Hello Karen,
Thanks so much for the "look up" offer. Your time and effort are much
appreciated.
My Greatgrandfather was John Carbiener, born in Printzheim, Alsace in 1822.
He and his half-brother George settled in Ohio for a few years and in 1854
or so John settled for good in Union Township, St Joseph County. According
to his obituary (died August 11, 1894) he lived for 40 years at the same
farm. His first wife Salome, died in 1856 and he married Catherine Ott
Walmer Vollmer who bore him several children, one of which was my
Grandfather Peter Paul Carbiener. I would be interested in any information
you may find on the Carbieners, Bergers and Walmers, all of which were in
the immediate area. (There are still several Carbieners in South Bend,
Bremen and other close areas.)
Thank you very much for your efforts,
Regards,
Gerald A. Carbiener (Jerry)
Minden, NV
gac(a)alpine.net
Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that there are a few books written on St.
Joseph
County. My library (Milwaukee County Lib - Main branch) has a few of
them
and
they are quite usefull. One book, titled
"Pictorial and biographical memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph counties,
Indiana,
together with biographies of many prominent men of northern Indiana
and of
the
whoe state, both living and dead" - published 1893. I found quite
a story
on my
family there - lots of names, dates, etc! There are few others that I
plan
to
check out such as "Historical background of South Bend and St.
Joseph
County in
northern Indiana / compiled and published by the DAR, South Bend,
Indiana"
and
"A History of St. Joseph County, Indiana". Most were
published late
1880's -
early 1900's.
If anyone wants me to look up their ancestors in these books, email me the
names
and next time I visit, I will search and make copies of pertinent
information. I
plan on visiting them again next week. They also have the 1910 Indiana
census
that I can take a look at also!
Karen
geekware(a)execpc.com