Jacob Gamer

"BUCHMEIER, GAMER, KAMIN, MAAS, MIESER, STEHR, STIER" posted by Karen L. Rowe at IllinoisGenWeb, Jan 1, 1999:

Mr. STEHR and Louise MAAS had 4 daughters who came to America:

• Wilhelmine (1848-1928) who married in 1868 to Friedrich Wilhelm BUCHMEIER
• Friedricka (1852-1932) who married Jacob GAMER (1844-1934)
• Ernestine (1858-1929) who married August A. KAMIN (1851-1908)
• unknown daughter who married Mr. MIESER {she was Auguste Stier, b. 1855, who married William Meise; lived in Lincoln, NE}.

Kamin and Gamer families lived in Chicago and Buchmeier and Meise families in Nebraska."

Jacob Gamer and Friederike Stier appear in Illinois, Cook. Co. Marriages:

• Event Date: 30 Jan 1873
• Event Place: Cook, Illinois

Jacob Gamer in 1880 US Census for Chicago, Cook, Illinois:

• Jacob Gamer Self M 30 Germany. Baker.
• Frederica Gamer Wife F 26 b. 1854, Germany. Father's Birthplace: Germany. Mother's Birthplace: Germany
• Walter [R.] Gamer Son M 4 Illinois, United States. Born May 18, 1876.
• Hattie Gamer Daughter F 1 Illinois. Someone on Ancestry.com has her b. Feb. 1878 and dead in 1879....
• Sophy M Matthias Other F 20 Illinois, United States
• Edward Trudag Other M 15 Germany
• George Schneider Other M 42 Germany
• John Miller Other M 22 New York, United States
• Henry Himpfner Other M 28 Germany

From the Friday, Sept. 13, 1889 Chicago Daily Tribune, page 3: Jacob Gamer's Narrow Escape. The horse and buggy belonging to Jacob Gamer, a baker, at No. 81 South Halsted Street were precipitated into a deep excavation on Wright Street near Newberry Avenue about 8 o'clock last night and it took an hour's work to extricate the horse. Mr. Gamer was driving it when the horse pitched headlong into the ditch he was thrown clear over the excavation slighting on the ground and escaping without a scratch. The animal escaped injury but the buggy was smashed to pieces.

There is no 1890 census. Jacob Gamer in 1900 US Census for Precinct 24 South Town Chicago Ward 5, Cook Co., Illinois:

• Household: 554 31st Street
• Jacob Gamer Head M 56 b. Apr 1844. Germany. Landlord. Father's Birthplace: Germany; Mother's Birthplace: Germany. Immigrated in 1861. Married to Fredericka n 1874.
• Fredericka Gamer Wife F 46 b. May 1854. Germany. Immigration Year: 1863. Father's Birthplace: Germany. Mother's Birthplace: Germany
• W R Gamer Son M 24. May 1876. b. Illinois. Salesman / furniture
• Lydia Gamer Daughter F 19. July 1881. b. Illinois. Stenographer
• Clara Gamer Daughter F 14. b. Oct 1886, Illinois. At school

Jocob {Jacob} Gamer in 1920 US Census for Chicago Ward 4, Cook (Chicago), Illinois:

• Age: 76
• Can Read: Yes
• Can Write: Yes
• Own or Rent: Own
• Birthplace: Germany, 1844
• Immigration Year: 1861
• Father's Birthplace: Germany
• Mother's Birthplace: Germany
• Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
• Jocob Gamer Head M 76 Germany
• Fredricka Gamer Wife F 66 Germany
• Lidia Gamer Daughter F 36 Illinois