Fifth Generation

30. Jacob Weber^{4,35,192,193,194,195,196,197,198} was born on 28 May 1862 in Germany, Koblenz.³⁵ Koblenz (also Coblenz in pre-1926 German spellings), is a city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle

Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
He immigrated in 1869 or 1873.^199,200 The 1900 census lists 1869 as his immigration date, being in the US 31 years.
The 1920 census lists 1873 as his immigration date, with a Naturalization date of 1883. He appeared in the census in 1880. Of two possible Jacob Weber's of his approx. age found in the 1880 census, the first has Switz, not Germany, and the second was eliminated by another researcher.

1.
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
William CHAPMAN Self M Male W 29 OH Farmer OH OH
Harriet CHAPMAN Wife M Female W 25 NY Keeping House ENG. ENG
James E. CHAPMAN Son S Male W 11 MN At School OH NY
Kirby L. CHAPMAN Son S Male W 8 MN OH NY
Eva CHAPMAN Dau S Female W 5 MN OH NY
Rosa CHAPMAN Dau S Female W 3 MN OH NY
Preston CHAPMAN Son S Male W 1 MN OH NY
Jacob WEBER Other S Male W 19 SWITZ. Servant SWITZ. SWITZ.
James CHAPMAN Brother S Male W 25 OH Farmer OH OH

Source Information:
Census Place Maple Grove, Hennepin, Minnesota
Family History Library Film 1254623
NA Film Number T9-0623
Page Number 59B
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2.
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Mathius WEBER Self M Male W 50 PRUSSIA Farmer PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
Catherine WEBER Wife M Female W 58 PRUSSIA Keeping House PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
John WEBER Son S Male W 19 PRUSSIA At Home PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
Jacob WEBER Son S Male W 17 PRUSSIA At Home PRUSSIA PRUSSIA

Source Information:
Census Place E. D. 100-109, Stearns, Minnesota
Family History Library Film 1254634
NA Film Number T9-0634
Page Number 391A

Further queries eliminated this Jacob - Jacob Weber (Mathias, Conrad) was born 3 Aug 1863 in Germany, and died 1922. He married Josephina Pirz Jan 1889 in Stearns Co, MN, daughter of Bartholomew Pirz and Johanna Holifer. She was born Mar 1866 in Minnesota. (Tom Steichen)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacob was naturalized in 1883.²⁰¹ immigrated 1873 Na 1883

He owned 160 acres on 25 July 1898 in USA, Montana, Missoula Co., Missoula.⁹⁷ Names
Patentee: JACOB WEBER
Survey
State: MONTANA
Acres: 160
Metes/Bounds: No
Title Transfer
Issue Date: 7/25/1898
Land Office: Assigned For Automation
Cancelled: No
U.S. Reservations: Yes
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead EntryOriginal (12 Stat. 392)

