Jacob Commer

1843 - 1936  (92 years)

• Name	Jacob Commer
  Birth	7 Dec 1843	Haamstede, Netherlands   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	12 Jun 1848	New York, New York, United States   [2]
  	from Rotterdam on board the ship Anteleon
  Occupation	6 Jun 1860	Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States   [3]
  	scroll sawyer
  Military Induction	15 Aug 1862	Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, United States
  	Military Induction
  Military Discharge	22 Jun 1865
  	Military Discharge
  Census	1 Aug 1870	Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana, United States   [4]
  Occupation	1 Aug 1870	Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana, United States   [4]
  	farmer
  Military Pension	11 Jan 1872	Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana, United States   [5]
  	Military Pension
  	He was a private in the 80th Indiana Infantry, Company C. He described himself as an invalid
  Census	8 Jun 1880	Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana, United States   [6]
  Occupation	8 Jun 1880	Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana, United States   [6]
  	teamster
  Census	8 Jan 1920	Los Angeles County, California, United States   [7]
  Occupation	8 Jan 1920	Los Angeles County, California, United States   [7]
  	clerk in a feed store
  Event-Misc	7 Sep 1935	Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana, United States   [8]
  	Event-Misc
  	He was the only living Steen Township Civil War veteran at this time.
  Death	30 Jan 1936	Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana, United States
  Person ID	I1144	SimCom
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2005

  
  

  Father	Pieter Kommer,   b. 21 Mar 1795, Burgh, Zeeland, Netherlands d. 1851, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Lena Boer,   b. 18 Dec 1810, Ouwerkerk, Netherlands
  Affair	Aft 1831
  	Affair
  Family ID	F433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lucinda Moore,   b. 31 Mar 1845, Indiana, United States d. 30 Jul 1913, Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana, United States (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	4 Nov 1869
  Children	+ 1. Mary Ellen Commer,   b. 9 Sep 1870   d. 10 Dec 1946 (Age 76 years)   2. Infant Commer,   b. 1872   d. 1872 (Age 0 years) + 3. Fannie Commer,   b. 11 Jun 1874, Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana, United States d. 9 Jan 1939, The Commer Homestead, Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana, United States (Age 64 years) + 4. William J Commer,   b. 6 Feb 1877, Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana, United States d. 3 Dec 1935, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States (Age 58 years) + 5. Charles Edward Commer,   b. 22 Dec 1879, Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana, United States d. 15 May 1966, Olney, Richland County, Illinois, United States (Age 86 years)   6. Infant Commer,   b. 1890   d. 1890 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F25	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2003

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Alice Merrill,   b. 16 Mar 1848, Indiana, United States d. 8 Apr 1923 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	11 Sep 1913	Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, United States
  Family ID	F432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2003

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Jacob-and-Lucinda-large.jpg Jacob and Lucinda
  		Jacob-and-Boys-large.jpg Jacob and sons about 1882
  		Jacob-and-Children-largejpg.jpg Jacob, Charles, Fannie, William

  
  

• Sources

  [S2313] Vincennes Sun-Commercial, (Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, United States: Fannie Commer, 9 JAN 1939), 28 Jan 2025 (Reliability: 2). [S28] NY Passenger List, (Family Archive), Film #73. [S149] population schedule, Ward 12, (Hamilton County, Ohio, United States: Lena Boer household), 06 Jul 2003, micropublication M653, roll 975. (Reliability: 2). [S178] population schedule, Steen Township, Wheatland post office, (Knox County, Indiana, United States: Jacob Commer household), 08 Jul 2003, micropublication M593, roll 331. (Reliability: 2). [S15] Civil War Service Record, (Ancestry.Com), 26 Mar 2005 (Reliability: 2). [S180] population schedule, Steen Township, (Knox County, Indiana, United States: Jacob Commer household, 1880), 08 Jul 2003, micropublication T9, roll 289. (Reliability: 2). [S216] population schedule, Long Beach Township, (Los Angeles County, California, United States: Jacob Commer household), 13 Jul 2003, micropublication T625, roll 104. (Reliability: 2). [S558] Vincennes Sun-Commercial, (Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, United States: Jacob Commer), 26 Feb 2004 (Reliability: 3).