Claude Rosewell Koch

13 January 1887–5 August 1958 (Age 71)
Red Bluff, Tehama, California, United States

The Life of Claude Rosewell

When Claude Rosewell Koch was born on 13 January 1887, in Red Bluff, Tehama, California, United States, his father, John Elijah Koch, was 38 and his mother, Mary Catherine Funk, was 26. He married Hazel Louisa Stafford on 12 April 1915. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Berenda, Madera, California, United States in 1930 and Judicial Township 2, Madera, California, United States in 1940. He died on 5 August 1958, in Madera, Madera, California, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Madera, Madera, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Claude Rosewell Koch
1887–1958
Hazel Louisa Stafford
1890–1941
Marriage: 12 April 1915
Margaret Koch
1917–
Claude Koch
1918–
Mildred Koch
1920–
Leroy Koch
1929–
Lora Anna Koch
1932–2011

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
12 April 1915
children

(5)

    Margaret Koch

    Female1917–Female

    Claude Koch

    Male1918–Male

    Mildred Koch

    Female1920–Female

    Leroy Koch

    Male1929–Male

    Lora Anna Koch

    Female1932–2011Female

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(10)

+5 More Children

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 3

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Age 4

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1906 · Saving Food Labels

Age 19

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

1 German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from Middle High German koch, German Koch ‘cook’ (cognate with Latin coquus). The name in this sense is widespread throughout eastern and central Europe, and is also well established in Denmark.2 Czech and Slovak: from a pet form of any of several medieval personal names beginning with Ko-, for example Kochan, Kocián, Kojata, and Kosmas.3 Polish: nickname from kochać ‘to love’ ( see Kochan ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • C L Koch, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Claud Koch in household of William H Hoxie, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Claude R Koch in household of Joseph Serviss, "United States Census, 1910"

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