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NICOLAUS GENEALOGY
NIKOLAUS NICKOLAUS

* is from International Genealogical Index, don't know how accurate it is.

*Georg Wilhelm NICOLAUS married Margaretha JAHRAUS, 23 Mar 1828 in Heuchelheim, Bergzabern, Pfalz, Bayern, then again on 24 Mar. 1828 in Leinweiler, Pfalz, Bayern.
Known children:

1] Ludwig/Louis NICOLAUS, b. 5 Jan. 1829, Heuchelheim Bergzabern, Pfalz, Bayern; d. 5 May 1903, Sacramento, CA.

* Maria Barbara NICOLAUS, Oct. 1830, Heuchelheim Bergzabern, Pfalz, Bayern.

*Anna Maria NICOLAUS, b. Mar. 1833, Heuchelheim Bergzabern, Pfalz, Bayern.

Jacob NICOLAUS, b. Mar. 1834, Heuchelheim Bergzabern, Pfalz, Bayern; d. 28 Aug. 1867, Oleta (Fiddletown), Amador Co. CA.

*Johann Georg NICOLAUS, b. Nov. 1835, Heuchelheim Bergzabern, Pfalz, Bayern.

2] Georg Wilhelm/ George William NICOLAUS, b. 27 Dec. 1836, Heuchelheim Bergzabern, Pfalz, Bayern, 18 Nov. 1893, Sacramento, CA.

3] Johann/ John NICOLAUS, b. 28 Sep. 1837, Heuchelheim Bergzabern, Pfalz, Bayern, 24 Feb. 1920, Sacramento, CA.

*Margaretha NICOLAUS, b.c. 1838, Heuchelheim Bergzabern, Pfalz, Bayern.

4] Heinrich/ Henry NICOLAUS, b. 23 Dec. 1839, Heuchelheim Bergzabern, Pfalz, Bayern, 26 Dec. 1939, Sacramento, CA.
   Five NICOLAUS children are so-far known to have come to California in the late 1840s early 1850s. I have information on four of them & their families. They all were butchers in Amador County & all settled in the City of Sacramento. Information was gathered from family recollections; birth, death & marriage, indexes & certificates; Sacramento City & County Directories; marriage, birth & death notices, obituaries, headstones & Biographies found in California & Sacramento County History books. One family story is that three Nicolaus brothers married three sisters. I have only found two Nicolaus brother who married two Kerth sisters.
1] Louis NICOLAUS married 4 Jun. 1857 in Sacramento to Susanna KERTH.

They had the following 6 children:
Louis Jacob NICOLAUS, b. 7 Apr 1859, Montazuma Hills, CA; d. 18 Sep. 1912 Sac. CA; m 30 Apr. 1895 in Sac. CA. to Frances L. GUMBERT b.7 Jan 1865, Oleta "Fiddletown", Amador Co, CA, d.17 Dec 1953 in Sac. CA. more on this family below.

William H. NICOLAUS, b. Apr. 1859, Sac CA; d. 10 May 1881, Sac. CA.

Emma L. NICOLAUS, b. 1866, Sac. CA; m 7 Mar. 1893, Sac. CA to Ernest L. SOUTHWORTH b.20 Aug 1865, Mich, d. 7 Sep 1954, San Beneto Co, CA. 1 known child: Edith b. 6 Aug 1894, Sac. Co, CA, d.31 Aug 1969, Monterey Co, CA; m Sam Thorp - they had a daughter Suzanne m Giberson.

Julia A. NICOLAUS, b. 1867, Sac. CA; d. 1943, Sac. CA; m 6 Mar. 1902, Sac. CA to James Elias GOVAN b. 1860, d. 1924 Sac. CA. no known children.

Edward August NICOLAUS, b. 2 Feb. 1868, Sac. CA; d. 1 Dec. 1942, San Joaquin Co., CA; m 30 Sep. 1903, Sac. CA to Florence Yateman WILLIAMS b.22 Sep 1878, Sac. Co., CA, d. 4 Jul 1963, Sac. Co., CA. more on this family below.

Wendel Kerth NICOLAUS, b. Apr. 1877, Sac. CA; d. 30 Dec. 1882, Sac. CA.

