That's great stuff, thanks for sharing. May I ask where was their origin? Prussia is such a liquid border. I am assuming the Pfalz or possibly Hesse On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Beverly Morris <bevart@frontiernet.net>wrote: > I found an obituary for my 2nd great-granduncle, George Jacob NEU, who > arrived from Germany. He's the son of Valentine NEU who died in 1871 and is > buried in Pittsburgh. I just thought this obit was very interesting about > the coming to America. I hope you'll enjoy this little piece of history in > the fist paragraph. (His sister, Katharine Margaretha NEU is my ancestor. > She married Mattew AUGENSTEIN. They lived and died in Pittsburgh.) > > Washington County Register, Washington, Kansas, April, 1925: > George Jacob Neu was born in Prussia, Germany, about ten miles from the > Rhine River, December 24, 1839 [should be 1838]. In 1846, his parents, four > brothers, and two sisters left Germany and journeyed overland in a covered > wagon through Belgium and France to Havre, where they waited two weeks for a > three-master to take them to America. Forty-four days were spent on the > water. Arriving in New York the family had a short ride on one of the crude > trains of the forties, and then proceeded by boat to Chambersburg, PA., and > from there the journey was by stage, eight days to Pittsburg. > There young Jacob learned the shoemaker`s trade. He enlisted in the Army in > 1864 and served until July, 1865, when he was mustered out. He was the last > of the G.A.R. veterans to survive in Logan Township, and at the time of his > death, Tuesday morning, April 14, at about 6:30, he was 86 years, 3 months, > and 20 days old. It was on this day just forty-six years ago that he moved > to the home where he raised his family and spent his declining years. In > 1859, on Christmas Eve, his twenty-first birthday, Grandfather Neu was > united in marriage to Miss Anna Katherine Bishoff [sic] at Pittsburg, Pa. To > them were born twelve children, ten of whom survive, together with their > mother, to mourn the loss of a loving and devoted father. Two daughters, > Anna and Katherine, passed away in infancy. With his wife and surviving > children, he left Pittsburg at the time following the panic of `73 with what > he managed to save out of that catastrophe, started to Kansas, arriving in > Washington County i! > n 1879, where he labored with his devoted wife to raise their ten > children. > He is survived by his widow, Katherine Bishoff Neu, now in her > eighty-second year, who lovingly ministered to him until the very last, and > by four daughters, Miss Elizabeth Neu who lives at the old home; Mrs. > Margaret Smith of Roca, Nebr.; Mrs. Emma Rossman of Pittsburg, Pa.; Mrs. > Bertha Munch of Kansas City, K.; also six sons, Charles, William, and Jacob, > Jr. (sic), the youngest child, all of Washington County; Benjamin and Harry > of Butler, Okla.; and George of Overton, Nebraska. There were thirty > grandchildren and twenty-three great-grandchildren. Until 3 years ago he had > enjoyed good health, but has suffered much at times since. October of last > year he was stricken with what proved to be his last illness, but until two > weeks ago, he was up and about the house every day. He suffered much, but > all pain left him about fifteen minutes before his passing away and he went > as he had prayed many times, with a smile on his face. He prayed many times > that the Lord would take him; h! > e was ready to go. June of last year he wrote down many of the facts here > given, and closed with these words, referring to his training at Pittsburg: > "I was trained in the Lutheran faith, and I will stick to it till the last." > So passed one of the well known and loved pioneers of this country. Among > his last words were "Lift me higher." The funeral service will be held at > the home at 2 P.M. Friday April 17th, followed by services at St. Paul`s Ev. > Lutheran Church at 3 P.M. > Interment to be in St. Paul`s Cemetery. Rev. C. Wilbur Nelson, pastor in > charge of services. