Generations of Nists (1745 Niederotterbach, Bavaria, Germany)
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Generations of Nists
First Generation
Jacob Nist
Turned disaster into opportunity when he survived the 1889 Seattle fire to found Queen City Millworks.
Second Generation
Michael J. Nist
Changed company name to Seattle Box Company.Pioneered the production of wooden boxes and crates
George Nist
Served as secretary of the corporation
Third Generation
Ferdinand Nist Sr.
Expanded and consolidated operations.His administrative skills and grasp of cost, pricing and sales continued the company’s success.
Joseph Nist
Under his management the newly acquired Chafee Box Co prospered so well it outgrew its quarters.
Albert Nist
Rose from bookkeeper to long-time Seattle Sales Manager.
Vincent Nist
Superintendent of Seattle Box for several decades.Considered by many to be a true mechanical genius.
Fourth Generation
Emmet Nist
A Marine Corps veteran of WWII, he returned to the company in 1946 to work as lumber buyer and salesman.Later shouldered administrative duties of Seattle Box Company.
Eugene Nist
As manager of Tacoma Box he diversified to produce furniture and bed frames, thus outsmarting the depression.He oversaw the company’s transition from steam to electric power.
Ferdinand Nist Jr.
Involved in all phases of sales and production. His development of oil technology packaging led the company to international status
Fifth Generation
Michael J. Nist
Currently responsible for developing the company’s presence in the Alaskan seafood industry and expanding the company’s market share in the Hawaiian Islands.
Robert Nist
Currently overseeing marketing with a primary focus on portable storage and agricultural products.
Thomas Nist
Currently working with manufacturers and distributors around the globe to further increase our position in the world economy.
Sixth Generation
Jacob Nist
Concentrates on moving/storage containers andspecialty gift boxes. Also assists in California warehouse logistics.
Joseph Nist
Sales
History
It was in the wake of the devastating Seattle Fire of June 1889. All of downtown Seattle had been destroyed . Jacob Nist’s employer, Seattle Lumber and Commercial Company had fallen victim to the blaze.This prompted Jacob and his son Michael to launch a new enterprise making wooden products such as egg crates.They established the Queen City Manufacturing Company, parent company for Seattle Tacoma Box Company.
Not all ran smoothly for them.Fire would once again do major damage to Jacob’s livelihood, in fact the company endured major fire damage four times in its first 31 years of operation. Other obstacles would include the Great Depression of 1929, labor unrest in the Pacific Northwest, skyrocketing lumber prices, and yet another fire in 1973.These and other challenges, not the least of which was stiff competition from much larger corporations, would jeopardize the company’s very existence.Yet the company endured, and evolved into the multifaceted organization that exists today as Seattle-Tacoma Box Company.
Operations are headquartered in Kent, Washington, situated midway between the two larger cities comprising the company’s name.Several other manufacturing facilities and distribution centers are scattered throughout Washington, California, Alaska and Hawaii and a cut stock operation in Tauranga, New Zealand.The California division, SeaCa Packaging, specializes in agricultural containers.While agricultural packaging, corrugated boxes and the like have always been Seattle Tacoma Box Company’s mainstays, it is in a particularly uncharacteristic product – concave blocks and straps to contain expensive steel tubulars for petroleum exploration and production – that the company takes great pride.
The venture began when a major oil company asked if it could store some of its North Slope pipe on the company’s property near Prudoe Bay, Alaska. Seeing that much of the pipe material was being lost to damage in transport and on the site, Seattle Tacoma Box Company designed a packaging and containment system that was reasonably flexible for placement on uneven terrain, separated pipe sections from each other, could be loaded by forklift in a matter of minutes, could be stacked indefinitely and provided significantly greater safety in handling.
The Product proved highly successful, and opened exciting new business for Seattle Tacoma Box Company that quickly spread to Europe and the Pacific Rim, including deliveries to offshore platforms.
