When Jacob Knierim was born in January 1838, in Germany, his father, Paul Knierim, was 31 and his mother, Anna Catherine Diegel, was 31. He married Katherine Diegel on 30 October 1865, in Auglaize, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Genoa, Clay Township, Ottawa, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died on 27 December 1905, in Elmore, Harris Township, Ottawa, Ohio, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Elmore, Harris Township, Ottawa, Ohio, United States.
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German and Dutch: variant of Knieriem .
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