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 |
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