Document Numbers

Document Nr.: 688
Accession/Serial Nr.: MTMTAA 061351
BLM Serial Nr.: MTMTAA 061351
Legal Land Description
E½E½ 10/ 13-N 20-W No Montana PM MT Missoula
He died on 24 October 1923 at the age of 61 in USA, California, Santa Clara Co.. Jacob was buried at Alta Mesa Cemetery in USA, California, Santa Clara Co., Palo Alto.³⁷ Lot 117 Sub.
Section B
Tombstone reads (see photo) -
WEBER
Jacob | Margaretha
1862 - 1923 | 1862 - 1955 Jacob Weber immigrated as a child with his family to the U.S. either in 1869 (1900 census), or in 1873 (1920 census). Most likely 1873, as there are no 1870 census records for this family. Either way, he would have only been seven or eleven years old. His family settled in St. Paul, Minnesota, but his father, Joseph, only lived a few more years, dying in 1876. His widowed mother Anna stayed in St Paul and is found living with her married daughter Marie in later census records. Marie wed Daniel Paulus but never had any children. Both Jacob's sister and mother died in St Paul, 1914 and 1915, respectively, and are buried in Calvary Cemetery.
Jacob became a laborer for one of the railroad companies. Minnesota at that time had The Saint Paul and Duluth Railroad, Minneapolis & St. Cloud Railroad Company and The Northern Pacific. He probably met his future bride, Margaret Breuer, in St. Paul, Minnesota, as I have photo's of both of them from that locality.
Jacob and Margaret decided to leave Minnesota together for the west. Margaret's sister Rose and her husband John Milan followed them soon after. Barbara Deuhs', (Margaret's niece) mother said "The four (this was Jacob and Margaret (Breuer) Weber and John and Rose (Breuer) Milan) left in a covered wagon and grandfather (John Breuer) financed the trip. Evidently, they detoured to Missoula, Montana, for the birth of a Weber child. They continued on to San Jose, California" (Girgen). While the four did go to California, the sequence of events was probably different than this. Jacob Weber and Margaret Breuer married in Missoula, Montana on August 5, 1889 and must have left Minnesota, unmarried, months before that date. John Milan and Rose Breuer married in Minnesota on June 30, 1890, so couldn't have left the state until at least a year later. The decision to leave Minnesota was partly caused by difficulty finding work. Barbara wrote: "There was a railroad strike in Minnesota in 1895 or 1896. Anyone who went out on strike could not get employment with the RR afterwards, and apparently, it was hard to get any employment in St. Paul." The dates of this work shortage probably effected John Milan, husband of sister Rose Breuer, more than Jacob, if John and Rose stayed in Minnesota until then. The two couples are found together in 1900 in Winnamucca, Nevada.
Jacob and Margaret married and settled in Missoula, Montana for about nine years. Their first three children were born during their stay in Montana; George in July 1890, Irene in 1892, and Francis in 1897. Francis's birth was published in The Missoulian on 9 Mar 1897, "Jacob Weber of North Missoula is rejoicing today over the arrival of a young son at his home and is treating his friends to the best in the land. Mother and son are both well." The Northern Pacific Railroad ran through Missoula, possibly Jacob found employment with them. Maybe he also considered ranching as land records show that Jacob patented 160 acres on 25 Jul 1898 near Missoula. Montana had just become a state in 1889. During their stay in Missoula the town saw its first horse drawn streetcars go into service, the opening of the Missoula Public Library in 1894 and the opening of the University of Montana in 1895.
Sometime after 1898 they changed their minds and decided to leave Montana. The 1900 census shows Jacob and Margaret, along with John and Rose Milan, residing in another railroad town, Winnamucca, Nevada. Here Jacob worked as an engine inspector and John as a railroad fireman. The company in Winnamucca was the Central Pacific Railroad. Their last son, James, was born there in March 1901. Margaret supplemented the family income by sewing. A family story says that while in Winnamucca, Nevada, not all the "ladies" she sewed for were of fine repute.
Shortly after the birth of their last child the Webers moved one last time west to Santa Clara County California. Here they purchased a ranch in the Purissima District, which lies in the wooded foothills of the Santa Cruz Range a few miles from Palo Alto. The records of Purissima School show Irene Weber enrolled in September of 1902. The Purissima district was at that time an agricultural area of orchards. Jacob and Margaret became fruit farmers, mainly apricots and prunes. The orchards were not enough to support the family though. Their main income came from employment in San Francisco. Granddaughter Marion remembers being told that after the 1906 earthquake, Jacob rode his bicycle all the way to their ranch from San Francisco.
Nearby, Los Altos came into being in 1907 with the building of new foothill rail lines (James 1524-3). The town had direct service to San Francisco, being on the line of the Southern Pacific Railway. Los Altos became known as an ideal residential place and was the nucleus of a large home center for San Francisco business men, many of whom commuted daily (Sawyer 298). The ability to commute was probably a boon to the Webers. Even still, they had a residence in San Francisco; during the 1910 census they were living at 2896 Folsom Street. Jacob's occupation was listed as a railroad coppersmith¹ while Margaret did dressmaker work at home. The oldest, George, was working as a railroad machinist. Margaret had a small grocery store in San Francisco at some point. There are pictures of teenage son Francis in the shop.
By 1920, they began living full time at their ranch on Purissima Road with fruit farming as their main employment. Their children had all left home. They maintained their Purissima ranch until their deaths, Jacob in 1923, Margaret in 1955.

