Nicholaus Graber

Personal and Family Information

Nicholaus was born after 1850 in Australia, the son of Joannis Greber but his mother is unknown.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Source: K. Graber's book.

!Notes: According to a letter from Lawrence F. Graber to Mrs. Gilbert Palzkill, printed in K. Graber's book:

!P: "The other, Nicholaus, was a sort of a roust-a-bout, in the sense of moving from place to place. Both visited my parents [Lois Graber and Salome Engels] in Mineral Point.... As far as I Know..., Nicholaus, only came over once. That was during the Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska, about 1892. At that time he intduced one of the Grabers in Pennsylvania..., to join him in the Alaska venture.

!P: I remember both of them and how Nicholaus told us kids about his experiences with the natives of South Africa when he was a superintendant of a gold mine. The natives used to carry out the ore in baskets on the tops of their heads. Nicholaus introduced the wheelbarrow and tried to teach the natives how to use it. They did not take to it very well and many times he found them carrying the wheelbarrow on the top of their heads.

!P: The Klondike venture did not turn out very well. Apparently they never struck gold and John Graber died of scurvy but Nicholaus survived. He died of old age and I think he is buried in a Cemetery in Dawson, Yukon, Canada, on the Yukon River, near the eastern border of Alaska. [We heard that he ran a livery stable there.]