Gerber, George Jacob

Male 1830 - 1881  (50 years)


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  • Name Gerber, George Jacob 
    Born 1 Jun 1830  Grand Duchy of Baden Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1858/9  St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Occupation St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    grocer 
    • George owned a grocery store on South Broadway in St. Louis.
    Census 1860  St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • He was identified as a 30 year old carpenter born in Baden.
    Census 1870  St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • He was identified as Jacob Gerber, a 40 year old carpenter from Baden.
    Census 1880  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • He was identified as a 51 year old retail grocer, born in Germany.
    Died 7 May 1881  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11
    • George died at his home at 2822 South Carondelet. The cause of death was marasmus, a disease causing gradual emaciation.
    Buried St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    • George was buried in Old St. Marcus Cemetery.
    Person ID I519  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 1 Sep 2007 

    Father Gerber, Mathias,   b. 20 Dec 1782, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1842  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Voos, Barbara,   b. 5 Mar 1787, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1842, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 12 Mar 1804  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14
    Family ID F182  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Müller, Franziska,   b. 25 Jul 1831, Grand Duchy of Baden Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1924, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 1858  Grand Duchy of Baden Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16, 17, 18
    Children 
    +1. Gerber, George Louis,   b. 20 Oct 1859, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1924, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    +2. Gerber, Otto H.,   b. 22 Feb 1862, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1926, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     3. Gerber, Philip Adolph,   b. Abt 1867, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1924, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years)
     4. Gerber, Gustaf Heinrich,   b. 9 Jul 1869, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1870, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Gerber, Frederick Wilhelm,   b. 26 Sep 1871, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1928, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    +6. Gerber, Rudolph Mathias,   b. 17 Sep 1875, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1915, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F180  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1858/9 - St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - grocer - - St. Louis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 May 1881 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St. Louis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S98] Rudolph Vogt Gerber, Genealogical research.
      In an autobiographical sketch written on Christmas 1978, Rudolph recalls that his grandfather, George Jacob Gerber, was born 1 June 1830 in Germany. He also recalls that George Jacob Gerber ran a grocery on South Broadway in St. Louis, Missouri.

    2. [S43] Arline A. (Krumm) Gerber, Genealogical research.
      Georg Jacob Gerber; born 1 June 1830 (citing information from the evangelical church records in Bahlingen, Germany).
           Arline attributes almost all of the information on the 11 children of Mathias and Barbara Gerber to the work of Jim and Marylouise Yale. Arline identifies Marylouise as a descendant of Franz Anton Mueller, brother of Francesca Mueller (wife of George Jacob Gerber) and also father of Francesca Mueller (wife of Otto H. Gerber). This information was sent to Howard Seesler, who forwarded it to Elizabeth M. Gerber in 1996, who shared it with J. Mark Fiegenbaum in 2002.

    3. [S45] Howard J. Seesler, Genealogical research.
      George Jacob "Jake" Gerber; born 1 June 1830.
           This information was forwarded to Elizabeth M. Gerber in 1996, who shared it with J. Mark Fiegenbaum in 2002.

    4. [S45] Howard J. Seesler, Genealogical research.
      On page 39 of a genealogical report prepared (by Robert E. Parkin?) for Howard J. Seesler, it is stated that George Jacob Gerber and Franceska Mueller were married in 1858 shortly before their emigration from Baden, and that their first child, George Louis Gerber was born on 20 October 1859 shortly after their arrival in St. Louis. Pinpointing the exact date is further complicated by the fact the in the 1860 U.S. Census, George L. Gerber is identified as having been born in Baden, while in subsequent federal cenuses, his place of birth is given as St. Louis.

    5. [S98] Rudolph Vogt Gerber, Genealogical research.
      In an autobiographical sketch written on Christmas 1978, Rudolph recalls that his grandfather, George Jacob Gerber, owned a grocery store on South Broadway in St. Louis.

    6. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm M653, roll 649, page 27.
      Access through HeritageQuest July 2004.
           George Gerber household, 1860 U.S. census, St. Louis County, Missouri, population schedule, City of St. Louis, ward 4, page 27, enumerated 9 June 1860, dwelling 114, family 206, lines 7-9. The household consisted of: George Gerber (age 30; male; carpenter; born in Baden); Frances Gerber (27; female; born in Baden); Louis Gerber (age 8 months; male; born in Baden).

    7. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm M593, roll 810, page 34.
      Access through HeritageQuest in July 2004.
           Jacob Gerber household, 1870 U.S. census, St. Louis County, Missouri, population schedule, City of St. Louis, ward 1, sub-division 3, page 68, enumerated on 17 June 1870, dwelling 481, family 586, lines 16-23. The household consisted of: Jacob Gerber (age 40; male; carpenter; born in Baden); Franciska Gerber (age 39; female; keeping house; born in Baden); George Gerber (age 10; male; at school; born in Missouri); Otto Gerber (age 6; male; born in Missouri); Adolph Gerber (age 3; male; born in Missouri); Gustave E. Gerber (age 11/12; male; born in July in Missouri); Victoria Mueller (age 13; female; born in Missouri); Ferdinand Mueller (age 12; male; born in Missouri).

