Christian, arrived in this country, at the port of New Orleans, aboard the Marseille, on 26 March 1889. The ship, having sailed from Antwerp, Belgium. He came to America
to join his brother, Gottlieb, who had arrived four years earlier.
On 31 Dec. 1894, Christian married Bertha Spieth Scott, who had been previously married and was raising 3 sons from that marriage. Christian evidently had a drinking problem, and the marriage was rocky. They had together, 3 daughters, and a son who died as a young child. Eventually, Bertha took the kids and moved to northern California, leaving Christian.
Christian died alone, sitting on a chair, on the front porch of a cabin he rented on the Hagan Ranch, near his brothers winery in Bennett Valley, this according to a Press Democrat article written at the time. He was 45 years old. He evidently died of a hemorrhage of the lungs. He was the first to be buried in the Beutel/Sawyer plot at the old Bennett Valley Cemetery.
to join his brother, Gottlieb, who had arrived four years earlier.
On 31 Dec. 1894, Christian married Bertha Spieth Scott, who had been previously married and was raising 3 sons from that marriage. Christian evidently had a drinking problem, and the marriage was rocky. They had together, 3 daughters, and a son who died as a young child. Eventually, Bertha took the kids and moved to northern California, leaving Christian.
Christian died alone, sitting on a chair, on the front porch of a cabin he rented on the Hagan Ranch, near his brothers winery in Bennett Valley, this according to a Press Democrat article written at the time. He was 45 years old. He evidently died of a hemorrhage of the lungs. He was the first to be buried in the Beutel/Sawyer plot at the old Bennett Valley Cemetery.
Christian, arrived in this country, at the port of New Orleans, aboard the Marseille, on 26 March 1889. The ship, having sailed from Antwerp, Belgium. He came to America
to join his brother, Gottlieb, who had arrived four years earlier.
On 31 Dec. 1894, Christian married Bertha Spieth Scott, who had been previously married and was raising 3 sons from that marriage. Christian evidently had a drinking problem, and the marriage was rocky. They had together, 3 daughters, and a son who died as a young child. Eventually, Bertha took the kids and moved to northern California, leaving Christian.
Christian died alone, sitting on a chair, on the front porch of a cabin he rented on the Hagan Ranch, near his brothers winery in Bennett Valley, this according to a Press Democrat article written at the time. He was 45 years old. He evidently died of a hemorrhage of the lungs. He was the first to be buried in the Beutel/Sawyer plot at the old Bennett Valley Cemetery.
to join his brother, Gottlieb, who had arrived four years earlier.
On 31 Dec. 1894, Christian married Bertha Spieth Scott, who had been previously married and was raising 3 sons from that marriage. Christian evidently had a drinking problem, and the marriage was rocky. They had together, 3 daughters, and a son who died as a young child. Eventually, Bertha took the kids and moved to northern California, leaving Christian.
Christian died alone, sitting on a chair, on the front porch of a cabin he rented on the Hagan Ranch, near his brothers winery in Bennett Valley, this according to a Press Democrat article written at the time. He was 45 years old. He evidently died of a hemorrhage of the lungs. He was the first to be buried in the Beutel/Sawyer plot at the old Bennett Valley Cemetery.
