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Zwierlein, Caspar John Sr.
Bauer
* Alsleben, Rhön-Grabfeld, Deutschland 10.02.1858
+ San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA 24.10.1928
oo 1888 Sophie Freudenthal
14.07.1882 mit dem Schiff Hermann in Baltimore Maryland USA eingewandert
Immigrated: 1882, arrived in Baltimore, MD from Bremen on Bastille day, July 14, 1882; the shipwas the SS Hermann, he was 24
(according to Germans to America, Volume 43, May 1882-August 1882)
Lived:San Francisco, CAas of 1883-4
According to ship records he was a farmer
"A pioneer San Francisco Resident, having arrived from Germany in 1883"?
Ameilia Goodwin was his sister.
He was engaged in the building and construction along the Northern Pacific Railroad routes, probably to get himself to CA.
He lived in SF and helped to rebuild after the earthquake of 1906.
He invented the Walnut Tree Shaker.
Was an architect, builder, carpenter, and farmer, retired by 1910.
He was president of the Court Hubertus Lodge No 15. Foresters of America and a member of other fraternal organizations.
He gave money or helped to build Lick Observatory in California.
He died at home, 1624 Grove St. Age 70
1910 1920 lived at 1610 Grove St and then 1624 Grove St. or vice versa.
(1920 census, CAroll 134, ed# 91, sheet 4, line 1)
August 1, 1905 Casper (43) and Sophie (41), both us citizens had passports, traveling on the ship Bremen, from Bremen Germany to USA , must have traveled to visit the relatives back home.
(Ellis Island documents)
Died at home, 1624 Grove St. San Francisco
(letter from Cypress Lawn, dated Dec 5, 1996)
Lived in SF for 44 years at death, never lived elsewhere in the US
(Death Certificate)
He was an architect and builder, prominent in his profession but also in the German colony in the area, president of the Court Hubertus Lodge, Foresters of America and other fraternal organizations in the area.arrived in America in 1881, and to SF in 1884.He was engaged in building construction along the Northern Pacific Railroad and helped build Lick Observatory.
San Francisco Chronicle, Thursday October 25, 1928)
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