Zobelein family dateline

Zobelein Family Dateline
This is a short historical record of events, listed by date, relevant to Zobelein family history.
(Note: this record is currently being created, and is therefore incomplete.)

DATE	EVENT
1823	John Graf, Sr. is born
August 12, 1845	George M. Zobelein is born
October 8, 1847	Brigida Alvarez is born
1847	Mexican-American war in California ends with Treaty of Cahuenga
1848	California formally ceded to the United States with the Treaty of Hidalgo
1849	John Graf immigrates to the United States
1850	George M. Zobelein's mother and father die
1850	Los Angeles is incorporated as a city
1851	John Graf moves to the Los Angeles area
1853	John Graf buys his first parcel of land
1854	Brigida moves to Los Angeles, California, at the age of 7
1854	John Graf sells parcel for twice what he paid
1855	John Graf starts aquiring land on south side of Los Angeles
1860	John de Graff listed in the 1860 census
April 9, 1861	John Graf and Brigida Alvarez are married
August 27, 1866	Isabella Graf is born
1866	George M. Zobelein serves in the war between Prussia and Bavaria
1867	George M. Zobelein leaves Germany for the United States and arrives in San Francisco
1867	George M. Zobelein works various jobs (waiter, bookstore delivery boy, clerk)
1868	George M. Zobelein purchases and runs a grocery store in Los Angeles, CA
1869	George M. Zobelein establishes a general store in Lone Pine, CA
November 27, 1869	John Graf, Jr. is born
1870	George M. Zobelein sells his business to his clerk and moves to Los Angeles
August 12, 1870	John Graf, Sr. dies
October 5, 1870	George M. Zobelein marries Brigida Alvarez Graf
December 23, 1871	Mathilde Zobelein is born
1871	Deadly earthquake in Inyo County
October 1873	Mathilde Zobelein dies
November 21, 1874	Mathilde "Lolla" Zobelein is born
1874	Panamint mining camp develops in Inyo County, California
January 1875	George M. Zobelein establishes a general store in Panamint, CA
November 1875	George M. Zobelein closes his business in Panamint, CA
November 1875	George M. Zobelein and family move to Darwin, CA and run a general store
January 12, 1876	George M. Zobelein and family leave Darwin
January 22, 1876	George M. Zobelein and family arrive in Los Angeles
January 26, 1876	Edward Zobelein is born
1876	George M. Zobelein is employed by the New York Brewery
May 26, 1877	George W. Zobelein is born
November 28, 1879	Rosa "Rose" Margarita is born
February 22, 1881	Philip A. Zobelein is born
1881	George M. Zobelein is employed by the Philadelphia Brewery
1881	George M. Zobelein becomes a partner with T. Mahlstedt (owner of Philadelphia Brewery)
October 1, 1882	Mahlstedt sells his half of the Philadelphia Brewery to Joseph Maier, creating Maier and Zobelein partnership
1883	Maier and Zobelein form a corporation named Maier & Zobelein Brewery, with Maier as president
December 1886	Oil tank at the brewery catches on fire causing minor injuries to Maier, and minimal damage to the brewery
June 30, 1889	Opening of newly renovated Philadelphia (Maier & Zobelein) Brewery
April 17, 1895	Maier & Zobelein enter float in local parade
August 16, 1895	Landmark aliso (sycamore) tree on brewery property chopped down
October 1896	Oil is found and pumped on the Maier & Zobelein brewery property
October 7, 1897	Maier & Zobelein brewery employees decide not to join the brewers union
May 21, 1900	Maier & Zobelein baseball team beats Azusa
1901	Fierce battle between Maier & Zobelein brewery and the Los Angeles Brewery over franchises in city saloons
August 3, 1901	Maier & Zobelein, and Los Angeles Brewery employees concede sign with union
1902	Maier & Zobelein baseball team beats the Columbias
February 20, 1903	Mathilda "Lolla" Zobelein Viereck dies of tuberculosis
1904	George M. Zobelein becomes president of Maier & Zobelein Brewery
1904	Through 1908 George Zobelein begins to subdivide and sell various tracts of his Los Angeles real estate holdings
July 1905	Joseph Maier dies, and son Fred takes over the partnership
August 12, 1905	George M. Zobelein accuses the Maier sons of manipulating stock to try and gain control of the business
March 4, 1906	George M. Zobelein wins a lawsuit honoring the original partnership between Maier and Zobelein
June 12, 1907	George M. Zobelein sells his interest in Maier & Zobelein Brewery to Joseph Maier's son
1907 (Feb? June?)	George M. Zobelein buys the controlling stock and assumes control of the Los Angeles Brewing Company
July 24, 1907	Isabella Graf Zobelein dies
February 16, 1912	Brigida Alvarez Graf Zobelein dies
January 16, 1920	Prohibition begins
September 27, 1923	Edward Zobelein dies
April 7, 1933	Repeal of prohibition in California
early 1930's	Zobelein residence is moved to accomodate extension of Flower Street (a few years later the home is razed)
June 23, 1936	George M. Zobelein dies
1937	Cans introduced in the brewery
1937	John Graf Zobelein builds two apartment buildings (The Sable Arms) on the site of the old Zobelein residence
1948	Pabst purchases Los Angeles Brewing Co for $14 million
1949	A third building is added to The Sable Arms apartment complex
July 15, 1954	Rose Zobelein dies
October 2, 1965	John Graf Zobelein dies
July 28, 1968	George W. Zobelein dies
April 4, 1973	Philip A. Zobelein dies
2003	The Sable Arms property is sold