1.  My father, Arthur Robert MATTHIESEN (b. 1918), says he remembers that Clarence had a brother named Fred, whom he met and knew as "Little Freddie."  He says Freddie was Clarence's youngest brother and that he later married.  My father and I both recollect that Elmer was a bachelor and never married.

2.  Family Quest Archives:  California Federal Census 1870:  Santa Clara County.  Heritage Quest, CD M593-88:  Gilroy P.O., City & Township of Gilroy, Santa Clara Co., CA, p. 68A, enumerated 6 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1870:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

9

10

11

12

13

19

26

26

Schlet Antone

53

M

W

Laborer

200

Germany

/

/

/

"   Fred'k

12

M

W

at home

"

/

/

"   Sophie

30

F

W

Keeping house

"

/

/

"   Wm

2

M

W

at home

"

/

/

"   Mena

5

F

W

"   "

"

/

/

"   Ann

6/12

F

W

California

/

/

Dec

Kucking Jno?

23

M

W

Laborer

Hanover

/

/

Devine Martin

26

M

W

"

Ireland

/

/

Dreschmeyer Fred'k

20

M

W

"

Germany

/

/

Midkoff/Neidkoff J.D.

34

M

W

"

Kentucky

It appears Fred may have been enumerated twice in the 1870 Census, once here and once, seven weeks later, in the home of Henry DREISCHMEYER, who appears to be his older brother.  As an unmarried laborer, it would be easy for Fred to move about, and it wouldn't be the first time I've seen someone enumerated twice in the same census — either that or we've got two Frederick DREISCHMEYERs, both age 20, both born Germany, and both living in Gilroy in 1870! 

3.  1880 United States Census and National Index (LDS Family History Resource File: CD-ROM Library):

Census Place: Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California
Source: FHL Film 1254081; NARA Film T9-0081; Pg 257C
	Relation	Sex	Marr	Race	Age	Birthplace	Occupation	Fa	Mo
F. DREISCHMEYER	Self	M	S	W	30	LIPPEDEBMOLT	Foreman-Brick	LIPP	LIPP
John BROWN	Other	M	S	W	61	IRE	Works In Brick Yard	IRE	IRE
Narcisse JOSEPH	Other	M	S	W	28	PORTUG	Works In Brick Yard	PORTUG	PORTUG
Frank JOSEPH	Other	M	S	W	31	PORTUG	Works In Brick Yard	PORTUG	PORTUG
Peter DEVOS	Other	M	S	W	64	FRA	Cooking	BELG	BELG
Frederick HILLGE	Other	M	S	W	38	OLDENBURG	Moulder In Brick Yard	OLDENBURG	OLDENBURG
John FARRELL	Other	M	S	W	46	NY	Works In Brick Yard	IRE	IRE
Dennis DONOHUE	Other	M	S	W	41	IRE	Works In Brick Yard	IRE	IRE
Smeak LORENG	Other	M	S	W	32	ITALY	Works In Brick Yard	ITALY	ITALY
James CALLAHAN	Other	M	S	W	25	IRE	Works In Brick Yard	IRE	IRE
Peter GIRARD	Other	M	S	W	33	CAN	Works In Brick Yard	CAN	CAN
John CALLAHAN	Other	M	S	W	28	IRE	Works In Brick Yard	IRE	IRE
Fred DROLET	Other	M	S	W	25	CAN	Works In Brick Yard	CAN	CAN
Thomas PETERSON	Other	M	S	W	40	SWE	Works In Brick Yard	SWE	SWE
Henry RAHN	Other	M	S	W	39	SCHLESWIG	Works In Brick Yard	SCHLESWIG	SCHLESWIG
John MILES	Other	M	S	W	35	IRE	Works In Brick Yard	IRE	IRE
John KENNEY	Other	M	S	W	30	IRE	Works In Brick Yard	IRE	IRE
L. B. JAMES	Other	M	S	W	40	KY	Works In Brick Yard	VA	KY

4.  1890 Census:  was destroyed.

5.  1900 Census Index/Microfilm (online at Genealogy.com):  548 Benton Street, Santa Clara town, Santa Clara Township, Santa Clara Co., CA, p. 289A, SD 2, ED 77, Sh 18, enumerated 20 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

359

367

Rose, Manuel J.

Head

W

M

Oct 1867

32

S

CA

Portugal

Portugal

Farmer

0

Y

Y

Y

O

F

F

36

____, Joseph R.

Brother

W

M

May 1870

30

S

CA

Portugal

Portugal

Farmer

0

Y

Y

Y

Dreshmire, Anna R.

Sister

W

F

Nov 1865

34

M

8

2

2

CA

Portugal

Portugal

Y

Y

Y

_________, Fred P.

B in Law

W

M

Feb 1851

49

M

8

IL

IL

IL

Brick Maker

0

Y

Y

Y

_________, Clarence G.

Nephew

W

M

Dec 1893

6

S

CA

IL

CA

At School

6

_________, Elmer S.

Nephew

W

M

Aug 1895

4

S

CA

IL

CA

Fred and his parents were born in Germany, not Illinois, though Fred probably lived in Illinois as a child because his parents died in Chicago.  Based on his tombstone, Fred was born in Mar 1850, and based on all other censuses, Fred was born in 1849 or 1850, not 1851.  It's unlikely that Fred was the informant for this record, so we would expect some errors with regard to him.

