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Rathke, Jacob Frank
Cemetery: Old Palmdale Cemetery
AVGS ID: E-74
Born: 5/31/1859
Russia
Died: 6/22/1897
Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California
Inscription:
Find A Grave: Find A Grave listing ID 88185706
FamilySearch: FamilySearch Person ID LZPN-8PZ
Notes: Son of Erdman Rathke and Regina Renata Rabe. Erdman is buried here at Palmdale Cemetery, Regina is at the Zion Cemetery, Olpe, Kansas.

Jacob married Anna Helena Fiedler in March 1881 in Yankton, South Dakota. To this union were born Helena, John F., Minnie, Frederich Wilhelm 'Fred', Anna Maria, Elizabeth Regina, and Samuel David Rathke. The first four were born in South Dakota, the last three were born in Palmenthal (now Palmdale), California.

There is no headstone. Page 31 of 'Zionsgemeinde, Palmenthal, Revisited' states that Jacob is buried side by side with his father Erdmann.

Los Angeles Herald, Volume 33, Number 132, 21 February 1890 - Incorporated. The East Palmdale Water Company filed articles of incorporation yesterday. The incorporators are Ernst Schwartz, Erdman Rathke, David Schmidt, Jacob Rathke and Jacob Scherer. The capital stock is $30,000, divided into shares of $10 each, of which 1,800 shares have been subscribed

Sources:

  • Obituary or article in the newspaper
  • Zion Lutheran Church, Palmenthal, California, 1888-1899, by Mike Doyle, Pacific Southwest District, Archivist
  • Zionsgemeinde, Palmenthal, Revisited, by Michael Doyle, Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly 79-1
GPS coordinates:
Latitude: 34.55919593
Longitude: -118.09279713
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