Kleinhans / Petitjean Family
Kleinhans / Petitjean Family
Jago Family - Wilhelmina Kleinhans' in-laws facebook
David Jago
Except for census data, there's not a lot of information about Christian and Dorothea Jago. They first appeared in the 1855 NY State Census in Wheatfield (Bergholz), NY with their 4 sons. They were all born in Germany except for their youngest son David. They had already been in Wheatfield for 8 years. Five years later they appeared in the 1860 US Census with their 4 sons living across the street from the Frederick Kleinhans family on Fisk Rd. in Wolcottsville, NY. Unfortunately, young David committed a grievous crime and died later in a state mental institution.
| Christian Jago
| Parents:
| Birth: abt 1806 Germany
| Death: aft 1880
| Marriage:
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|Sp Dorothea Jago
| Birth: abt 1810 Germany
| Death: aft 1900
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Christian was listed in the 1869 Gazetteer and business directory of Niagara County residing in Royalton. They appeared in the 1870 US Census and 1875 NY State Census in Wolcottsville with just David their youngest son. Ferdinand had married Wilhelmina Kleinhans by then and lived next door on Fisk Rd.
By 1870 Augustus Jago 28 and William Jago 24 had likely left home but except for a couple of brief newspaper pieces, there's little indication of what they did for the rest of their lives. William seems to have lived nearby in Orangeport/Gasport, but Augustus disappeared. There are no marriages, births, or obituaries for either one. Of course, if they had moved away and even slightly changed their names, finding them would be nearly impossible. Or, being immigrants with just an eighth-grade education, they may not have been comfortable exposing themselves in the newspaper as other people of the day seemed to do. They may have kept to themselves, worked their farms or jobs, and only attended church. It's also possible their brother David's problems (see below) made them reluctant to spread their name around or even stay in the same area.
By the 1880 US Census Christian and Dorothea were living next door to Ferdinand and Wilhelmina, and Frederick and Ernestine Kleinhans on their new farm on Akron Rd. in Royalton. David was not living with them at the time. (see below) In the 1892 NY Census 82 y.o. Dorah Yagow was living by herself near Ferdinand and Wilhelmina on Fisk Rd. again. Her husband Christian must have died sometime after the 1880 US Census.
note- The third article below mentions David Jago's father died of consumption/tuberculosis after three years of sickness before 1890. There are no gravestones on Find A Grave or newspaper obituaries for any of the Jagos except a two-sentence obit for Ferdinand and a gravestone and 2 obits for Wilhelmina which surely her children were responsible for.
In the 1900 US Census, Dora Jago 89 lived with Ferdinand and Wilhelmina near Foote Rd. in south Wolcottsville. She may have been Ferdinand and Wilhelmina's landlord. Dora died before the next census as did her son Ferdinand in 1907 leaving his wife Wilhelmina with 2 sons, one being 24/25.
Like the Kleinhans name, Christian and Dorothea Jago's names were spelled differently in various censuses, maps, and newspaper pieces. Christian was occasionally listed as Carl (which might have been his nickname). Dorothea's name had been Dora, Dorah, Dorothy, or Doratha. Their last name was spelled Jago, Yago, Jagow, Yagow, Gagow, Yargow, or Gargow at different times.
Children of Christian and Dorothea Jago: Ferdinand, Augustus, William, and David
| Ferdinand Jago
| Parents: Christian & Dorothea Jago
| Birth: 1838 Germany
| Death: 5 Sep 1907 Royalton, NY
| Marriage: abt 1868 Niagara County, NY
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|Sp Wilhelmina "Minnie" (Kleinhans) Jago
| Parents: Frederick & Ernestine (Krueger) Kleinhans
| Birth: 27 Dec 1849 Germany
| Death: 23 Jan 1928 Town of Newstead, NY
| Augustus Jago
| Parents: Christian & Dorothea Jago
| Birth: abt 1840 Germany
| Death: unkn
| William Jago
| Parents: Christian & Dorothea Jago
| Birth: abt 1845 Germany
| Death: unkn
| David Jago
| Parents: Christian & Dorothea Jago
| Birth: abt 1855 Niagara County, NY
| Death: 8 Oct 1911 Mattaawan, NY
David Jago: Below are all the main newspaper pieces about the brutal murder David Jago committed in July 1890. There's little doubt this was Ferdinand's brother since the articles mention Ferdinand by name, his 80-year-old mother, Ferdinand's wife (not by name), and Wolcottsville. The July 29 article mentions he was insane for the last 15 years, meaning since 1875 when David was about 20 years old, before his father died. He was previously committed to the Willard Insane Asylum in Willard, New York, near Seneca Lake, where he escaped from before the murder. Afterward, David must have been eventually committed to the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Dutchess County, NY where he died in Oct 1911 (see the 1911 Death Index below, first name on the right) The doctor mentioned in the third article below also treated William Kleinhans for a broken bone in 1897 since Dr. Jackson was one of the few rural doctors available at the time in the Royalton area. (see Occupations) Dr. Jackson was also the doctor who attended Marie (Huth) Kleinhans at her death in 1905.