Jakob Pontius,
born 1820 in Germany
Jakob Pontius was born in 1820 to Nikolaus Pontius (b 1796) and Anna
Maria Lauer (b 1790). He married Margaretha Staudt and the couple
emigrated to America in 1854 along with their sons Jakob and Franz.
(This information from the Chronik der Pontius-Familien by Rudi
Pontius.) They arrived in the Port of New York on the ship
Howard in April 1854.
Census records find this couple living in Buffalo, Erie County, New
York. It is from census records that we derive the following
family information:
Jacob Pontus (sic), born c1820 in Prussia
Margret, wife, born c1826 in Prussia
Jacob, son, born c1849 in Prussia (may have moved to Chicago, IL but
identity is uncertain)
Frank, son, born March 1852 in Prussia
Wife Magdalena, born May 1853 in Germany
Children:
Felix, son, born December 1887 in New York
Fred, son, born March 1892 in New York
William, son, born December 1895 in New York
Margret, daughter, born c1857 in New York
Joseph, born c1864 in New York
Frederick, born November 1869 in New York (remained in Buffalo, Erie
County, NY)
Wife Anna M., born July 1860 in New York of German parents, married
c1891
Children:
Fred, son, born July 1892
Joseph, son, born February 1895
Jacob, son, born November 1895
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