Michael & Josephine Kolmer
Photos, Pictures, & Docs

Photos and pictures

Michael & Josephine
c. 1855
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

Trail of the Kolmer‘s
Overland Crossing, 1845
St. Joseph, Missouri -to-
Sutter’s Fort, California
—
(Source: “Seven Trails West”
by Arthur King Peters,
modified by P. Benitz)

Josephine Kolmer (Benitz)
c. 1850
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

Caroline Kolmer (Howard)
c. 1855
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection;
restored by P. Benitz)

William & Caroline Howard
c. 1855
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

William "Dutch Bill" Howard
c. 1880
Caroline Kolmer's husband
born: Christopher Thomasen Folchmand
(Source: “History of Sonoma County”,
by J. P. Munro-Fraser, 1880)

William C. & Teresa (neé Franceschi) Howard
c. 1895
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

Howard Family Group?
with Josephine K. Benitz
1898
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

Wilhelm Benitz to
William Howard, re
Michael Kolmer's death
Feb. 12, 1858
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

Kolmer Headstone Inscription
1898
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

Benitz-Kolmer Cemetary
1898
Timber Cove, CA
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

Kolmer Farm from above
April, 1899
Cemetary next to trees on point.
Timber Cove, CA
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

Kolmer Farm house
August 31, 1892
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

Josephine K. Benitz
Kolmer Farm house
August, 1898
Timber Cove Ca
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

Postmistress? Friend of
Josephine K. Benitz?
August, 1898
Timber Cove, CA
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

Possibly Josephine K. Benitz
August, 1898
Timber Cove, CA
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

William O. Benitz
with former nurse (left)
& Josephine K. Benitz
August, 1898
Kolmer Farm house
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection;
Date & names: F.M. Benitz)

Visitors, Kolmer Farm
April, 1899
Timber Cove, CA
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

Kolmer Farm
April, 1899
Timber Cove, CA
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

“Benitz & Kolmer Ranch.
Timber Cove.
Sonoma Co. Cal.
April 21, 1899”
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

Kolmer Farm yard
April, 1899
Timber Cove, CA
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

Coast road
April, 1899
Timber Cove, CA
(Source: John C. Benitz
Josephine K. Benitz Collection)

Occidental - Census 1850

US Census - 1850
Sonoma County
Page 8 - 25 October, 1850

Timber Cove - Census 1852 & 1860

California Census - 1852
Mendocino County
10 Sep. 1852
Highlighting:
Benitz in yellow
Kolmer in blue
Likely employees in red

US Census - 1860
Salt Point Township - Sonoma County
19 July, 1860
Highlighting:
Benitz in yellow
Kolmer in blue
Likely employees in red