Jacob Mueller was born on 17 November 1909 in West New York, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA.[1]
The 1910 Federal Census shows him at 18 months of age living in West New York, Hudson County, New Jersey, with her parents Friedrich and Augusta, as well as his siblings Helen-16, Frederick-13, Robert-11, Gertrude-9, Adam-6, Henrietta, as "Etta,"-4, and Elsie-3. Also living with them is Jacob's grandmother, the widow Louise Ackermann, Augusta Mueller's mother.[2]
Jacob's father, Friedrich Anton Mueller, died on 19 January 1917 at the age of 45, when Jacob was 7 years old.[3] The 1920 Federal Census shows him at age 10 still living in West New York with his mother and seven siblings. His oldest sister Helen has since moved, but he now how another younger sister Ila-8.[4]
Jacob's mother Anna Margaretha Augusta "Gussie" Ackerman died on 7 May 1923, at the age of 50, when Jacob was 13. As shown by the 1930 Federal Census, his older sister Helen took him in, as well his older sister Henrietta, and younger sister Ila.[5]
Jacob married Evelyn Adele "Patsy" Westervelt in North Bergen, Bergen County, New Jersey, on 10 October 1936.[6]
The 1940 Federal Census show Jacob and Evelyn living in Bergenfield, Bergen, New Jersey.[7]
Jacob "Jack" Mueller died at Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, on 7 August 1999, at the age of 89. He is buried in Old Tappan Cemetery, in Old Tappan, Bergen County, New Jersey.[8]
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