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CAPT. CARL CONRAD FREWERT
Although many years have passed
since the death of Capt. Carl Conrad Frewert, he is still well remembered among
the older residents of San Joaquin County, for his genial nature and sterling
traits of character gave him a high place in the esteem of all who knew
him. He was born March 12, 1824, in
Westphalia, Prussia, and in 1849 was married at Hamburg, Germany, to Miss Eulia Agers, of that city; and in the summer of 1850 they
sailed for San Francisco, coming around the Horn. A brickmason by trade, he followed this line
of work in San Francisco until 1851, when he came to San Joaquin County and
pre-empted land in Tulare Township; afterwards he became the owner of a place
on the San Joaquin River, improving and developing the land. Some of it is still in the possession of the
family; and a small cabin, made of material he brought with him on his voyage,
is still in good repair on the old home place now occupied by his daughter,
Mrs. Bertha A. Gaul. In addition to his farming
activities, Captain Frewert also started a ferry over the San Joaquin River in
1877, and this for a number of years was a busy place. During the erection of the Capitol building
at Sacramento he assisted in laying the brick, being an expert in this line.
Mrs. Frewert survived only a short
time after coming to California, passing away in 1853. Ten years later Captain Frewert returned to
Germany, and there he was married, on June 2, 1867, to Miss Amalie Hager. She died December 24, 1872; and on May 14,
1873; he was married at Stockton to Miss Johanna F. Tabert,
a native of Posen, Germany. Captain
Frewert passed away in 1884, at the age of sixty years; his death caused by an
illness contracted through exposure during the severe flood of that year, which
caused such devastation in the vicinity of his ranch, the levee breaking
through at that point. A Mason of many
years standing, Captain Frewert stood high among the members of that
fraternity. Of the children of his last
marriage three survive: Charles Frewert,
of Pendleton, Oregon, has for many years represented the Holt Manufacturing
Company in that state; Mrs. Matilda A. Peterson has one son, Harold, and
resides at Burlingame; Mrs. Bertha A. Gaul is the mother of three children,
Herman, Mrs. Emma Claussen, and Vera. After her husband’s death, Mr. Frewert was
married to Emil Krenz, who passed away at
Stockton. She survived him until April
13, 1915, when she died at Burlingame.
She was a Lutheran.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1075. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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