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Davis,Illustrated History of Sacramento 1880, p.752

LOUIS NICOLAUS, one of the leading business men of Sacramento, and proprietor of the [Capitol] brewery corner Twelfth and I streets, is a native of Germany, born at Heugelheim, Bavaria, January 5, 1829, his parents being William and Margaretha Nicolaus, the father a farmer by occupation. Louis Nicolaus was reared and educated at his native place, and in 1846 came to America, sailing from Harve to New York, being fifty-five days on the voyage. He proceeded to Buffalo, and there entered on an apprentice ship at the cooper’s trade with Conrad Antrose. He served one year at the trade, then worked for his employer as a journeyman. In 1848 he went to Canada, but returned after one month, to Buffalo. He then went to Cleveland, where he was employed for a time, and then worked on the canal to Dresden for a few months. He then went to Cincinnati, where he spent the winter of 1848-’49. He next went to St. Louis, and from there to Lexington, Missouri. He worked out in the woods near that place that summer, splitting staves for Waddle & Co. In the fall he again went to St. Louis, and in the spring of 1850 returned to Lexington, Missouri, There a company of forty-three was organized. under Captain Joe Waddle (a Mexican war veteran), for the purpose of going to California, and Mr. Nicolaus was one of the number. They proceeded to California via Ft. Kearney, Ft. Laramie, Sublette’s cut-off and the Truckee route, Mr. Nicolaus being sick most of the way. He and those with his wagon, four in all, stopped at Nevada City, and engaged at mining, continuing about two months. They went to Grass Valley next, but, getting no rain there, went up to Little Yuba, and mines at Hess’s Crossing, in the middle of the river, until the fall of 1851. Mr. Nicolaus then came to Sacramento, and from here went up to Amador County. He mined awhile there, then started in the butcher business with a man named Broaddus. He was in business there until the fall of 1868, when he again came to Sacramento, and bought some stock, which he afterward sold. He bought an interest in the [Capitol] brewery at twelfth and I streets, in October, 1869, from Martin Arenz, and remained in partnership with him until 1873, when [his brother-in-law] Wendell Kerth bought the interest of Mr. Arenz. Mr. Nicolaus has carried on the business ever since, and has practically rebuilt the entire plant. Since 1884 he has been making a beer which many people consider superior to any lager. The capacity of the brewery is fifty barrels per day, and a ready market is found in Sacramento and tributary territory. Mr. Nicolaus was married in this county to Miss Susannah Kerth, a native of Germany. They have had six children, of whom four are living, viz: Louis, Edward, Emma and Julia. The two deceased children are: Willie and Windell. Mr. Nicolaus is a member of Schiller Lodge, No. 105, I. O. O. F., and the Sacramento Hussars. He is a popular man, and counts his friends by the score.

Thompson & West, History of Sacramento County, 1880 p.145

Breweries
  The "Capital Brewery" established January 1, 1869, stands ot the north-east corner of I and Twelfth streets, on a lot 160x240 feet. It's Proprietors are Messrs. Kerth & Nicolaus. The Brewery is a brick building of two stories and a basement, is sixty-four feet wide by one hundred feet deep. It has a stream-engine of sixteen-horse power, and will use annually six thousand sacks of barley, averaging one hundred and fifteen pounds each. It employs throuhgout the year six men, and has a capacity of twenty-five barrels per day.

The Industries of Sacramento California, Published by Thompson & Co. p.158-59
CAPITAL BREWERY, Kerth & Nicholas Proprietors, corner Twelfth and I streets.
Among the cities of the Pacific Coast which have taken high marks in production of malt liquors, Sacramento stands at the front, and the Capital Brewery, both as regards the quality and quantity of its products, occupies a leading position in the trade. The plant ofthe firm is centrally located, and is one of the most complete and best arranged in the city. Its buildings are of brick, strongly built, and the entire equipment is of the most improved pattern known to the trade, power being supplied by a fifteen-horse power enginr and employment being furnished by seven men. Only the finest malt and hops are used and they are handled in a thoroughly scientific manner, ahich results in the production of a pure, finely flavored and sparkling beer that has no superior. Its proprietors are practical brewers of great ability and extended experience, and in their able hands the business has reached flattering and most satisfactory proportions. They are not content with competing, but make every effort to excel, with a result as gratifying as it is well merited. The Capital Brewery's beer will be to meet every requistite demand and for excellence of quality and healthful effect stands unsurpassed by any other in the city.

Louis Jacob & Frances L. (GUMBERT) NICOLAUS m 30 Apr. 1895, Sac. CA

They had 3 daughters:
Edna NICOLAUS b. 2 May 1895, Sac. CA, d. 6 Jul. 1985, Sac CA; m Earl Daniel DESMOND, b.26 Aug 1895, Sac, CA, d. 26 May 1958, Sac, CA . Earl Desmond served in the Legislature from 1933 to 1958. He died while serving as president protem of the Senate. In 1947, Senator Desmond steered a bill through the legislation which created Sacramento State College, now called California State University, Sacramento.
Links to Senator Earl Desmond's works:
1949 Desmond Act, regarding establishment of a new public higher education institution in Sacramento
A Report of a Survey of the Needs of California in Higher Education, 1948
History of the Department of Food Science and Technology
http://www.desmondnicolaus.org/
7 known children:
Richard F DESMOND.
Earl Daniel DESMOND, died young.
Louis Nicolaus DESMOND.
Mary Elizabeth DESMOND m 1st. SWEIGERT, 2d MASTALSKI
Denise DESMOND m FRANZOIA
Virginia Clare DESMOND m LAGOMARSINO
Michael James. DESMOND.

