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Note: From Michigan Births 1867-1902, posted on-line by the LDS: Name: Jacob Knechtges Birth date: 20 Dec 1881 Birth place: Calumet, Houghton, Michigan Gender: Male Race or color (on document): white Father name: Jacob Knechtges Father birth place: Germany Residence: Calumet Mother name: Maggie Knechtges Mother birth place: Wisconsin Film number: 2320575 Digital GS number: 4207019 Image number: 184 Reference number: item 1 p 308 rn 514 Collection: Michigan Births 1867-1902 ============ From Federal Census of 1900; Village of Laurium, Houghton County, Calumet Township, Michigan; district #175, page 10A, taken June 6, 1900, the house number does not seem to be given but the street is Osceola, household #194; from ancestry.com, district 175, image 19 of 57. Jacob is living in the household of his mother: ----- Jake; son, male, born- Dec 1881, age- 18, single, born- Michigan, father born- Germany, mother born- Wisconsin, occupation- wiper angions???(illegible), not unemployed last year, r/w's ============= From Polk's Directory 1903-04 of Laurium, sent to me by pam Welles: ****** Knechtges, Jacob, wiper, bds 228 Osceola Perhaps this was a dish or window wiper. ============= From the Polk's Directory 1901 of Laurium, from the Houghton County Historical Museum Library, given to me by Bruce Dunn: ****** Knechtges, Jacob, wiper, bds 228 Osceola ============= From the Polk's Directory 1907-08 of Laurium, from the Houghton County Historical Museum Library, given to me by Bruce Dunn: ****** Knechtges, Jacob, lab, bds 228 Osceola ============= From the Polk's Directory 1910 of Laurium, sent to me by Pam Welles: ****** Knechtges, Jacob, lab, bds 228 Osceola ============= From the 1910 Federal Census of Houghton County, Michigan; Calumet Township, Laurium Village, district #96, page 3A, taken April 16, 1910; from ancestry.com, district #96, image 5 of 26: Jacob is living in the household of his mother at 228 Osceola Street, household #50: ----- Jacob; son, male, age- 28, single, born- Wisconsin, father born- Germany, mother born- Wisconsin, occupation- labor/ mine surface, not out of work on April 15, 1910, not unemployed last year, r/w's ============= From Polk's Directory 1912 of Laurium, from the Sutro Library, San Francisco, CA: ****** Knechtges, Jacob, lab, bds 228 Osceola ============ From the probate file in June of 1913, for Jacob's mother, Margaret (Steffes) Knechtges, listing the names, ages and locations of all surviving heirs: Name Relationship Age Residence Jacob Knechtges son 30 Laurium, Michigan ============= From Polk's Directory 1916-1917 in Laurium, Houghton Public Library; given to me by Bruce Dunn: ****** Knechtges, Jacob, lab, C&H Co, bds 137 Pewabic (I'm not sure why Jacob is not listed in the family home on 228 Osceola. This is about four blocks away. His sister Emma is not listed in Laurium at all, but she is listed in Houghton, where she apparently worked, and she's listed as boarding at 137 Pewabic in Houghton. Perhaps they moved out of the family house for a couple of years after their mother died. -RW) ============ From Ancestry.com. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 4,277 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.: Serial number: 2983; Order number: A1533 Name: Jacob Knechtges Address: 550 Pewabic St., Laurium, Houghton, Mich. Age: 36 Date of birth: December 20, 1881 Race: white Citizenship: native born Occupation: fireman Employer: C & H Mining Co. Place of employement: Calumet, Houghton, Mich. Nearest Relative: Emma Knechtges Address: 228 Osceola St., Laurium, Houghton, Mich. Height: medium Build: medium Color of eyes: blue Color of hair: light brown Date of registration: September 12, 1918 =========== From the 1920 Federal Census of Houghton County, Calumet Township, Laurium Village, taken January 5, 1920, district 130, sheet 5a, household 97, address- 228 Osceola; from ancestry.com, image 9 of 22. Jacob is listed in the household of his sister Emma: ----- Jacob; brother, male, single, age- 38, r/w's, born- Michigan, father born- Germany, mother born- Wisconsin, occupation- fireman/ boiler house ============== From Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952, posted on-line by the LDS: Name: Jacob Kneshtges Event Type: Death Event Date: 22 Dec 1927 Event Place: Laurium, Houghton, Michigan, United States Gender: Male Age: 46 Marital Status: Single Birth Date: 20 Dec 1881 Birthplace: Michigan Birth Year (Estimated): 1881 Father's Name: Jacob Mother's Name: Margaret Steffes
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