¹ Before diesel-electric locomotives made steam locomotives outdated in the railroad industry, coppersmiths fitted the copper pipes used in steam engines. They twisted copper pipe forming bends, tee-pieces, cross-pieces, or into any conceivable shape required to fit what was needed (Fuller 166).
Margaretha Ann "Maggie" Breuer and Jacob Weber were married on 5 August 1889 in USA, Montana, Missoula Co., Missoula.^199,202 They^{^199,202} appeared in the census in 1900 in USA, Nevada, Humboldt Co., Winnemucca.¹⁹⁹ Year Surname Given Name (s) County State Page Township or Other Info Record Type
1900 WEBER JACOB Humboldt County NV 201 Winnemucca Precinct Federal Population Schedule NV 1900 Federal Census Index

Town of Winnemucca, Fourth St.

Weber, Jacob, Head, W,M, May 1862, 38, M, 10, Germany, Germany, Germany, 1869, 31, NA ,
Engine inspector, 0 months unemployed, Rent, House
Margret, Wife, W,F, Mar 1862, 38, M, 10, 3,3 Minnesota, Germany, Germany,
George, Son,W, M Jul 1890, 9, S Montana, Germany, Minnesota
Irene Daughter, W, F Mar 1892, 8, S Montana, Germany, Minnesota
Francis, Son, W, M Mar 1897, 3 S Montana, Germany, Minnesota

all but the baby, Francis, could read, write, speak English, and George and Irene were at school.

They^¹⁹⁹ appeared in the census on 19 April 1910 in USA, California, San Francisco Co., Assembly District 32, Precinct 12.²⁰³ SD 4, ED 44, sheet 9B
Folsom Street #2896
Weber, Jacob, Head, 48, M 20 yrs. Germany, Germany, Germany, Coppersmith Railroad
Margaret, Wife, 48, M 20 yrs. 4 children born and living, Minnesota, Germany, Germany
Dressmaker at own home.
George J. Son, 19, Montana, Machinist Railroad
Irene S. Daughter, 18, Montana, None
Frances B. Son, 13, Montana, None
Walter J. Son, 9, Nevada
Maggie and Jacob^²⁰³ appeared in the census on 2 January 1920 in USA, California, Santa Clara Co., Purissima, Mayfield Twp..^200,201,204 Mayfield Township, Vol 120, SD 7, ED 125, Sheet 1, Line 9
Santa Clara Co., Purissima Precinct, Purissima Road
3,3, Weber, Jacob 57 Germany 1873 Na 1883 parents both Germany
Own home, free of mortgage. Fruit Farmer.
Weber, Margaret wife 57 Minnesota, Father: Belgium spoke French, Mother: Alsace Lorraine spoke German.

31. Margaretha Ann "Maggie" Breuer^{4,35,192,205,206} was born on 28 March 1862 in USA, Minnesota, St. Paul.⁶ She appeared in the census in 1880 in USA, Minnesota, Dakota Co., Hastings.¹⁸⁰ Maybe this Margaret. An early photo of her is labeled C.B. Rust, Hastings, Minn. -

Household:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
David RUST Self M Male W 47 MA Cabinet Maker MA MA
Mary RUST Wife M Female W 37 OH Keeps House MI OH
Clarence RUST Son Male W 18 MA At School MA OH
Jessie RUST Dau S Female W 8 MN At School MA OH
Margaret BREWER Other S Female W 18 MN Servant PRUS LUX
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Source Information:
Census Place Hastings, Dakota, Minnesota
Family History Library Film 1254618
NA Film Number T9-0618
Page Number 162D
In 1910 she was a Grocery Store Owner at 2896 Folsom in USA, California, San Francisco Co., San Francisco.²⁰⁷ Maggie appeared in the census on 15 April 1930 in USA, California, Santa Clara Co., Los Altos, Fremont Twp..^45,208 Margaret is living on Purissima Ave. 68 yrs old and widowed, she doesn't list any employment. Next door is her son James and a few doors down her daughter Irene. She lists owning her own home and a radio. She says that her father was from France, and mother from Alsace Lorriane.

