres of grapes, citrus fruits and tomatoes. In 1963, they sold the ranch to their nephew, Trifon Leonte, for $75,000.
George and Grace retired about three miles south of the ranch to Desert Shores, CA off the Salton Sea. They never had any children of their own and George was very concerned about preserving the stories of his parents and grandparents. He was able to convey many of those stories to his Great-Grandnephew, Tommy Henrich, who was very involved in recording the family genealogy.
On November 24th, 1928, George married Grace Iowa Peel in Redondo Beach, CA. During the depression of the 1930's, George worked a while with the Union Iron Works in San Pedro, CA before he and Grace both took jobs working in a bakery. After about two years of working and learning the baking trade, they became the proprietors of Manhattan Beach Bakery located at 1025 Manhattan Avenue in Manhattan Beach. George also became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. on December 22nd, 1939.
As time went by, George decided to take up carpentry and, on his own, went into contracting. He built and lived in ten homes. In 1950, George and Grace went to the Coachella Valley to visit an old friend of the family, John Lazurka, who had a date ranch there in the desert. George loved it there so much he decided to quit the building business and bought desert land in Thermal, CA and called it the G & G Ranch. With cheap labor, they improved 40 acres of grapes, citrus fruits and tomatoes. In 1963, they sold the ranch to their nephew, Trifon Leonte, for $75,000.
George and Grace retired about three miles south of the ranch to Desert Shores, CA off the Salton Sea. They never had any children of their own and George was very concerned about preserving the stories of his parents and grandparents. He was able to convey many of those stories to his Great-Grandnephew, Tommy Henrich, who was very involved in recording the family genealogy.
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