Gladys NICOLAUS b. 14 Jul. 1899, Sac. CA, d. 3 Apr 1980,Monterey, CA ; never married.

Vera NICOLAUS b. 1 Jan 1905, Sac. Co, CA, d. 5 Oct. 1997, Carmel CA; m 4 Jun 1927, Fairfield CA, to Clovis Daniel FLINT b. 4 Sep 1902,CA d. 30 Sep 1965, Sac, CA. 2 known children:
Sally J. FLINT m SWANSON.
Wendel FLINT.

Irvine, A History of the New California 1905 pp.1138-39
LOUIS J. NICOLAUS.
  Louis J. Nicolaus, a native son of California, has for the past ten years been a foremost farmer, stock-raiser and dairyman of Sacramento county, residing a few miles southeast of Franklin, where he owns an estate of two thousand well improved acres, one of the model ranches of the county. He located on this place in 1895, and has since been thoroughly identified with his locality in matters of citizenship and industrial enterprise.
  Mr. Nicolaus was born at Montezuma Hills, near San Francisco, May 7, 1858. His parents, Louis and Susanna (Kerth) Nicolaus, were both natives of Bavaria, Germany. His father emigrated to America in 1846, and in 1850 drove ox teams across the plains to California, Where he spent some time at gold mining and then went to raising stock at Montezuma Hills. He followed the butcher business for several years in Oleta, Volcano and Pine Grove in Amador county, and then in 1868 located in Sacramento county. At Sacramento he became one of the pioneer brewers, and successfully followed that business until his retirement in 1894, after which he passed his years quietly at Sacramento until his death, on May 5, 1903. He was one of the well known men of the capital city, was a Democrat in politics, and affiliated with the Odd Fellows and various other fraternities. His wife passed away January 1, 1901, and four of their children survive: Louis J.; Emma L., wife of Dr. E. L. Southworth, a well known dentist of Sacramento; Julia E., wife of J. E. Govan, city collector of Sacramento, and Edward A., a capitalist of Sacramento.
  Mr. Nicolaus spent most of his youthful days in Sacramento, where the public schools and Atkinson’s Business College furnished him his education. For some twenty years he was associated with his father in the brewery industry, from which he retired in 1895 in order to devote his energies to country life and the various departments of ranching.
  He was married, April 30, 1894, to Miss Frances L. Gumbert, who was born in Amador county and was reared in Sacramento county. Her parents were August and Caroline (Gramp) Gumbert, her father a native of Germany and her mother of New York state, and they were both California pioneers, her father coming to the state in 1850 and her mother the year following. Her father died September 21, 1903, and her mother resides with Mr. and Mrs. Nicolaus, being now in her sixty-fifth year. August Gumbert was one of the early gold miners of the state, and then for years followed merchandising in Oleta. Mr. and Mrs. Nicolaus have three children, Edna, Gladys and Vera. Mr. Nicolaus’ political tendencies are entirely independent, but in many ways he manifests his public-spirited interests in the well-being of his community.
Edward August & Florence Yateman (WILLIAMS) NICOLAUS m 30 Sep 1903 Sac. CA
Nicolaus Building"Eddie" Nicolaus had the ranch left of the George William & John Henry NICOLAUS ranch. Many family party took place in the back of the ranch, which is now part of the Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. He also (had) built in 1910 the Nicolaus building (picured at right) 1020 8th Street, south-west corner K Street. It was said to have had the first automatic elevator in Sacramento.

They had 5 known children:
Wendel Kerth NICOLAUS b. 6 Oct. 1904, Sac. CA, d. 15 Jan. 1979, Sac. CA; m Margaret Dibblee b.23 Jun 1909, d.27 Mar 1987. 2 known children: Wendel Kerth & Marian Jane.

Mary Elizabeth NICOLAUS b. 06 Jan 1906, Sac, CA, d.28 Jul 1997; m 16 Apr. 1932 to Robert Elwood STEPHENS b. 13 Aug 1904, d. 22 Jun 1967. no known children.

Edward August NICOLAUS b. Jun. 1907, Sac. CA, d. 21 Jan 1996; m Dorothea Holden b.19 Feb 1913, d. 09 Feb 1997. 3 known children: Patricia m RAVEN; Edward A.; Nancy H. m ZACHER.