11, 11, Weber, Margaret, Head, own home and radio, FW, 68, Wd, Minnesota, France, Alsace Lorriane, occupation none She died on 18 June 1955 at the age of 93 in USA, California, Santa Clara Co..⁶ She was buried about 20 June 1955 at Alta Mesa Cemetery in USA, California, Santa Clara Co., Palo Alto.^37,209 Mother (Lyle) and I use to go every year together to visit the graves of her mother and father and also the grave of Margaret Weber, her grandmother. She has a nice big old fashioned upright headstone. Irene and Fred Duval have the flat kind, but are pretty with nice pictures on them. It's a nice cemetery, well maintained

Lot 117 Sub.
Section B
Tombstone reads (see photo) -
WEBER
Jacob | Margaretha
1862 - 1923 | 1862 - 1955
Margaret sewed for families. A family story says that while in Winnamucca, Nevada, not all the "ladies" she sewed for were of fine repute (Marion Heiken).

A letter written in 1914 by Anna Elizabeth "Elise" (Faymonville) Krupper from Krinkelt PR to her cousin Maria Catherine (Breuer) Deuhs in Long Prairie, MN, USA, asks about her cousins in California. "..... And now tell me how do your sisters happen to be in California? That must be a great distance from you and that is surely where one goes to look for gold. According to my figuring, you are all widely separated, whereas we can all get together in four hours by train. Is everything really still so good in America? Are your brothers making a success of farming?......" (Girgen,15).

Children were:

