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Johann Conrad "Conrad" PATZ, 1834-1890Tobacconist, band leader, saw mill operator, baker, prospector, grocer
Ludwig's great-uncle
Father Johann Michael "Michael" PATZ, 1812-1872 Mother Anna Dorothea "Dorothea" SENF Patz, 1811-1872
Johann Conrad "Conrad" PATZ, 1834-1890 Sister Katharina PATZ Henning, 1837-1866 Sister Dorothea Wilhelmine PATZ, 1840- Brother Elias PATZ, 1846-1919 Sister Eva Katharina PATZ Schlothauer, 1848-
Wife Eva Margretha Henrietta "Henrietta" LOTH Patz, 1832-1911The couple had eight children, including:
Son Gustave Augustus PATZ, 1869-1909 Son Carl Frederick PATZ, 1874-1953 Daughter Flora H PATZ Freedheim Compton, 1877-1959 Son Louis Conrad PATZ, 1878-193531 December 1834 - Born at Etterwinden, Kreis Eisenach, Thüringen at 1:00 PM
4 January 1835 - Baptized there. Godparent was Johann Conrad Hartung, teacher's son
11 January 1837, age 2 - Sister Katharina PATZ Henning born there
10 November 1838, age 3 - Grandmother Barbara Elisabeth KüHMAL Patz, age 63, died there
8 December 1840, age 5 - Sister Dorothea Wilhelmine PATZ born there
7 January 1846, age 11 - Brother Elias PATZ born there
18 August 1848, age 13 - Sister Eva Katharina PATZ Schlothauer born at #38 there
20 January 1855, age 20 - Grandfather Johanes PATZ, age 77, died there
25 July 1857, age 22 - Grandfather Johannes SENF, age 72, died there
16 February 1858, age 23 - Sister Katharina PATZ, age 21, married Johannes HENNING, age 23, there
7 April 1866, age 31 - Sister Katharina PATZ Henning, age 29, died at Taubenellenmühle, Kreis Eisenach, Thüringen ('Taubenellen Mühle') of pneumonia
3 July 1866, age 31 - Grandmother Catharina Margaretha ORTMANN Senf, age 80, died at Etterwinden
As of sometime before 1867 - Resided at Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado
As of 1869 until 1873 - Occupation listed as tobacconist
As of sometime before September 1869 - Resided at 120 Main street, Central City. Residence was at the tobacco shop. The building was replaced in 1874, as soon as the Patz family left the area. The new building survives as the Crystal Palace Casino.
14 October 1869, age 34 - Sister Eva Katharina PATZ, age 21, married Johannes SCHLOTHAUER, age 20, at Etterwinden
December 1869, age 34 - Son Gustave Augustus PATZ born at Central City
14 December 1869, age 34 - Naturalized there
As of June 1870 until sometime after October 1870 - Occupation listed as saw mill opeartor at Brehm & Patz. The sawmill was located on Ralston Creek. Patz bought out his partner in in October, 1870, but the mill no longer advertised after that date.
20 July 1870, age 35 - Recorded in the United States Census at Central City
1871, age 36 - Occupation listed as band leader, Patz's band
28 January 1872, age 37 - Brother Elias PATZ, age 26, married Eva Catharine HENNING, age 18, at Church, Etterwinden
14 October 1872, age 37 - Father Johann Michael "Michael" PATZ, age 60, died there of Lungenentzündung (pneumonia)
23 October 1872, age 37 - Mother Anna Dorothea "Dorothea" SENF Patz, age 61, died there of Lungenentzündung (pneumonia)
1873, age 38 - Occupation listed as band director, Central City Band
30 March 1874, age 39 - Son Carl Frederick PATZ born at Central City
As of sometime after August 1874 - Resided at Lake City, Hinsdale County, Colorado. Conrad had quickly relocated to Lake City to take part in the mining boom just getting underway there.
As of September 1876 until June 1885 - Occupation listed as baker at Gunnison Avenue there
20 January 1877, age 42 - Daughter Flora H PATZ Freedheim Compton born there
20 November 1877, age 42 - Joined citizen's Special Police Corps
19 January 1878, age 43 - Son Louis Conrad PATZ born at Lake City
June 1880, age 45 - Occupation listed as grocer
7 June 1880, age 45 - Recorded in the United States Census at Lake City
11 July 1883, age 48 - Land Patent issued. Land patent #COCOAA-028687 was issued to Conrad, his wife, and George Melville for land 3 miles from Lake City.
1885, age 50 - Purchased business at Hough Building, Third and Silver Streets, Lake City. With partner George F Richards purchased the existing Reynolds grocery store, renaming it Patz & Richards. After Conrad's death, C P Foster took over Conrad's half of the partnership.
June 1885, age 50 - Recorded in the Colorado Census at Hinsdale County, Colorado
25 August 1886, age 51 - Retired. Disolved partnership of "Louis Weinberg Co" with Weinberg continuing the business alone.
July 1887, age 52 - Mine property transfer. Transfered four mining properties to wife Henrietta including the Parnell, Cleveland, Apex, and Nellie Wash lodes.
1888, age 53 - Discovered the Pride Of America Mine gold deposit. Conrad and his two partners, Charles M Schaye and Harland F Smith, discovered the ore along Henson Creek, 6.3 miles west of Lake City. The mine yielded modest amounts of gold, copper and antimony until commercial mining ended there in 1977.
31 July 1890, age 55 - Died
Buried at IOOF Cemetery, Lake City
4 March 1891 - Son Gustave Augustus PATZ, age 21, married Laura E COBBS, age 18, there
17 August 1893 - Land Patent issued. Mineral lode land patent #COCOAA-028343 was issued to the late Conrad and his two partners for the Pride Of America Mine.