Betty Eve NICOLAUS m GRAY. 2 known children: Charles G & Stephen N.

Jeanne NICOLAUS b. 22 Jul 1920, d.03 Sep 1989; m CAYWOOD. 2 known children: Grant N & Lindi J.

2] George NICOLAUS married 13 Jun. 1863 in Sacramento to Anna Marie KERTH
George came to California in 1856 to Amador County. He mined gold & had a butcher business in Oleta (Fiddletown). In Sacramento County they had a Farm/Ranch in the Elk Grove area near the Jacob Miller family. They owned the Dry Creek ranch in the Antelope/Elverta area (now called Gibson Ranch) & a house at 2201 P Street in Sacramento.

They had the following 4 children:
George William NICOLAUS, b. 10 Jun. 1864, Amador County CA; d. 31 Oct. 1926, Sac. CA. (never married).

Lillian NICOLAUS, b. 21 Nov. 1865, Oleta "Fiddletown" CA; d. 9 Jul. 1939, Sac. CA; m 2 Sep. 1922, Sac. CA to Charles J. HASMAN b. 16 May 1875, d. 28 Dec. 1974, Sac. CA. (no children).

John Henry NICOLAUS, b. 11 May 1866, , Oleta "Fiddletown" CA; d. 28 Mar. 1937, Elk Grove, CA; m Lena HARMS, b. 23 Feb 1871, Elverta, Sac Co, CA, 26 Sep 1923, Union House/ Elk Grove, CA. more on this family below.

Mary Elizabeth NICOLAUS, b. 9 Sep. 1868, Oleta "Fiddletown" CA; d. 8 Dec. 1896, Sac. CA; m 17 Feb. 1889, Sac. CA to Franklin Lafayette WILLIAMS b.22 Sep. 1863, Elverta CA, d. 14 May 1927, Sac. Co. CA. more on this family below.

John Henry & his brother George William, barrowed money from their Uncle Wendel KERTH to buy a ranch in the Franklin/Union House area from their Uncle Jacob Miller. Today it is a working dairy owned (rented out) by the County of Sacramento & part of the Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.
The 9 kids of John Henry & Lena (HARMS) NICOLAUS m 6 Dec 1891 in Sac. CA

Earl Louis NICOLAUS, b. 30 Aug. 1893, Union House/Elk Grove, CA; d. 13 Jun 1982, Yountville, CA. (never married).

Albert NICOLAUS, b. 21 Aug. 1894, Union House/Elk Grove, CA; d. 22 Oct 1894, Union House/Elk Grove, CA.

George William NICOLAUS, b. 8 Jan. 1895, Union House/Elk Grove, CA; d. 2 Feb. 1981, Sac. County, CA. (never married).

Charles Edwin NICOLAUS, b. 1 Nov 1897, Union House/Elk Grove, CA; d. 14 Feb. 1995 Sac. CA; m Faye Elva REINMUTH. (no children).

Helena NICOLAUS, b. 3 Oct. 1899, Union House/Elk Grove, CA; d. 4 Oct 1987, Sac. CA; m 1st. Walter Bond PASCOE, b. 27 Feb 1895, Pomona, CA,d. 15 Jul 1951, San Bernardino, CA.; 3 children: Walter, James & William. m 2nd. Roy Russell CAPPS b.14 Sep 1898, TX, d.19 Sep 1973, Walla Walla, Wash.

Lester Jacob NICOLAUS, b. 25 Jun. 1903, Union House/Elk Grove, CA; d. 1 Aug. 1978, Elk Grove, CA. (never married).

John Henry NICOLAUS, b. 15 Dec. 1905, Elk Grove, CA; d. 1954, Sac. CA; m Gertude Catherine HUSS b.28 Mar 1908, CA, d.6 Apr 1997, Sac Co, CA. 2 children: Stanley & Robert.

Elva Sophia NICOLAUS, b. 12 Jun. 1908, Elk Grove, CA; d. 6 Nov. 1976, Sac. CA; m 1st. 21 Oct 1935, Carson City, NV to Frank POLLARD, 2nd. circa 1938 to John Dexter TATTERSON b.14 Oct 1901, WI, d. 30 Nov 1985, Sac Co, CA. 2 children: George Jay b.31 Jan 1939, Sac Co., CA, d. 25 Sep 1995, Los Angeles Co., CA. & Stanton.

Lawrence Arthur NICOLAUS, b. 6 Jul. 1910, Elk Grove, CA; d. 10 May 1965, Elk Grove; m Mary McCURDY. 2 children: Joan & Diane.

