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Amanda Jacobi Herrmann
1859 - 1941
Member
of Pioneer Family
Mrs.
Amanda Herrmann, widow of Fredrick Herrmann, died Tuesday evening at her home,
812 South Seventh Street, death being due to infirmities of age.
She
was the former Amanda Jacobi, a daughter of Charles
and Clara Jacobi, who settled here as a pioneer family. Mr. Jacobi was one of the "Forty
Fighters" who left Germany about the time Carl Schurz came to the United
States.
Mrs.
Herrmann had lived in Watertown most of her life, having been born on
Upon
his death, she returned to Watertown with her daughter, Miss Claire Herrmann,
former member of the library staff
here. The daughter is the only
survivor. A brother, C. Hugo Jacobi,
died in 1925 and a sister, Lena, died in 1927.
Mrs. Herrmann was the last member of the Jacobi family.
Mrs.
Herrmann was a gentlewoman in the true sense of the word and all who came to
know her could not help but respect and esteem her. She was a woman who lived a rather retired
life and who took great interest in her home.
The
funeral will be held from the residence, the Rev. C. W. Pinkney of the First
Congregational Church officiating.
Burial
will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
The Nowack Funeral Home is in charge of
the arrangements.
c.1875
THE GOLDEN VASE - A MINIATURE GIFT
Amanda Herrmann inscribed
The
Golden Vase, a Miniature Gift / Hardcover
2” x 3” 96 pages
/ Publisher: Boston: G.W.Cottrell, 1851; First Edition (1851), by J. M.
Fletcher
History of Watertown,
Wisconsin