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Jacob Commer
1843 - 1936

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

  
  

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

  
  

  Family 1	Lucinda Moore,   b. 31 Mar 1845, Indiana, United States ,   d. 30 Jul 1913, Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana, United States
  Married	4 Nov 1869
  Children	> 1. Mary Ellen Commer,   b. 9 Sep 1870,   d. 10 Dec 1946   2. Infant Commer,   b. 1872,   d. 1872 > 3. Fannie Commer,   b. 11 Jun 1874,   d. 9 Jan 1939 > 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 > 5. Charles Edward Commer,   b. 22 Dec 1879, Wheatland, Knox County, Indiana, United States ,   d. 15 May 1966, Olney, Richland County, Illinois, United States   6. Infant Commer,   b. 1890,   d. 1890
  Photos		Jacob and Lucinda Commer Jacob Commer and Lucinda Moore Commer
  Last Modified	16 May 2003
  Family ID	F25	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Alice Merrill,   b. 16 Mar 1848, Indiana, United States ,   d. 8 Apr 1923
  Married	11 Sep 1913	Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, United States
  Last Modified	16 May 2003
  Family ID	F432	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Commer Homestead The Commer Homestead in Wheatland, Indiana
  		Jacob, William and Charles Commer Charles Edward Commer, Jacob Commer and William J. Commer
  		Jacob, Charles, Fannie and William Commer Jacob Commer, Charles Edward Commer, Fannie Commer Meuser and William J. Commer

  
  

  Headstones

  Jacob Commer headstone Headstone of Jacob Commer Status: Located

  
  

• Sources

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