San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 12/30/2009
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 preempted 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 Amelie 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 being 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, Ore., 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, Mrs. 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.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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