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Irvine, A History of the New California, pp.1096-7
JOHN HENRY NICOLAUS
  John Henry Nicolaus, who has found in farming a dairing the life pursuits which are his best sphere of action and source of greatest prosperity, has a half interest in a splendid ranch off Lower Stockton road about twelve miles south of Sacramento, in Sacramento County, the other partner being his brother George W. Nicolaus. Nicolaus Brothers have long been known for their success and enterprise in the industrial and agricultural life of the county, and their estate of five hundred and eighty acres is acknowledged to be one of the best in this section of the state. A vineyard and a dairy are very profitable departments of their enterprise, and the rest of their land is devoted to general farming purposes.
   Mr. Nicolaus is a native son of the state, having been born in Amador county, May 11, 1866, and was a son of old-time Californians, George and Mary (Kerth) Nicolaus. The parents were both born in Germany, and in 1856 came to California, by the isthmus route, making settlement in Amador county, where for a time the father mined gold and then went into the butcher business at Oleta. He moved to Sacramento county in 1880 and took up his residence on the ranch now owned by the Nicolaus Brothers. He subsequently moved to a ranch near Antelope in the same county, and later to Sacramento city, where his death occurred in 1892. His widow still survives, making her home at 2201 P street, in Sacramento, she being now in her sixty-seventh year. Three of their children are still living, the two brothers already mentioned, and Lillie, in Sacramento. The father was a Democrat, and affiliated with the I. O. O. F.
   John Henry Nicolaus was reared in Amador and Sacramento counties receiving his education in the schools of these counties. He early became identified with farming pursuits, and has followed that line of work up to the present time. He married, December 6, 1891, Miss Lena M. Harms. She was born in Sacramento county, a daughter of Charles and Lena M. (Dexheimer) Harms, who were both natives of Hanover, Germany. Her father came to California early in the fifties, as an early settler of Sacramento county, where he lived until his death in 1886, and his widow still resides in that county. Mr. & Mrs. Nicolaus have five children, Earl L., George W., Charles E., Helena and Lester B. Mr. Nicolaus is at this writing serving his second term as a member of the board of trustees of Prarie school district, being clerk of the board. Politically he is a Democrat, and is affiliated with Elk Grove Lodge of the Odd Fellows and with Oak Park Parlor N. 213, Native Sons of the Golden West."
The 3 Children of Franklin Lafayette & Mary Elizabeth (NICOLAUS)WILLIAMS
William kids

Lee W. WILLIAMS, b. 22 Nov. 1889, Elverta, CA; d. 18 Nov. 1906, Elverta, CA.

Hazel K. WILLIAMS, b. 29 Jul. 1891, Elverta, CA; d. 10 Dec. 1971, Sac. CA; m Edmund L. SHEPARD b.14 Dec 1940, Sac Co, CA, d. 17 Apr 1890, Sac Co, CA. They had 2 Children:
Edna Fay SHEPARD b.22 Nov 1919, Sac. Co, CA; d. 22 Dec 1989, Sac CA; m Allen CHADBURN. They had a daughter Judith m ALFORD.
Mary Elizabeth SHEPARD b.20 Jun 1927, Sac. Co, CA; m William F. GEACH.

Lola C. WILLIAMS, b. 3 May 1893, Elverta, CA; d.16 Oct 1970, Sac Co, CA; m Edward N. STILLWELL, b.29 Oct 1891, CA, d. Sac Co, CA. 4 known children:
Mildred L. STILLWELL b.15/22 Nov 1915, Sac. Co, CA d. Jun 1991, Reno, Washoe Co, NV; m STAHLMAN.
Edward Graham STILLWELL b. 22 Jun 1917, Sac. Co, CA, d. 12 Jan 1990, CA.
Franklin S. STILLWELL b. 10 Sep 1919, San Francisco, CA.
Virginia Ethel STILLWELL b. 12 Apr 1925, Sac. Co, CA; NORDGREEN.

3] John NICOLAUS married 1872 in Sacramento to Katherine KOCH

Katherine "Katie" KOCH was born 1858 Ger., d. 5 Jun. 1904, Sac, CA.
John NICOLAUS settled in Plymouth, Amador Co. in the late 1840s. He was a gold miner & rancher. In 1880 he worked at a Quartz mill in Plymouth (Wendle Kerth owned a Quartz mill in Amador Co.). John was also a butcher in Amador Co. In the 1894 Sacramento City & County Directory, John is shown as living at 2301 P Street, a block away from George & Mary (Kerth) Nicolaus.

They had the 6 following children:
John Adam NICOLAUS, b. 1873, Plymouth, CA; m 1st. 13 Mar. 1898, Sac. CA to Josie A. MAYBERRY, 2nd.1 Jun. 1919, Sac. CA to Dora POTTER. known child by 1st. wife: Alice H. b. 13 Jan 1899, Sac CA, d. 29 Jun. 1905, Sac. CA. [In 1906 Sac. City Directory Miss Rosa NICOLAUS lived w/ John at 2223 J St. She would be too old to be his daughter].

