This location is on my website near Koltchen.
Item No. 65 Ernst Hermann Koberstein was born to August and Emilie nee Koberstein. The very unusual thing her is that Emilie had the maiden name (nee) of Koberstein and married August Koberstein. He was born at Waldaudorf on December 9, 1881. Since this record was from a microfilm from Waldau, Flatow, West Prussia I have to assume this Waldaudorf is in the same area. It appears that Hermann was born in Koltchen Kreis and they moved to Waldau, Flatlow, West Prussia. This seems like a match to Ernest R. Koberstein in the family below with some minor variations. The fact that the parents have the same name and even Emilie has a maiden name of Koberstein is a strong indication they are the same.
Item No. 6 – Bertha Koberstein was born to August and Emilie nee Koberstein Koberstein. . The very unusual thing her is that Emilie had the maiden name (nee) of Koberstein and married August Koberstein. She was born at Danibusch, Sternberg, Brandenburg, Prussia. The transcription of Danibusch looks correct, but it is so similar to Dammbusch I have to wonder if they are in fact the same place. If they are it would make the children fit together better. The death date is February 2, 1881 at the age of one year. The calculated birth year is about 1880.
This can be tabulated as:
Father: August Koberstein
Mother: Emilie nee Koberstein
|
Birth Date |
Birth Location |
Death Date |
Death Location |
|
1872 |
Dammbusch |
29 Mar 1882 |
Waldau |
|
1880 |
- |
2 Feb 1881 |
Danibusch |
|
9 Dec 1881 |
Wadaudorf |
- |
- |
Item No. 47 Martha Emilie Elizabeth Koberstein was born to Heinrich and Emilie nee Wurfel Koberstein. She was born at Waldauk Flatau Kreis on September 25, 1881. She is a part of the ernst family line in the Koberstein surname website. She is the daughter of Henry (americanized form of Heinrich) William Koberstein and Amelia Augusta Werfel. This record is another link with both families being in Waldau at about the same time frame. and imigrating to Nebraska (although they were in Illinois for a short while before taking up permanent residence in Nebraska. Martha is KZV5-CCQ in Family Search.
Probably the August and Emilie nee Koberstein Koberstein in these records is the same as the August and Emilie Koberstein in the AugustND family line. This family is in Family Search. Here is a list of the family:
August Koberstein was born 2 December 1840 in Brandenburg, Germany
Emilie Koberstein was born on 27 January 1842 in Hammerwiesen, Oststernberg, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany (note that her maiden name is listed as Koberstein, same as her husband and the couple above. This leads me to believe that they are the same couple.
Children:
- Yata or Ida was born in Germany in 1868.
- Gustav August Jr. was born on April 1870.
- Anna A. was born on 1873 in Germany.
- August Hermann Koberstein was born on 27 June 1876 in Faldan, Germany
- Ernest R. was born on 9 Dec 1881 in Waldau, Flatow, West Prussia, Prussia, Germany
This couple immigrated to America along with three of their children Anna, August, and Ernst in 1888 landing at Baltimore MD on the ship Hermann.
A key record for the birth year of ernest is a delayed birth registration below. It shows December 9, 1880, however the Find a grave record shows December 9, 1881, Social Security Death Index is December 9, 1880, The WWII registration card is December 9, 1881, The 1930 and 1940 census records show the year as 1881, but they are only estimates based on the date of the census was taken and his birth date. Since the birthday is in December and the census was taken before that, I believe the 1881 is the birth year upon which the age given in the census was stated. Oddly the Balitmore Maryland passenger list dated October 24, 1888 lists his age as 6. They give a calculated birth year of of 1882. However, since I know his birth day was not until December the actual calculated year should be 1881. Interestingly these records also give his name as Ernst, one has to believe it was changed to the more Americanized version of Ernest after they arrived. I deduce from all these facts that 1881 is the correct year.
As another connection of this family to Sternberg I found that the birth location of Emilie of Hammerwiesen is also near Koltchen.
http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Hammerwiesen
Here is a google map of Wścieklice (Polish city name for Hammerwiesen) relative to Koltchen (Kolczyn in polish). Hammerwiesen is in the Kreis of Koltchen parish, Lutheran (Evangelical).
