Lake Co., IN Obituary


                  ----------OBITUARY NOTICE-----------
                       Death of Mrs. Jacob Fauser

    Mrs. Christina Fauser died of heart trouble at her home, three 
miles southeast of this place, on Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at 
the age of 73 years, 9 months and 8 days, leaving of the family 
surviving her husband, four sons and six daughters.
    The deceased landed in New York from Germany in 1857 and in '59 
married Mr. Fauser.  In 1865 they came here and settled on their 
present farm where they have resided ever since--about 44 years.  
She was a sister of John and Matt Houk.
    The funeral was held at the home on Thursday at one o'clock, 
after which the remains were laid at rest in the Crown Point cemetery.


Excerpt from the Old Settler and Historical Association of Lake 
County, Indiana reports from 1906 to 1910:
                                                                               
                         -----Page 77------
    Died on Monday, August 9th, at her home, a few miles southeast 
of Crown Point, Mrs. Jacob Fauser, daughter of John and Barbara Houk, 
born in Wurttemberg, Germany, November 1st, 1835, coming with her 
brother, Mathias Houk, to the State of New York in 1859.  She was 
married August 28th 1859, nearly fifty years ago, to Jacob Fauser, 
and came to Lake County in 1865.  She was nearly 74 years of age and 
leaves, besides her husband and two brothers, ten children and fifteen 
grandchildren.


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