Fred William NICOLAUS, b. 1876, Plymouth, CA; d. 27 Dec. 1949 Sac. CA; m 1st.22 Jul. 1903, Sac. CA to Laura GRIMM, 6 Dec 1878, CA, d.31 Oct 1924, Sac Co, CA; 2nd. Elizabeth RODDATZ b. 22 Sep 1879, NJ, d. 7 Dec 1935, Sac Co, CA.

George Jacob NICOLAUS, b. 7 Feb. 1878, Plymouth, CA; d. 13 Feb. 1952, Sac. CA; m 1st.28 Oct. 1917, Sac. CA to Florence Mary BERRELL, b. circa 1893, NY; 2nd. 7 Aug. 1924, Sac. CA to Myrtle Corrine BELL, b. 25 Nov 1877, CA, d.6 Apr 1960, Sac Co, CA. more information on this family here.

Louis Theodor NICOLAUS, b. Oct. 1879, Plymouth, CA; d. 12 Apr. 1955, Sac. CA; m 30 Jul. 1902, Sac. CA to Elizabeth Myrtle NEWBERRY b.1 Mar 1884, San Francisco, CA, d. 5 Dec 1971, Sac Co, CA. more on the family below.

Herman H. NICOLAUS, b. 1882, Plymouth, CA; d. 29 Oct. 1897, Sac. CA.

Minnie Marguette NICOLAUS, b. 11 Jun 1892, Plymouth, CA, d.29 Sep 1975, Sac Co, CA; m 15 Sep. 1912, Sac. CA to Omar Delno MANLEY b.15 Oct 1891, CA, d. 14 Jan 1985, Sac Co, CA. 2 known children: Cledith K. m FORBES, Delores M m SCHWEIZER.

Louis Theodor & Elizabeth Myrtle (NEWBERRY) NICOLAUS m 30 Jul 1902 Sac. CA.

8 known children:
Margaret NICOLAUS, b.& d. 3 Mar 1903, Sac Co, CA.

Louis Harrison NICOLAUS b. 23 Apr. 1904, Sac. CA, d.4 Dec 1986, Sac. CA; m 14 Aug. 1926, Ruth WAGONER. b. 16 Aug. 1905, Sac. ID, d. 7 Mar 1986, Sac Co, CA. more on this family below.

Earl Delmar NICOLAUS b. Sac. CA, m Juanita WHITMORE. Three known children.

George Clifford NICOLAUS b. 2 Nov. 1907, Sac. CA, d. 21 Feb. 1990, Sac. CA; m 24 Jul. 1934 to Effie PENALUNA b.7 Nov 1911, CO, d. 2 Jan 1992, IL , they had George Clifford & Lowell Keith.

Melvin Everett NICOLAUS b. 12 Dec. 1910, Sac. CA, d. 15 Aug. 1984, Sac. CA; m 1st. Ethel, 2nd. circa 1949 to Helyn B. YOUNG b.29 Aug 1906, MI, d.18 Aug 1989, Sac Co, CA. In the CABI, I found: Donald Melvin (Mother: ERNST). (CADI: NICOLAUS, Ethel M b.11/9/1909 KAN; d.San Mateo 1/28/1971)

Wayne A. NICOLAUS m 27 Feb. 1936 to Helen RENN b. 3 May 1916, CA, d. 13 Dec 1995, Sac Co, CA. They had Duane Carole, Truman Wayne.

Ivenell Myrtle "Niki" NICOLAUS b. 10 Mar.1917, Sac. CA; m HOLM.

Warren Kenneth NICOLAUS b. 30 Jun. 1920, Sac. CA; m Mary A. STEENSLAND b.15 Dec 1917, IA. They had a daughter Katheen m STEENWYK.
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Louis Harrison NICOLAUS

Louis was the founder & owner of the Louis H. Nicolaus Optical Co. married first 14 Aug. 1926 to Ruth WAGONER. They had two daughters.

Marcelynn "Marcy" m 1st Roy F. BAZLEN b. 11 Nov 1926, Sac Co, CA, d.20 Jul 1979, Sac Co, CA; 2nd. LAUPPE. Roy F. BAZLEN was the son of Emil & Stilla STRAUCH , & also the co owner & general manager Louis H. Nicolaus Optical Co.

Mimi Y. NICOLAUS m KELLEY.

Louis' 2d wife was Mary.

