Individual Details

Jacob S. Knerr

(6 Feb 1860 - 13 Apr 1930)

Events

Birth6 Feb 1860Brighton, Washington, Iowa, USA
Fact 101888
OccupationDayton, Lake, Montana, USA
Marriage1 Jun 1909Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA - Katherine Josephine Henn
Occupation14 Jun 1918appointed U.S. Postmaster - Elmo, Flathead County, Montana, USA
Death13 Apr 1930Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, USA
Burial16 Apr 1930C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, USA

Families

SpouseKatherine Josephine Henn (1861 - 1926)
FatherGeorg Wilhelm Knerr (1827 - 1882)
MotherMary Caroline Schafer (1831 - 1893)
SiblingChristian Knerr (1856 - 1940)
SiblingLevi Knerr (1857 - 1942)
SiblingLewis Knerr (1861 - 1912)
SiblingJohn Knerr (1864 - )
SiblingCaroline Ellen "Carrie" Knerr (1865 - 1915)
SiblingGeorge S. Knerr (1868 - 1943)
SiblingMargaret Knerr (1870 - 1953)
SiblingLorena May Knerr (1873 - 1901)

Notes

Fact 10

In April of 1888 Jake, Levi, Chris, George, and Louis, established the home ranch on Wolf Creek near Denton, Montana. It grew to be one of the largest sheep ranches in the area. The Knerr brothers were a self sufficient family, with their own freight line, their own shearing crews, and they supplied other settlers with staples.

Marriage

Jake and Katherine had no children, but Katherine had seven children from a previous marriage to John Lilly.

Endnotes

1. Chief Cliff Country, Chief Cliff Homemakers, 1990.

2. Montana Select Marriages, 1889-1947, FamilySearch.org.

3. Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950, FamilySearch.org.

4. Ancestry.com, U.S. Appointments of U.S. Postmasters, 1832-1971.

5. Index to Death & Burial Records of Flathead County, Montana.

6. Obituary of Jacob S. Knerr, The Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Montana, 14 Apr 1930 and 18 Apr 1930.

7. Obituary of Jacob S. Knerr, The Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Montana, 14 Apr 1930 and 18 Apr 1930.

8. Find A Grave Memorial, http://www.findagrave.com.