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Hi John, My 2nd great-grandmother, Katharine Margaretha Augenstein (nee Neu) was said to be born 25 Nov 1828 , Schalbach, Rheinpreusen, Germany. I believe this came from her death record at the Lutheran Church in the Brentwood area of Pittsburgh. Do you know what area that would be called today? I'm not up on Germany geography. Thanks for your interest and I'm glad you enjoyed hearing about this. Years ago I found on that this family arrived in New York on the Ship Rajah Nov 25, 1847. ~Christmas blessings to all, Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Steitz" <john.steitz@gmail.com> To: <paallegh@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 11:27 AM Subject: Re: [ALL] NEU obituary; interesting story about coming to America > That's great stuff, thanks for sharing. May I ask where was their origin? > Prussia is such a liquid border. I am assuming the Pfalz or possibly Hesse > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Beverly Morris > <bevart@frontiernet.net>wrote: > >> I found an obituary for my 2nd great-granduncle, George Jacob NEU, who >> arrived from Germany. He's the son of Valentine NEU who died in 1871 and >> is >> buried in Pittsburgh. I just thought this obit was very interesting >> about >> the coming to America. I hope you'll enjoy this little piece of history >> in >> the fist paragraph. (His sister, Katharine Margaretha NEU is my ancestor. >> She married Mattew AUGENSTEIN. They lived and died in Pittsburgh.) >> >> Washington County Register, Washington, Kansas, April, 1925: >> George Jacob Neu was born in Prussia, Germany, about ten miles from the >> Rhine River, December 24, 1839 [should be 1838]. In 1846, his parents, >> four >> brothers, and two sisters left Germany and journeyed overland in a >> covered >> wagon through Belgium and France to Havre, where they waited two weeks >> for a >> three-master to take them to America. Forty-four days were spent on the >> water. Arriving in New York the family had a short ride on one of the >> crude >> trains of the forties, and then proceeded by boat to Chambersburg, PA., >> and >> from there the journey was by stage, eight days to Pittsburg. >> There young Jacob learned the shoemaker`s trade. He enlisted in the Army >> in >> 1864 and served until July, 1865, when he was mustered out. He was the >> last >> of the G.A.R. veterans to survive in Logan Township, and at the time of >> his >> death, Tuesday morning, April 14, at about 6:30, he was 86 years, 3 >> months, >> and 20 days old. It was on this day just forty-six years ago that he >> moved >> to the home where he raised his family and spent his declining years. In >> 1859, on Christmas Eve, his twenty-first birthday, Grandfather Neu was >> united in marriage to Miss Anna Katherine Bishoff [sic] at Pittsburg, Pa. >> To >> them were born twelve children, ten of whom survive, together with their >> mother, to mourn the loss of a loving and devoted father. Two daughters, >> Anna and Katherine, passed away in infancy. With his wife and surviving >> children, he left Pittsburg at the time following the panic of `73 with >> what >> he managed to save out of that catastrophe, started to Kansas, arriving >> in >> Washington County i! >> n 1879, where he labored with his devoted wife to raise their ten >> children. >> He is survived by his widow, Katherine Bishoff Neu, now in her >> eighty-second year, who lovingly ministered to him until the very last, >> and >> by four daughters, Miss Elizabeth Neu who lives at the old home; Mrs. >> Margaret Smith of Roca, Nebr.; Mrs. Emma Rossman of Pittsburg, Pa.; Mrs. >> Bertha Munch of Kansas City, K.; also six sons, Charles, William, and >> Jacob, >> Jr. (sic), the youngest child, all of Washington County; Benjamin and >> Harry >> of Butler, Okla.; and George of Overton, Nebraska. There were thirty >> grandchildren and twenty-three great-grandchildren. Until 3 years ago he >> had >> enjoyed good health, but has suffered much at times since. October of >> last >> year he was stricken with what proved to be his last illness, but until >> two >> weeks ago, he was up and about the house every day. He suffered much, but >> all pain left him about fifteen minutes before his passing away and he >> went >> as he had prayed many times, with a smile on his face. He prayed many >> times >> that the Lord would take him; h! >> e was ready to go. June of last year he wrote down many of the facts >> here >> given, and closed with these words, referring to his training at >> Pittsburg: >> "I was trained in the Lutheran faith, and I will stick to it till the >> last." >> So passed one of the well known and loved pioneers of this country. Among >> his last words were "Lift me higher." The funeral service will be held at >> the home at 2 P.M. Friday April 17th, followed by services at St. Paul`s >> Ev. >> Lutheran Church at 3 P.M. >> Interment to be in St. Paul`s Cemetery. Rev. C. Wilbur Nelson, pastor in >> charge of services. >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