    8. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T9, roll 729, page 573c.
      Access through HeritageQuest in July 2004.
           Georg [sic] J. Gerber household, 1880 U.S. census, St. Louis County, Missouri, population schedule, City of St. Louis, Supervisor's District No. 1, Enumeration District No. 159, page 15, enumerated on 12 November 1880, 2822 Carondelt [sic] Avenue, dwelling 88, family 161, lines 23-29. The household consisted of: Georg J. Gerber (male; age 51; married; retail grocer; born in Germany; Francica Gerber (female, age 50; wife; married; keeping house; born in Germany; Louis Gerber (male; age 20; son; single; millwright; born in Missouri; Otto Gerber (male; age 16; son; single; blacksmith; born in Missouri; Adolph Gerber (male; age 14; son; single; at school; born in Missouri; Frederich Gerber (male; age 9; son; single; at school; born in Missouri; Rudolf Mats. Gerber (male; age 5; single; born in Missouri).

    9. [S45] Howard J. Seesler, Genealogical research.
      Howard cites: St. Louis VR Deaths 1881: #3136.

    10. [S43] Arline A. (Krumm) Gerber, Genealogical research.
      Georg Jacob Gerber; died about 1881 (citing information from the evangelical church records in Bahlingen, Germany).
           Arline attributes almost all of the information on the 11 children of Mathias and Barbara Gerber to the work of Jim and Marylouise Yale. Arline identifies Marylouise as a descendant of Franz Anton Mueller, brother of Francesca Mueller (wife of George Jacob Gerber) and also father of Francesca Mueller (wife of Otto H. Gerber). This information was sent to Howard Seesler, who forwarded it to Elizabeth M. Gerber in 1996, who shared it with J. Mark Fiegenbaum in 2002.

    11. [S45] Howard J. Seesler, Genealogical research.
      Died 1881.
           This information was forwarded to Elizabeth M. Gerber in 1996, who shared it with J. Mark Fiegenbaum in 2002.

    12. [S45] Howard J. Seesler, Genealogical research.
      George was buried in Old St. Marcus Cemetery.

    13. [S97] Elizabeth Marie Gerber, Genealogical research.
      Citing genealogical research from Isabel H. (Bauer) Gerber. Mathias Gerber and Barbara Voos (or Boos); married 12 March 1804.

    14. [S45] Howard J. Seesler, Genealogical research.
      Mathias Gerber and Barbara Voos or Boos; married 12 March 1804. Information forwarded to Elizabeth M. Gerber in 1996, who shared it with J. Mark Fiegenbaum in 2002.

    15. [S45] Howard J. Seesler, Genealogical research.
      "About 1858, apparently as he was about to set out for the United States, he was married to Franceska Mueller, 27 year old daughter of Michael and Margaret (Muckaborn) Mueller, also of Baden. Franceska was born on July 25, 1831. Some of her Mueller relatives apparently immigrated at the same time as the newlyweds, and also settled in St. Louis....In all, Franceska and George - often familiarly called "Jake" - had six sons. Those, in addition to George L. Gerber [born October 20, 1859], were Otto H. Gerber, born in 1864; Philip Adolph Gerber, born in 1867; Gustav B. Gerber, born in July, 1869 (St. Louis Census 1870:Ward 3:34 [#386]:16-23); Frederick William Gerber, born in 1871, and Rudolph M. Gerber, who was born in 1875 (St. Louis Census 1880:ED 159:15 [#161]:23-29 [2nd])." From page 39 of a genealogical report prepared (by Robert E. Parkin?) for Howard J. Seesler.

    16. [S98] Rudolph Vogt Gerber, Genealogical research.
      In an autobiographical sketch written on Christmas 1978, Rudolph recalls that his grandfather, George Jacob Gerber, married Fancesca Mueller in 1838. This date appears to be a typographical error. Francesca (or Franceska) died in 1924 at the age of 93 (an age at death which Rudolph also mentions in his memoir). These dates would give her a birth year of 1831. It seems unlikely that she would have married in 1838 at the age of 7.

    17. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). July 2006.
      Missouri State Board of Health certificate #25163. For Franceska Gerber. At the time of death, she was the widow of George Jacob Gerber; and a housewife. For more details from the death certificate, see the notes for Franceska's death.

    18. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). July 2006.
      Missouri State Board of Health certificate #36520. For George L. Gerber. Born 20 October 1859 in St. Louis. Father: Geo J. Gerber, born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Franciska Mueller, born in Germany. For more details from the death certificate, see the notes for George's death.