Beginning with Jacob, six generations of Nist family members have made contributions to the success of Seattle Tacoma Box Company.Following in Jacob’s footsteps have been two sons, four grandsons, three great-grandsons, three great-great-grandsons, and the latest generation represented by a great- great-great-grandson named after the founder himself
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1900 United States Federal Census
about Jacob M Nist
Name: Jacob M Nist
[Jacob M Maton]
Home in 1900: Seattle Ward 7, King, Washington
Age: 60
Birth Date: Mar 1839
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
[Kentucky]
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother: number of living children: Kentucky
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: View on Image
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Household Members: Name Age
Jacob M Nist 60 Mar 1839
Anne Nist 23
1900 United States Federal Census
about Jacob J Nist
Name: Jacob J Nist
Home in 1900: Seattle Ward 7, King, Washington
Age: 31
Birth Date: Aug 1868
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Spouse's name: Mary J Nist
Marriage Year: 1891
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 9
Occupation: View on Image
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Household Members: Name Age
Jacob J Nist 31 Aug 1868 b. PA
Mary J Nist 28 Mar 1872 OH
Lawrence J Nist 7 Jun 1892 b. Washington
Cecilia A Nist 6 Jan 1894 b. Washington
Lauretta M Nist 4 Oct 1895 b. Washington
Raymond G Nist 2 May 1898 b. Washington
1910 United States Federal Census
about Jacob Nist
Name: Jacob Nist
[Jacob Nast]
Age in 1910: 43
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse's name: Mary Nist
Home in 1910: Seattle Ward 1, King, Washington
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
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Household Members: Name Age
Jacob Nist 43
Mary Nist 41
Lawrence Nist 17
Cecilia Nist 15
Lorrette Nist 14
Raymond Nist 11
1910 United States Federal Census
about Jacob J Nist
Name: Jacob J Nist
Age in 1910: 41
Estimated birth year: abt 1869
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Spouse's name: Mary Nist
Home in 1910: Lake, King, Washington
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
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Household Members: Name Age
Jacob J Nist 41
Mary Nist 37
Lawrence J Nist 17
Cecilia A Nist 16
Loreta M Nist 14
Raymond G Nist 11
Magdeline Mueller 66
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ID: I46
Name: Joseph NIST
Sex: M
Birth: WFT Est. 1788-1817 in 1815
Death: WFT Est. 1842-1902
Marriage 1 Catherin MINICH b: WFT Est. 1797-1820
Married: WFT Est. 1814-1857
Children
Jacob M. NIST b: 28 MAR 1839 in Louisville, Kentucy
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ID: I14
Name: Jacob M. NIST
Sex: M
Birth: 28 MAR 1839 in Louisville, Kentucy
Death: 5 AUG 1907 in Seattle, Washington
Father: Joseph NIST b: WFT Est. 1788-1817 in 1815
Mother: Catherin MINICH b: WFT Est. 1797-1820
Marriage 1 Mary Ann WAGNER b: 17 MAY 1833 in Plainfield, Bavaria
Married: 15 OCT 1860 in Pittsburg, Pennsylavania
Children
Jacob John NIST b: 2 AUG 1868 in Pittsburg, PA
Michael J. NIST b: 3 AUG 1862
George Jacob NIST b: 22 NOV 1866
Aloysius F. (Al) NIST b: WFT Est. 1854-1885
John J. NIST b: 14 AUG 1870
Joseph F. NIST b: 30 SEP 1874
Anna Margaret NIST b: 2 JUN 1876 in Pittsburg, PA
Marriage 2 Josephine CLAVADELSCHER b: 18 MAR 1862
Married: 21 AUG 1900
Children
Cathine (Clavadelscher) NIST b: WFT Est. 1874-1901
Ahnentafel, Generation No. 2
2. Jacob John NIST was born 2 AUG 1868 in Pittsburg, PA, and died 29 OCT 1940 in Seattle, WA. He was the son of 4. Jacob M. NIST and 5. Mary Ann WAGNER.
3. Mary Barbara SINGER was born 5 MAR 1873 in Noble City, OH, and died 21 DEC 1951 in San Francisco, CA.
Children of Mary Barbara SINGER and Jacob John NIST are:1.i. Lawrence Joseph NIST was born 27 JUN 1892 in Seattle, WA, and died WFT Est. 1925-1983. He married Ella Katherine FINN 5 FEB 1919 in Seattle, WA. She was born WFT Est. 1879-1902, and died WFT Est. 1925-1991.
ii. Celcilia Annie NIST was born 21 JAN 1894, and died WFT Est. 1895-1988.
iii. Loretta "Ret" Marie NIST was born 26 OCT 1896, and died WFT Est. 1925-1990. She married Valentine Jacob REBHAHN 9 FEB 1915 in Seattle, WA, son of Peter REBHAHN and Suzy Wyzmolic ?. He was born 23 JAN 1888 in Wanmandee, Wisconsin, and died WFT Est. 1925-1979.
iv. Raymond George NIST was born 17 MAY 1898 in Seattle, WA, and died 23 JAN 1962 in Portland, OR. He married Lillian Edna Gerogena MANAHAN 27 FEB 1923 in Seattle, WA. She was born 15 MAY 1906 in Cranbrook, B.C. Canada, and died 23 MAY 1964 in Tacoma, WA.