i.
George Joseph Weber^4,35,210 was born on 8 July 1890 in USA, Montana, Missoula Co., Missoula.⁶ He appeared in the census on 4 April 1930 in USA, California, Santa Clara Co., San Jose City.²¹¹ Alameda
564, 79, 84, Williams, Amanda J., Head, --- , Hotel keeper, ...
(her daughter, grandson, and roomers, including:)
Webber, Joseph G, Roomer, MW, 39, First Married at age 20, Montana, Germany, Alsae Loraine, Automotive engines, own business
--------, Henriette, Roomer, FW 30, First married at age 27, Kansas, Irish Free State, Kansas, none
He died on 13 August 1941 at the age of 51 in USA, California, Santa Clara Co..⁶ Last Name First Name Middle Birth Date Mother Maiden Father Last Sex Birth Place Death Place Residence Death Date SSN Age
WEBER GEORGE JOSEPH 07/08/1890 BREWER WEBER M MONTANA SANTA CLARA 08/13/1941 554-05-5675 51 years George had Social Security Number 554-05-5675. Marion remembers her Uncle George bringing her big bags of potato chips when she was a child. The other relatives would protest "You'll make her sick!" "Oh, she'll be alright." George would say. Unfortunately, George drank, one reason his wife left him. He was said to keep a bottle under his bed.
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From Polk's Directory of San Jose City and Santa Clara County, 1928.
Weber, Geo J auto repair 373 W. Santa Clara
15
ii.
Irene Sybil Weber.
iii.
Francis Breuer Weber^4,35 was born on 9 March 1897 in USA, Montana, Missoula.^27,194 Excerpt from the Missoulian: 9 Mar 1897
"Jacob Weber of North Missoula is rejoicing today over the arrival of a young son at his home and is treating his friends to the best in the land. Mother and son are both well." He served in the military WWI about 1916. He appeared in the census on 6 January 1920 in USA, California, San Francisco Co., San Francisco.^204,212 Precinct 5, Vol 95, SD 4, ED 63, sheet 6, line 13
San Francisco Co., San Francisco, Eighteenth Street #3489
Weber, Francis Lodger M W 22 Single Montana, Clerk for Cegas & Tobasy ? (Can't read)
enumerated with Hunter, Anna as a Lodger. His brother George and family is also here.
Alma Seback is living in the same place with her parents. She is married, no husband enumerated. The surname June is crossed out. A 4 yr. grandchild, Louis Jr. Seback, follows Alma's name. Between 1924 and 1962 Francis was a Dentist in USA, California, Santa Clara Co., Sunnyvale. Private Practice from 1924 to 1950.
On Dental Staff at Agnew State Hospital 11 years, from1951 to 1962. He died on 27 May 1965 at the age of 68 in USA, California, Santa Clara.^6,27 Last Name First Name Middle Birth Date Mother Maiden Father Last Sex Birth Place Death Place Residence Death Date SSN Age
WEBER FRANCIS B 03/09/1897 BREUER M MISSOURI SANTA CLARA EL DORADO 05/27/1965 547-64-6264 68 years
He was buried on 1 June 1965.³⁵ Francis had Social Security Number 547-64-6264.²⁷ Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued
FRANCIS WEBER 09 Mar 1897 May 1965 95050 (Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA) (none specified) 547-64-6264 California
Obituary from unnamed local newspaper-
Dr. Francis B. Weber Dies;
Long-Time Sunnyvale Dentist
Santa Clara - Dr. Francis B. Weber, 68, one of Sunnyvale's earliest practicing dentists, died Thursday in a Mountain View hospital following a brief illness.
Dr. Weber, a resident of the county 41 years, was long an active member of Rotary and Masons. His home was at 631 Hilmar St.
He moved to Sunnyvale in 1924 following graduation from dental school and continued in practice until 1950. Shortly after he joined the dental staff at Agnews State Hospital retiring from there in 1962 after 11 years.
He served for three terms until 1943, on the board of trustees of the Sunnyvale Elementary School.
Dr. Weber was a charter member, past president and former secretary of the Sunnyvale Rotary Club. He held a life membership in the organization.
He also was past master and former secretary of Lodge 511, F&AM, and had been a member of the American Legion Post 344 in Sunnyvale. He served in the Army during World War I.
Dr. Weber was the husband of Alma Weber; father of Marie Larson of Santa Clara, Kenneth B. Weber of Sunnyvale and grandfather of six.
Final rites will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Howard H. Wyant Funeral Home in Sunnyvale. Entombment will be in Alta Mesa Cemetery.

Francis and his brother Jim had a disagreement of some kind. No idea what it was about.
Francis and Alma helped take care of his niece, Marion Duval, after the death of her mother. Marion remembers going to Alma when ever she needed first aid of some kind, such as when she flew over the handle bars of her bicycle on a bumpy road and scrapped her knees. Another accident Alma took care of was when Marion was sewing on her mother's old treadle machine and ran the needle into her finger. After running over to her aunts house, Alma pulled the needle out with a pair of pliers. After her father's death, Marion stayed with them for a year until she started college.
Francis's daughter Marie worked for her dad as a hygienist. Marion remembers going to his dentist office and having cousin Marie clean her teeth.
iv.
James Walter Weber^4,35,213 was born on 12 March 1901 in USA, Nevada.⁶ He lived rt 2 bx 495 in USA, California, Santa Clara Co., Los Gatos in 1928. From Polk's Directory of San Jose City and Santa Clara County, 1928.
Los Gatos section -
Weber J. r rt 2 bx 495 He died on 6 January 1983 at the age of 81 in USA, California, San Diego Co..⁶ Last Name First Name Middle Birth Date Mother Maiden Father Last Sex Birth Place Death Place Residence Death Date SSN Age
WEBER JAMES WALTER 03/12/1901 BREUER M NEVADA SAN DIEGO 01/06/1983 550-18-8388 81 years
Jim was estranged from his siblings, though I don't know why. He would visit his mother, Margaret, when they weren't around.