Changed name legally to Gary Kobersteen Kelly in 1965.
Entry in Koberstein Surname web site guestbook by Gary Kobersteen Kelly on November 23, 2002.
Carl and Hannah Koebersteen are listed in vital records for Sheboygan, WI. My father was born in Sheboygan, WI. on 3/23/1917. He was the second of four children. Janet was the oldest, Ron, Doris and Lois.
Carl changed the spelling of the last name when he started working. He said everyone spelled it that way anyway. He once told me he had a auto mechanic job in Milwaukee where he signed his name a lot. He would not dot the "i" so it became an "e."
Carl also told me that in the early 1850's, a seventeen year old male stowed away on a ship from Germany to dodge Kaiser's conscripton. Settled in the Wisconsin area. Carl and Hannah lived in Milwaukee, move to Florida during the depresion and ended up in the Sacramento, CA area. Here are some vitals:
Janet Kobersteen married John Dunn and had Patrick and Susie. Janet died several years ago.
Ronald, my dad, married Bernice Landgren, had me and died in 1997 in Bellingham, WA
Doris, married Edward Bramer and had Gary and Kathleen. Doris lives in Carson City, NV.
Lois married Kenny Lauer and had Larry and Lynn. They live in Neveda, near Lake Tahoe.
My birth name was Ronald Gary Kobersteen, and I was born in Seattle, WA on 3/23/1946. I now live in Mukilteo, WA and have a daughter Kristene, married to Rodger Hanson, serving on the USS Lincoln.
Legally changed my name from Ronald Gary Kobersteen to Gary Kobersteen Kelly in 1965.
Would really appreciate any help i can get to trace my family back to the German area they came from.