4] Henry NICOLAUS married 30 Jan. 1868 in Volcano,Amador County to Mary Elizabeth HAMLIN

Mary Elizabeth was born 1851 in LA, and died 1917 in CA. The 1870 census has Henry & family living in Sutter Township. 1880 census has them living in Plymouth, Amador Co, where Henry was a butcher. In 1888 Henry moved the family to Sacramento. He had been living in Sacramento on & off since 1873.

They had the following 3 children:
Henry NICOLAUS, b. 6 Nov. 1868, Amador Co. CA, d. 1933, Sac. CA; m 21 Jun. 1890, Sac. CA to Loretta J. BOLH. They had a daughter Evelyn Louise b. 18 Aug. 1894 Sac. CA, d. 11 Dec 1955, she married Charles B. JOHNSON. According to Henry Sr's obituary he had 2 grandchildren Evelyn Louise & Sallie Elizabeth. The following is the only Sallie I have found that fits the time & place: Henry m 2 to PEART, they hada daughter Sallie Elizabeth b. 3 Jan 1912 San Francisco Co, CA, d. 21 Jul 1989, Contra Costa Co, CA; m DOANE.

Gerhardt NICOLAUS, b. 20 Ja. 1870, Amador Co. CA, d. 24 Mar. 1919, Sac. CA. He was a Deputy Sheriff.

Wilhemina C. NICOLAUS, b. 23 Jan. 1880, Amador Co. CA, d. 14 Sep. 1883, Sac. CA.

Mary Elizabeth Hamilin's mother was Mary Hamlin (b.1828 Bayern, d. 5 Dec. 1905, Sac. CA.) . By 1873 she was living at 222 K Street between 7th & 8th Streets in the City of Sacramento. She ran various boarding houses in the City of Sacramento.

MYSTERY NICOLAUS

George Jacob NICOLAUS b. 18 Feb. 1877, Plymouth, Amador Co. CA, d. 3 Dec. 1941 CA.

Jacob J NICOLAUS, b. 11 Mar. 1837 Germany; d. 9 Jul. 1895 in Sac. CA; m Elizabeth, b. 1838 Germany; d. 2 Dec. 1926, Sac. CA.
  In the 1891 Sac. City Directory a George Jacob, lived with Jacob & Elizabeth NICOLAUS at 2318 K Street. Jacob also worked & lived at the Capitol Brewery, owned by Louis NICOLAUS & Wendel KERTH.
Elizabeth's death notice states: she is the Aunt of Mrs. Elizabeth ROLOFF & the late Freda LANG, great Aunt of Jack & George T.K. SCHULTZ.

From CADI:
Harold MARTIN b.20 Jul 1901 CA, d. 27 Oct 1946 Sac Co, CA, parents: MARTIN & NICOLAUS.

KERTH GENEALOGY
KEHRT

Johann Heinrich KEHRT m 10 Dec. 1816, Annweiler, Pfalz, Bayern to Anna Maria HAUCK.

They had the following 8 children:
Philipp Jakob KEHRT, b. Nov. 1817, Annweiler, Pfalz, Bayern.

Johann Wendel KEHRT "Wendel KERTH", b. 15 Mar. 1819, Annweiler, Pfalz, Bayern; d. 24 Jun. 1892, Sac. CA.
He was part owner of the Capital Brewery corner 12th & I Street Sacramento with his brother-in-law Louis NICOLAUS. He also loaned his two nephews, George William & John Henry NICOLAUS money so they could by a ranch in Franklin/Union House.

Davis,Illustrated History of Sacramento 1880, p.409/10
WENDELL KERTH, capitalist, Among those who, coming to the United States from a foreign land, have achieved affluence under our benign institutions, may be mentioned the subject of this sketch,_Wendall Kerth, of Sacramento, a native of Bavaria. The story of his early struggles and his later triumphs carries with it a lesson which many of the present generation might do well to heed. He was born in Gravenhausen, on the Rhine, March 15, 1819, his parents being Henry Kerth and Mary (Hauk) Kerth, the father, by occupation, a small Bavarian farmer. Compulsory education was the law in his native country then, as now, and also a term of service in the Landwehr (the German army). At the expiration of his term of service his parents were dead, and he determined to emigrate to America. He set sail from Harve on the 15th of January, 1847, and, after a voyage of fifty-five days, landed at New Orleans, where he had a relative, Mr. Henry Sibel, a butcher of that city. There he remained two years. The trials of a foreigner in a strange land are graphically described by Mr. Kerth. He was determined to “get on;” he picked blackberries, drove a cart, worked for Sibel at $10 a month, and, after a time, made sufficient money to buy a stand in the market. When the California gold fever broke out in 1849, he was making $70 to $80 per month. He sold out to Sibel, however, and came to California via Panama, paying $174 passage money from Chagres to San Francisco. During the voyage the captain was drunk, they ran short of water and were nearly wrecked, but finally, after a trip which will not soon be forgotten, they reached San Francisco. There he met an old acquaintance, Gerald Spone, and together they went to Nevada City and Grass Valley mining districts, and began mining. He was not very successful, but at length, after many vicissitudes, made a little money at Cook's Bar. He was glad to leave the place, however, and return to Marysville and Sacramento, where, little by little, he gained headway and made money. In 1862 he went to Europe, and visited the scenes of his boyhood, being gone three years in all. Returning to California in 1865 he made two investments, one being a seventeen-stamp quartz mill in Amador County, the other a ranch on the Cosumnes River of 2,000 acres. In 1872 he made a second trip to Europe, and was absent about eight months. He has since acquired an interest in another large ranch on the Cosumnes River. Mr. Kerth was never married, but makes his home with his sister, Mrs. Louis Nicholaus, of this city.
[note: Grafenhausen is above Annweiler, he could have been born in Grafenhausen & christened in Annweiler]

