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Note: N692 A petition in the probate files of son Jacob Franz states that the son Jacob had a 1/6 interest in land in Niles devised on him by his father Jacob, and that Jacob Franz, Fannie Franz, Katherina Weber, Elizabeth Meyerhoefer, Maria Wriedt, Henery Wriedt, Louisa Machlup, Leo Machlup, Lizzie Schuke, Minnie Baily, Frank Baily, Ernst Witte, Christian Wilk, and John Wilk hold the other 5/6 interest.
1860 census: Niles, Cook county, Illinois, p 173, Jacob Franc 52 Oldenburg, Catherine 47, Catherine 20, Louisa 16, Jacob 7 Ill, William 4, Mary 2.
1870 census: Niles, Cook County, Jacob Franz 60 Oldenburg, Catherine 56, William 14, Maria 13.
1880 census: Niles, Cook County, Jacob 71 Prussia, Catarina 70, next door to William 24 & Catarina 19.
A book about the Niles Center Volunteer Fire Company talks about "Jacob Franz, one of the original fire company volunteers, came in 1869 from Berkenfeld, Germany, aged 18, with his father, John Theobald, also a tailor." A check in Robert Morsdorf's 'Auswanderung aus dem Birkenfelder Land,' shows that Jacob Franz who left in 1888 came from the town of Bosen. A family book for the town of Bosen lists the Franz family, and the marriage in 1838 of Jacob Franz to Catherine Saar is recorded in the civil registration for the locality.
His marriage record says that he is a bricklayer, the son of Peter Franz and Elisabetha Thomas.
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