Jakob Friedrich Metz (1832 - 1924)

Born 17 Feb 1832 in Blankenlöch, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Died 1924 at about age 91 in Eden, Erie, New York, United States

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Biography

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• Fact: Christening (21 Feb 1832) Evangelisch, Blankenlöch, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Jacob was born in 1832 in Blankenloch, Baden,Germany. He came to the US in 1835. He had 9 childfren as shown below and he passed away in 1924.

In 1855 when Jacob Metz was 23 he married Caroline ERB (1839-1919) of Buffalo, then only 16. Caroline's father had died and her mother Elizabeth remarried a man named John Wyble whom Carolyn was not fond of. Jacob and Caroline lived on the Metz Farm on Shadagee Rd. and had 9 children - Elizabeth (1855-1946) who married Fred Weimer, Julia+ (1857-1929) who married Herman Smith, Mary (1860-1937) who married Louis Foley, Emma (1869-1929) who married Fred Schieber, Alfred+ (1870-1955) who married Bertha Schrum, Edwin+ (1875-1971) who married Caroline Wander (daughter of Caroline's sister Mary Wander), Kate+ (1877-1960) who married Carl Johnson, Lydia+ (1879-1953) who married Jacob Stadler and Edith - the youngest - born in 1882 who married George Spittler. ( + indicates family member with no living descendants).

Sources

• Family records
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57254436/jacob-f-metz
• Metz Family Photos at http://seiz2day.com/sbmerk/photos/metz/index.html
• Metz Family Narrative at http://seiz2day.com/sbmerk/family/sptlrmtznarrative.html#metz
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MQZN-H5F
• Metz Family Tree at http://seiz2day.com/sbmerk/family/trees/metztree.html