6.  1910 (images online at Ancestry.com, but not yet indexed).

7.  1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7 of 59):  548 Benton St., Santa Clara, Precinct No. 3, Santa Clara Twp., Santa Clara Co., CA, p. 146A, SN 4A, SD 7, ED 196, enumerated 5/6 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

16

17

18

19

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

*

548

77

83

Dreischmeyer, Fred.

Head

O

F

M

W

69

M

Y

Y

IL

Germany

German

Germany

German

Y

Contractor

Cement

Em

____________, Anna

Wife

F

W

53

M

Y

Y

CA

Portugal

Portuguese

Portugal

Portuguese

Y

None

____________, Clarence

Son

M

W

26

S

Y

Y

CA

IL

CA

Y

Order Clerk

Cannery

W

____________, Elmer

Son

M

W

24

S

Y

Y

Y

CA

IL

CA

Y

Clerical Work

Proffessional office

W

Rose, Joseph R

Roomer

M

W

49

S

Y

Y

CA

Portugal

Portuguese

Portugal

Portuguese

Y

Laborer

Cannery

W

____, Frank

Roomer

M

W

45

S

Y

Y

CA

Portugal

Portuguese

Portugal

Portuguese

Y

None

*Benton St

Fred was born in Germany, not Illinois, though he may have grown up in Chicago.  Joseph and Frank are Anna's brothers.

8.  1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #14-15 of 21):  493 Franklin St., Santa Clara City, Santa Clara Twp., Santa Clara Co., CA, pp. 120B-121A, SN 7B-8A, ED 43-103, SD 10, enumerated 10 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

30

*

493

188

204

Dreischmeyer, Fred

Head

O

6000

R

N

M

W

80

M

41

N

Y

Germany

Germany

Germany

German

1853

Na

Y

None

Y

N

____________, Anna R

Wife

F

W

63

M

24

N

Y

CA

Portugal

Portugal

Y

None

____________, Fred J

Son

M

W

21

S

N

Y

CA

Germany

CA

Y

Laborer

Preserving Plant

W

Y

N

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*

Rose, Joseph R

Brother-in-law

N

M

W

61

S

N

Y

CA

Portugal

Portugal

Y

Chauffer

In Tannery

W

Y

N

*Franklin St.

Living next door to their son, Clarence J. DREISCHMEYER & his wife, Lucy. 

9a.  Tombstone.  Mission City Memorial Cemetery (formerly, Santa Clara City Cemetery), Santa Clara, Santa Clara Co., CA (read by A. Robert Matthiesen).  The stone is large, with an ornate "roll" on top of a rectangular block.

DREISCHMEYER

FRED 1850-1930 ANNA ROSE 1865-1960

9b.  Records of the Mission City Memorial Cemetery (formerly Santa Clara City Cemetery), Santa Clara, Santa Clara Co., CA (information is typewritten on the pre-printed card; photocopies courtesy of A. Robert Matthiesen):

INTERMENT NUMBER 5492	CHRISTIAN NAME Fred SURNAME DREISLEMERGER
ACCOUNT NUMBER -
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1930			AGE - YEARS 80	MONTHS 4	DAYS 3	COLOR W	SEX M
PLACE OF DEATH Santa Clara			FUNERAL DIRECTOR Stout
NAME OF SPOUSE OF OTHER INFORMANT - ADDRESS -						RELATIONSHIP -
DATE OF INTERNMENT INURNMENT ENTOMBMENT July 27, 1930	GRAVE 172	LOT -	BLOCK 1	SECTION D	NICHE -	CRYPT -	TIER -
ENDOWMENT CARE -		SPECIAL CARE -		ANNUAL CARE -		TYPE OF BOX -

-

INTERMENT NUMBER 13381	CHRISTIAN NAME Anna R. SURNAME DREISCHMEYER
ACCOUNT NUMBER 2923
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1960			AGE - YEARS 93	MONTHS 6	DAYS 10	COLOR W	SEX F
PLACE OF DEATH Campbell California			FUNERAL DIRECTOR Santa Clara Funeral Home
NAME OF SPOUSE OF OTHER INFORMANT - ADDRESS -						RELATIONSHIP -
DATE OF INTERNMENT INURNMENT ENTOMBMENT June 1, 1960	GRAVE 173	LOT -	BLOCK -	SECTION D	NICHE -	CRYPT -	TIER -
ENDOWMENT CARE X		SPECIAL CARE -		ANNUAL CARE -		TYPE OF BOX -

If Anna was born in 1865, she had to be 94, not 93.

10.  Birthdate calculated using Ben Buckner's JavaScript Birthday Calculator.

Entered		Result
25 Jul 1930	3d 4m 80y	22 Mar 1850
30 May 1960	10d 6m 93y	20 Nov 1866
(Calculated birthdates should always be prefaced with "ca." — you can't be certain the person who calculated their age did it correctly.)

11.  Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society.  Folder on Clarence J. DREISCHMEYER, which includes a family group sheet showing his father to be "Dr. Fred D. Dreischmeyer."

12.  California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online at RootsWeb.com):  not found.

13.  Email from Dan Mosier.  See his "California Bricks" web site [link died], which includes histories of California brick-making companies, including the San Jose Brick Co.