Buchholz Legal Proceedings

One last post on the Buchholz family before I move onto other subjects. First is a civil case brought against my 3rd great grandfather Albert Buchholz as printed in the newspaper.

If you recall from a previous post. Albert was getting tired of farming and preparing to sell the farm and move into town around this time which is what sparked this case. I didn't find any results to the case in the newspaper archives but they are very hard to search for a couple reasons. One, there were about a thousand Buchholz extended family members living in the area so there are thousands of hits with almost every search. Two, it is hard to narrow down a search for specific information on Frederick Albert Ludwig Buchholz who also went by Friedrich, Fritz, Albert, A.F., etc. at various points in his life. Probably the only way I will know is to go to the county courthouse and try to track down the case somehow and see if records still exist.

Albert died first leaving wife Amanda behind who wrote a will, a rarity at the time. Above is the notice put in the paper as it was going to probate court. Below is an article of why her will was unusual at the time.

 August F. Buchholz was the brother of my ancestor Albert Buchholz and had lived with the family throughout much of their lives in America. He was often listed as a workhand for the various farms they lived on and from the family history book, doted on his nieces and nephews. Still, I imagine it was not standard for him to be left a life estate, spelled out specifically in Amanda's will, as long as he continued to manage it. The will doesn't spell out how big her estate was and how much of the "rest" of the estate the five living children divided up after August got his portion but I'm guessing it wasn't a lot. According to the family history book, August did indeed maintain the life estate until his death when it was at last divided among the five children of Albert and Amanda Thomas Buchholz.