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| Stanley D. Stevens |
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Christian Aichberg
Source: Mautz, Carl Biographies of Western Photographers : A reference guide to photographers working in the 19th Century American West. Nevada City, Calif. : Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997. p. 76
AICHBERG, CHRISTIAN
Active in San Francisco and Santa Cruz, c. 1880; operating the Philadelphia Gallery; 1884-86, in Santa Cruz, Ely Block, Pacific Avenue; and 103 Pacific Avenue, 1887-92. [Aichberg died Nov. 1, 1888; however, his widow carried on the business after his death. –sds]
1883
Source: Santa Cruz Surf 1883 Jun 4 1:1
Aichberg, C. Ad for photographer
1884
Source: Santa Cruz Surf 1884 Jun 4 1:2
Aichberg, C. Photographer's ad
1886
Source: Santa Cruz Surf 1886 Jul 3 1:1 Photographer's Ad
1887
Source: Santa Cruz Surf 1887 Jan 14 2:3
Aichberg, C. Photos
1887 Apr 9
Source: Courier-Item 1887 Apr 9 6:8
1887
Source: Santa Cruz Surf 1887 Jun 22 4:6
Aichberg, C. Photography ad
1888 July 4
Source: Santa Cruz Surf 1888 Jul 04 2:3
Aichberg, C. Photograph store, Pacific Ave.
1888 July 7
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel 1888 July 7 1:9
The Finest Photograhs [sic]
AND LOWEST PRICES:
Satisfaction Guaranteed as
C. AICHBERG’S,
Bet. Post Office and Court House, Santa Cruz.
jy30-tf
1888 Nov 1
Source: Santa Cruz Surf 1888 Nov 3 2:3
C. Aichberg died Nov 1
1888 Nov 2
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel 1888 Nov 2 3:1
Death of C. Aichberg.
At half past one o’clock this morning C. Aichberg, the photographer, died of Bright’s disease of the kidneys, from which complaint he had been a long sufferer. He leaves a wife and a daughter.
[Bright's Disease is an older classification for different forms of kidney disease. It was named after Dr. Richard Bright, who described the condition in the early 19th century.]
1888 Nov 2
Source: Santa Cruz Daily Surf 1888 Nov 2 1:4 Obit of C. Aichberg
Death of C. Aichberg.
Mr. C. Aichberg, the photographer, died at 1:25 this morning of Bright’s disease of the kidneys, after a painful illness of some time.
1888 Nov 2
Source: Cemetery Records (1980) Odd Fellows Cemetery, Santa Cruz
AICHBERG, Chr. Born: SW Died: 2 Nov 1888 Age: 62
1888 Nov 2
Source: Leon Rowland’s Card Files Box A-1, Card #40
AICHBURG [sic]
C. d.Nov.2.1888, in SV; 62.
Aichburg was photographer; widow carried on business for a time after his death.
1888 Nov 4
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel 1888 Nov 4 2:4
DIED.
AICHBERG—In Santa Cruz, Nov. 2d. C. Aichberg, aged 62 years.
(Funeral will take place TO-DAY (Sunday), at 2 P. M., from his late place of business, Ely’s Block. The remains will be interred in the Odd Fellows’ cemetery.
1888 Nov 23
Source: Santa Cruz County, California. Probate Records. Volume 1: 1851-1877 and Volume II: 1877-1890. Abstracted by Patricia D. Edwards and Janet A. Jones. Santa Cruz: Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County. 1995.
p. 84-85 AICHBERG, Christian II:390-392[wf]
Res Santa Cruz City/Co., CA Died 2 Nov 1888*[f]. Next of kin: Wf Anna Barbara AICHBERG, nee KIRCHHOF[w].
Executrix: Wf Anna Barbara AICHBERG
Will date: 25 Apr 1885 Filed: 23 Nov 1888
Probate: 4 Dec 1888
Witnesses: Chas. STEINMETZ; J. M. LESSER, both res Santa Cruz City/Co.
Terms: To wf Anna Barbara AICHBERG all of estate.
Judge: F. J. McCANN Clerk: Ed MARTIN
Other Sources: *Surf, 3 Nov 1888, 2:3 “died 1 Nov[sic] 1888.”
1888 Dec 11
Source: Santa Cruz Surf 1888 Dec 11 4:7
Notice of Probate of Will.
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In the Superior Court in and for the County of Santa Cruz, State of California.
In the matter of the estate of Christian Aichberg deceased.
Notice is hereby given that a document purporting to be the last will and testament of Christian Aichberg, deceased, has been filed with the Clerk of this court; and that there has also been filed therewith the petition of Anna Barbara Aichberg for letters testamentary in the matter of said estate and for the probate of said will and that Friday, the 7th day of December, 1888, at 10 o’clock A. M., of said day, at the Court-room of said Court, in the City of Santa Cruz, in the County of Santa Cruz, is appointed as the time and place for proving said alleged will, and for hearing the application of said Anna Barbara Aichberg for letters testamentary, at which time and place, any person interested may appear and contest the said alleged will, and may file objections in writing to the granting of letters testamentary to said petitioner.
Dated November 23rd, 1888.
