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Jakob Block (1834 Svihov Bohemia-1897 St. Louis Missouri)
Jacob was the son of Daniel Block and Sara Wedeles. Jacob was born on June 25, 1834 in House Number VX in Svihov, Bohemia. His mother was not married to Daniel at that time. Later Daniel was acknowledged as the saudek (sandek) of one of Jacob's brothers, Abraham, who was born in 1838. The presumption is that Daniel was also the father of the rest of Sara's children. They were all born in the same town, every other year, in the late summer.
Jacob came to the United States with his mother Sarie and sister Ferronica and brother Abraham on the immigrant ship Louisiana and landed at New Orleans on May 29, 1848. He was 14 years old. They used the name Wedelles.
He and his mother and father and siblings and was recorded in the 1850 Census in St. Louis, Missouri.
Online records of the Missouri Secretary of State's office naturalization archives contain the second papers of Jacob Block dated March 17, 1856 with one witness Henry Block. Filed in the St. Louis Circuit Court. Homeland was Bohemia.
Jacob was a witness to the second papers of his brother Abraham Block on July 24, 1852. The other witness was Samuel Mandelbaum.
Jacob Block was recorded in Kennedy's 1860 Street Guide and Directory for St. Louis. He was described as a butcher, working at 11 South Market. He may be living at Cecile, between Arrow and Ohio. Also in this edition of the directory is Henry Block, a butcher, living between Cecile and Ohio and Buena Vista.
He was recorded in the 1880 Census in Missouri, Washington County, Breton Township, Osage Post Office with his wife Clara. He was born in 1835 as was his wife in this taking. Both were born in Bohemia as were their parents. No children were recorded. Breton was in the lead mining area of Missouri. He worked in a dry goods store.
In the 1870 Census and in the 1880 Census his brother Abraham Block and his wife Sophia ran the same store in the same place. Their clerk in 1870 and 1880 was Adolph Fischer who married Celia Schwarzkopf in 1880. Celia was the daughter of Dora Block Schwarzkopf Berwin. She was Abraham and Jacob's sister.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch reported the death of Jacob Block on Friday, November 12, 1897, aged 63 years, 5 months. The funeral took place from 2928 Pine Street.
Jacob Block was buried in Mt. Sinai, in row 56.
No children or spouse were mentioned in the death notice.
His will was probated in St. Louis City, with a Mrs. Clara Block as the petitioner and executrix in November 1897. His address was 1925 Hickory Street at the time of his death.
His real estate tax bills were forwarded to Clara Block at 4216 West Belle Place. He had very little tax due. He had properly at 3418 Laclede Street that had tax due as well as two properties on Hickory and one on Belleview also. He rented these out.
Mrs. Clara Block contributed $5 a year to Mt. Sinai, row 56.
Mrs. Hannah Block Cohn received five dollars from his will, with a receipt that indicates that Jacob was her foster father, and that Clara was her foster mother.
Death noted in the Potosi Missouri Journal newspaper of November 17, 1897. He was a resident of many years and established a small sawmill.
Dan Brockman October 21, 2002, updated November 27, 2009 from probate records. Castle Garden April 14, 2011. Corrected landing from New York to New Orleans. August 31, 2011. Manifest is clear that the landing was in New Orleans. February 16, 2012 new data for 1880. New death notice data from My Heritage October 16, 2016.
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Jacob Block's Timeline
| 1834 |
June 17, 1834
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Švihov, Klatovy District, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic
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| 1872 |
1872
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Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States
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| 1897 |
November 12, 1897
Age 63
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St Louis, MO, United States
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New Mt. Sinai Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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