Johann Friedrich Langenbeck

Johann Friedrich Langenbeck, born 28 August 1814 Harburg, Donau-Reis, Bavaria, was a German cobbler who immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts on 11 August 1843 at the age of 32. He married Anna Marie Hornung (30 March 1828 (former Swabia), Wurttemberg (present-day Baden-Wurttemberg), Germany - 24 April 1902 San Francisco, California) at Boston in 1849, and became a naturalized US citizen in Boston on 15 October 1852. After the birth of their son Fredrick in 1863, the family went by ship to Nicaragua, crossed the isthmus on mule-back, and set sail for San Francisco. They arrived in San Francisco on 17 March 1866, later settling in Central California. Johann died on 3 December 1903 in San Luis Obispo, California at the age of 89.

Children

1. Amelia A. Langenbeck (9 January 1851Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts - 9 April 1932 Los Angeles, California) married Edward C. Nichols (3 September 1838 New York, USA - 29 August 1923 Santa Cruz County, California) in 1873, Santa Cruz, California:
   1. Edward F. Nichols (1874 - 1904)
   2. Edna May Nichols (1883 - 1916)
2. Matilda Langenbeck (born c. 1853 Boston, Massachusetts)
3. William Edward Langenbeck (born circa 1858 Boston, Massachusetts - 18 February 1890 Monterey, California) married Eliza Cord
4. Louisa Langenbeck (born circa 1860 Boston, Massachusetts - 31 October 1942 Soquel, Santa Cruz, California) married Frank Prewet Sinclair Daubenbiss (1858 - 1939):
   1. Gladys Norene Daubenbiss Thorp (1894 - 1986)
   2. Marian Fay Daubenbiss (1895 - 1895)
5. Frederick Langenbeck (born September 1863 Boston, Massachusetts) married William's widow, Eliza Cord Langenbeck; they had six children together
6. Annie Langenbeck (born circa 1866 Boston, Massachusetts)
7. Minnie Langenbeck (born circa 1868 California - probably died prior to 1870)

Sources

• Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Year: 1870; Census Place: Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California; Roll: M593_89; Page: 426A; Image: 179; Family History Library Film: 545588.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 50506488