George KEHRT, b. Sep. 1821, Annweiler, Pfalz, Bayern. He had 3 daughters: Louisa (1860 Bayern) m HELFER, Katharina (1856 Bayern) m HOFF & Emma (b.1850 Bayern, d. 21 Jun. 1904, Sac. CA) who m 31 Dec. 1874 in Sac. CA to Joseph DILGER (b.1848; d. 4 Mar 1887 Sac CA), who worked at the Capital Brewery. They had two children: William A.( b.1877, Sac. CA, d. 18 Nov 1923, Sac. CA) & Julia A. (b. 1876, Sac CA.) m 23 Nov. 1904 to George A. Atkins. Emma is the only one known to have come to the USA.

Johannes KEHRT, b. Jun. 1823, Annweiler, Pfalz, Bayern.

Elisabethe KEHRT, b. Jan. 1826, Annweiler, Pfalz, Bayern; m 12 Sep. 1852 in Sac. CA. to Jacob MILLER (b. 1821 Hess, d. 23 Apr. 1887, Sac CA)

Thompson & West, History of Sacramento Co., 1880, p.260
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
   "Miller, Jacob, lives ten miles from Sacramento & three miles from Union House, his Post Office; he owns two thousand four hundred and thirty acres; was born in Germany in 1821, and lived there until 1847; he emigrated to the U. S. in that year, and came to California in 1849, engaging in farming in Yolo County; he settled in this county in 1853 where he has since lived; is engaged in farming, stock-raising and dairying. Mr. Miller was married in 1852 to Elizabeth Kath [Kerth], also a native of Germany. His land and improvements are worth about $36,000."
  When George NICOLAUS & family first moved to Sacramento Co. they stayed at the Miller's ranch in Franklin. Circa 1885, Jacob sold part of his Franklin/Union House Ranch to his nephews, George William & John Henry NICOLAUS. The family of George NICOLAUS called Jacob "Cheese Miller" because he made cheese.

Susanna Elisabetha KEHRT, b. Mar. 1829, Annweiler, Pfalz, Bayern.

Juliana Elisabetha KEHRT, b. May 1832, Annweiler, Pfalz, Bayern.

Susanna Elisabetha KEHRT "Susanna KERTH" , b. Oct. 1835, Albertsweiler, Rheinpfals, Germany; also have: b. Aug. 1834, Annweiler, Pfalz, Bayern; d. 1 Jan. 1901 Sac. CA; m Louis NICOLAUS.

Anna Marie KERTH, b. 1 May 1837, Annweiler, Pfalz, Bayern; d. 2 Mar 1922, Sac. CA; m George William NICOLAUS.

Map showing: Annweiler, Grafenhausen and Albertsweiler

Mystery KERTH In Sacramento
Sacramento City Directory 1872, page 157. Kearth J. shoe store, 121 J Street, res same.
Sacramento City Directory 1875, page 315. Kearth J. George, clk, with A. Bergmann, res ns L bet 7 & 8.
Sacramento City Directory 1876, page 282. Kerth George, clerk, res ne cor 12 & I [That is the Capital Brewery that Wendel Kerth & Louise Nicolaus owned].
Sacramento City Directory 1878, page 258. Kerth & Westphalen, cigar manufactery, ns K bet 5 & 6.
McKenny's District Directory Sacramento City & County 1879-80, page 164. Kerth, J Geo. (Kerth & Westphalen).
Kerth & Westphalen, cigar manufacturers, J bet 9 & 10.
Sacramento City Directory 1880, page 244. Kerth, J. G. cigars & tobacco, 916 J, res same.
Sacramento City Directory 1881, page 276. Kerth, J. G. cigars & tobacco, 916 J, res same.
At first I thought this was Wendel's brother George. According to Wendel's will George was living in Bayern still.
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