Ahnentafel, Generation No. 3
4. Jacob M. NIST was born 28 MAR 1839 in Louisville, Kentucy, and died 5 AUG 1907 in Seattle, Washington. He was the son of 8. Joseph NIST and 9. Catherin MINICH.
5. Mary Ann WAGNER was born 17 MAY 1833 in Plainfield, Bavaria, and died 11 NOV 1897 in Seattle, Washington.
Children of Mary Ann WAGNER and Jacob M. NIST are:
2.i. Jacob John NIST was born 2 AUG 1868 in Pittsburg, PA, and died 29 OCT 1940 in Seattle, WA. He married Mary Barbara SINGER 3 SEP 1891 in Allegheny, PA. She was born 5 MAR 1873 in Noble City, OH, and died 21 DEC 1951 in San Francisco, CA.
ii. Michael J. NIST was born 3 AUG 1862, and died WFT Est. 1863-1952.
iii. George Jacob NIST was born 22 NOV 1866, and died WFT Est. 1867-1956.
iv. Aloysius F. (Al) NIST was born WFT Est. 1854-1885, and died WFT Est. 1860-1963.
v. John J. NIST was born 14 AUG 1870, and died WFT Est. 1871-1960.
vi. Joseph F. NIST was born 30 SEP 1874, and died WFT Est. 1875-1964.
vii. Anna Margaret NIST was born 2 JUN 1876 in Pittsburg, PA, and died 2 DEC 1946 in Seattle, WA. She married John REISINGER 2 AUG 1900 in Seattle, WA, son of Leopold REISINGER and Fran Katharina REISINGER. He was born 14 DEC 1870 in Wein,Vieanna, Austria, and died 12 OCT 1952 in Seattle, WA.
Ahnentafel, Generation No. 4
8. Joseph NIST was born WFT Est. 1788-1817 in 1815, and died WFT Est. 1842-1902.
9. Catherin MINICH was born WFT Est. 1797-1820, and died WFT Est. 1842-1908.
Child of Catherin MINICH and Joseph NIST is:
4.i. Jacob M. NIST was born 28 MAR 1839 in Louisville, Kentucy, and died 5 AUG 1907 in Seattle, Washington. He married Mary Ann WAGNER 15 OCT 1860 in Pittsburg, Pennsylavania. She was born 17 MAY 1833 in Plainfield, Bavaria, and died 11 NOV 1897 in Seattle, Washington. He married Josephine CLAVADELSCHER 21 AUG 1900. She was born 18 MAR 1862, and died 25 AUG 1913.
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Wikipedia article
Jacob Michael Nist (March 28, 1839) was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Catherine Minich Nist and Joseph Nist. He moved to St. Marys, Elk County, Pennsylvania as a member of the "Colony of St. Marys". Jacob married Mary Anna Wagner on October 15, 1860 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he took up farming. While in Pittsburgh, Jacob and Mary had seven children: Michael J., George Jacob, Jacob John, Aloysius, John J., Joseph F. and Anna Margaret. Jacob and his family left Pittsburgh in 1878 for Holyrood, Kansas where he was engaged in the mercantile business.
By 1883, he had moved to Seattle, Washington. After he started working at the Seattle Lumber and Commercial Company, it was destroyed in the Great Seattle Fire on June 6, 1889. Jobless, he started the Queen City Manufacturing Company next to his home on the Northeast corner of Thomas and Rollin (later renamed Westlake Avenue N.). The telephone number was 738. In 1905, his eldest son Michael took over the company moving it to the southeast corner of 4th Avenue S. and S. Spokane Street in the Industrial District and renamed it the Seattle Box Company. It is currently called the Seattle-Tacoma Box Company and located in Kent, Washington.
After the death of his first wife, Jacob married Josephine Webber Clavadetscher on August 22, 1900. His grandson from his second marriage, John Hopcroft, is a former dean of the College of Engineering at Cornell University and a renowned theoretical computer scientist.
In 1906 Jacob's new house at 221 6th Avenue N. had both gas and electric lighting as electricity was too new to be trusted. The house was demolished for the second Denny Regrade.
Jacob is buried between his two wives (Mary on his left and Josephine on his right as inscribed on the tombstone) at Calvary Cemetery in the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle, Washington
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Nist)
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Nicholas Nist
Birth24 May 1745 in N, S, Rheinland-Pfatz, Germany
Death 5 Dec 1813
Catherine Uhl Birth 1748 in N,S,Rheinland-Pfatz, Germany Death 1813
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Johann George Nist Birth 9 Feb 1787 in Niederotterbach, Germany
Death 6 May 1811 in Niederotterbach, Bavaria, Germany
Elisabeth Müller Birth abt 1791 in Oberotterbach, Germany Death