ED. MARTIN,
Clerk of said Superior Court.
1889 Jan 14
Source: Santa Cruz Surf 1889 Jan 14 3:1 Shifting Sands
…
— Mrs. Anna Barbara Aichberg has petitioned to have the estate of the late C. Aichberg set aside to her. The hearing of the petition has been set for January 25, in the Superior Court.
…
1890 Apr 10
Source: Marriages Theodore Beck to Anna Aichberg April 9th 1890
Santa Cruz Surf 1890 Apr 10 2:2 & 1890 May 1 3:3
1890 Apr 9
Source: Leon Rowland’s Card Files Box A-1, Card #40
AICHBURG [sic]
C. d.Nov.2.1888, in SV; 62.
His widow, Anna Barbara, married Theodore Beck.
She d. Nov.20,1928;SC;aged 79; Switz. In SC 50 years.
Left sister, Mrs. Verona Kinzli.
Aichburg was photographer; widow carried on business for a time after his death.
[Georhe=George
[Date of marriage 16th of Oct. 1899 derived from Index to Marriages (1856-1908)]; [marriage to Theodore Beck was on 9th of April, 1890.]
[Carolyn Swift’s article in 2000, uses “Born in Switzerland in September 1874, she was christened Rosa Oxenbide. At the age of 5, she emigrated to the United States with foster parents, photographers Christian and Anna Aichberg.”] [Probate records provide Anna Barbara’s maiden name: Anna Barbara Aichberg, nee Kirchhof p. 84 -Ed.]
1899 Oct 16
Source: Marriages George H. Rostron to Rosa Aichberg October 16th 1899
Santa Cruz Surf 1899 Oct 16 4:3
1899 Oct 16
Source: Leon Rowland’s Card Files Box A-1, Card #40
AICHBURG [sic]
Rose - m.Oct.__ 1899, Georhe[sic] H. Rostron.
(Rosa Ochsenbein). He was 43; she 25.
1908
Source: Great Register of Santa Cruz County 1908 no entry
2000 Mar 5
Source: Santa Cruz County Sentinel 2000 Mar 5 A-10:1-4 by Carolyn Swift
Rose Rostron, first woman supervisor
Governing through two world wars, Prohibition, the Great Depression and the start of the baby boom, George and Rose Rostron served a total of 34 years as members of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors. Their dedication to county affairs was extraordinary, and yet, few remember them.
The unsung heroism of the Rostrons was made more apparent a few weeks ago at the county’s 150th birthday celebration, when Supervisor Mardi Wormhoudt referred to the women who have served on the board and, listing Rose as the first, regretted she knew nothing about her.
Rose lived an interesting life spanning 96 years, a third of them spent on the site of the old county courthouse at Cooper and Pacific streets.
Born in Switzerland in September 1874, she was christened Rosa Oxenbide. At the age of 5, she emigrated to the United States with foster parents, photographers Christian and Anna Aichberg. Settling in Santa Cruz, the family set up a photo studio on the top floor of the Ely Block at the corner of Cooper Street. The Aichberg home was on the building’s second floor, providing Rosa, now called Rose, with a grandstand seat for daily life as it unfolded below.
In a 1963 interview with Sentinel reporter and historian Margaret Koch, Rose recalled watching shoppers get on and off the horse-car trolley as it moved up Pacific Avenue in the 1880s. The avenue then was unpaved and muddy, with wood plank sidewalks lighted by gas lamps in the evening.
First in the family to speak fluent English, Rose attended the Mission Hill School and spent the rest of her time accompanying her foster father on field trips. In the photo gallery, she was the “little interpreter.” One lasting memory of her duties there was the task of fastening a wire device to the heads of small children, holding them absolutely still during the lengthy time exposures.
Contacted for a photograph in preparation for this story, Eric Fingal of Covello and Covello Photography knew the whereabouts of a significant part of the Aichberg Collection. It is now incorporated as part of the studio’s historical file. Fingal said Christian routinely posed Rose in his photographic studies of early Santa Cruz, and she became almost a trademark figure in the background of his images taken in the 1880s.
When Christian died in 1889 [sic], Anna, who had always done much of the developing and printing, was able to continue the business and eventually remarried. But a crisis took place when Rose was invited back to Switzerland that same year for a visit with her natural mother. The 15-year-old learned upon arrival that she was to be enrolled in a Swiss finishing school with little possibility of ever seeing Santa Cruz again.
Learning of Rose’s predicament, the local community took action. Beginning in late summer [1889], Santa Cruz newspapers issued bulletins about the girl’s plight. A petition was sent to the American Consul at Thun, Switzerland, asking assistance. Finally, after nearly two years, Rose was helped across the border into Germany and passage was arranged for the trip home.
Ten years later, on Oct. 16, 1899, she married George Henry Rostron, a Santa Cruz pioneer 18 years her senior. ...
… [the balance of the article is about her, rather than the Aichbergs]
[her death occurred in September, 1970, at age 96] |
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Stanley D. Stevens
Coordinator, Hihn-Younger Archive, University Library, UCSC;
Chairman, MAH History Publications Committee |
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