Karoline Kolmer was born in North Carolina, on 31 December, 1838. She was the third child of Michael Kolmer and his wife Josephine Wagner who had emigrated from Endingen, Baden, Germany, in 1833.
Michael, Josephine and family lived in Missouri in about 1841 and then traveled west in about 1845 to the Sacramento area. In about 1846, the family settled near Occidental and later relocated to a farm near Fort Ross at Timber Cove.
Caroline married William Howard on 3 October, 1855. The story goes that they had been keeping company together for a time, but that the marriage was a spontaneous and impulsive decision. William Howard was called Dutch Bill and had been an adventurer and seaman in his younger days.
Dutch Bill was Danish and his real name was Christopher Thomasen Folchmand. He was born on 23 October 1823, on the Danish island of Bornholm which is located in the Baltic Sea.
Caroline and William were the parents of nine children--
Elizabeth, born December 10, 1857;
Charles, born April 13, 1859;
Theodore, born July 11, 1861;
Amelia, born May 31, 1863;
Clara, born July 12, 1865;
William, born January 24, 1868;
Annie, born September 20, 1870;
Emma, born December 31, 1873;
Alfred, born December 21, 1877.
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Michael, Josephine and family lived in Missouri in about 1841 and then traveled west in about 1845 to the Sacramento area. In about 1846, the family settled near Occidental and later relocated to a farm near Fort Ross at Timber Cove.
Caroline married William Howard on 3 October, 1855. The story goes that they had been keeping company together for a time, but that the marriage was a spontaneous and impulsive decision. William Howard was called Dutch Bill and had been an adventurer and seaman in his younger days.
Dutch Bill was Danish and his real name was Christopher Thomasen Folchmand. He was born on 23 October 1823, on the Danish island of Bornholm which is located in the Baltic Sea.
Caroline and William were the parents of nine children--
Elizabeth, born December 10, 1857;
Charles, born April 13, 1859;
Theodore, born July 11, 1861;
Amelia, born May 31, 1863;
Clara, born July 12, 1865;
William, born January 24, 1868;
Annie, born September 20, 1870;
Emma, born December 31, 1873;
Alfred, born December 21, 1877.
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Karoline Kolmer was born in North Carolina, on 31 December, 1838. She was the third child of Michael Kolmer and his wife Josephine Wagner who had emigrated from Endingen, Baden, Germany, in 1833.
Michael, Josephine and family lived in Missouri in about 1841 and then traveled west in about 1845 to the Sacramento area. In about 1846, the family settled near Occidental and later relocated to a farm near Fort Ross at Timber Cove.
Caroline married William Howard on 3 October, 1855. The story goes that they had been keeping company together for a time, but that the marriage was a spontaneous and impulsive decision. William Howard was called Dutch Bill and had been an adventurer and seaman in his younger days.
Dutch Bill was Danish and his real name was Christopher Thomasen Folchmand. He was born on 23 October 1823, on the Danish island of Bornholm which is located in the Baltic Sea.
Caroline and William were the parents of nine children--
Elizabeth, born December 10, 1857;
Charles, born April 13, 1859;
Theodore, born July 11, 1861;
Amelia, born May 31, 1863;
Clara, born July 12, 1865;
William, born January 24, 1868;
Annie, born September 20, 1870;
Emma, born December 31, 1873;
Alfred, born December 21, 1877.
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Michael, Josephine and family lived in Missouri in about 1841 and then traveled west in about 1845 to the Sacramento area. In about 1846, the family settled near Occidental and later relocated to a farm near Fort Ross at Timber Cove.
Caroline married William Howard on 3 October, 1855. The story goes that they had been keeping company together for a time, but that the marriage was a spontaneous and impulsive decision. William Howard was called Dutch Bill and had been an adventurer and seaman in his younger days.
Dutch Bill was Danish and his real name was Christopher Thomasen Folchmand. He was born on 23 October 1823, on the Danish island of Bornholm which is located in the Baltic Sea.
Caroline and William were the parents of nine children--
Elizabeth, born December 10, 1857;
Charles, born April 13, 1859;
Theodore, born July 11, 1861;
Amelia, born May 31, 1863;
Clara, born July 12, 1865;
William, born January 24, 1868;
Annie, born September 20, 1870;
Emma, born December 31, 1873;
Alfred, born December 21, 1877.
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