On a quick look here is what I have found: Schalbach is a town in Lorraine, France. (Not close to the Rhine. :( There is a Schwabach and Bad Schwalbach. Schwalbach is located in the Pfalz but near the Mosel not the Rhine :( Bad Schwalbach is located about 12 miles NW of Weisbaden and about 10 miles north of the Rhine. This is within the state of Hesse. As per German telephone book, there are 52 private telephone listings for surname Neu in near Bad Schwalbach. I think this is worthwhile to looking closer. You can Google "Bad Schwalbach" and get a bit of background, pictures etc. My research is south of the Rhine in Pfalz but close enough. On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Beverly Morris <bevart@frontiernet.net>wrote: > Hi John, > > My 2nd great-grandmother, Katharine Margaretha Augenstein (nee Neu) was > said > to be born 25 Nov 1828 , Schalbach, Rheinpreusen, Germany. I believe this > came from her death record at the Lutheran Church in the Brentwood area of > Pittsburgh. > > Do you know what area that would be called today? I'm not up on Germany > geography. > > Thanks for your interest and I'm glad you enjoyed hearing about this. > Years ago I found on that this family arrived in New York on the Ship > Rajah > Nov 25, 1847. > > ~Christmas blessings to all, > Bev > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Steitz" <john.steitz@gmail.com> > To: <paallegh@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 11:27 AM > Subject: Re: [ALL] NEU obituary; interesting story about coming to America > > > > That's great stuff, thanks for sharing. May I ask where was their > origin? > > Prussia is such a liquid border. I am assuming the Pfalz or possibly > Hesse > > > > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Beverly Morris > > <bevart@frontiernet.net>wrote: > > > >> I found an obituary for my 2nd great-granduncle, George Jacob NEU, who > >> arrived from Germany. He's the son of Valentine NEU who died in 1871 and > >> is > >> buried in Pittsburgh. I just thought this obit was very interesting > >> about > >> the coming to America. I hope you'll enjoy this little piece of history > >> in > >> the fist paragraph. (His sister, Katharine Margaretha NEU is my > ancestor. > >> She married Mattew AUGENSTEIN. They lived and died in Pittsburgh.) > >> > >> Washington County Register, Washington, Kansas, April, 1925: > >> George Jacob Neu was born in Prussia, Germany, about ten miles from the > >> Rhine River, December 24, 1839 [should be 1838]. In 1846, his parents, > >> four > >> brothers, and two sisters left Germany and journeyed overland in a > >> covered > >> wagon through Belgium and France to Havre, where they waited two weeks > >> for a > >> three-master to take them to America. Forty-four days were spent on the > >> water. Arriving in New York the family had a short ride on one of the > >> crude > >> trains of the forties, and then proceeded by boat to Chambersburg, PA., > >> and > >> from there the journey was by stage, eight days to Pittsburg. > >> There young Jacob learned the shoemaker`s trade. He enlisted in the Army > >> in > >> 1864 and served until July, 1865, when he was mustered out. He was the > >> last > >> of the G.A.R. veterans to survive in Logan Township, and at the time of > >> his > >> death, Tuesday morning, April 14, at about 6:30, he was 86 years, 3 > >> months, > >> and 20 days old. It was on this day just forty-six years ago that he > >> moved > >> to the home where he raised his family and spent his declining years. In > >> 1859, on Christmas Eve, his twenty-first birthday, Grandfather Neu was > >> united in marriage to Miss Anna Katherine Bishoff [sic] at Pittsburg, > Pa. > >> To > >> them were born twelve children, ten of whom survive, together with their > >> mother, to mourn the loss of a loving and devoted father. Two daughters, > >> Anna and Katherine, passed away in infancy. With his wife and surviving > >> children, he left Pittsburg at the time following the panic of `73 with > >> what > >> he managed to save out of that catastrophe, started to Kansas, arriving > >> in > >> Washington County i! > >> n 1879, where he labored with his devoted wife to raise their ten > >> children. > >> He is survived by his widow, Katherine Bishoff Neu, now in her > >> eighty-second year, who lovingly ministered to him until the very last, > >> and > >> by four daughters, Miss Elizabeth Neu who lives at the old home; Mrs. > >> Margaret Smith of Roca, Nebr.; Mrs. Emma Rossman of Pittsburg, Pa.; Mrs. > >> Bertha Munch of Kansas City, K.; also six sons, Charles, William, and > >> Jacob, > >> Jr. (sic), the youngest child, all of Washington County; Benjamin and > >> Harry > >> of Butler, Okla.; and George of Overton, Nebraska. There were thirty > >> grandchildren and twenty-three great-grandchildren. Until 3 years ago he > >> had > >> enjoyed good health, but has suffered much at times since. October of > >> last > >> year he was stricken with what proved to be his last illness, but until > >> two > >> weeks ago, he was up and about the house every day. He suffered much, > but > >> all pain left him about fifteen minutes before his passing away and he > >> went > >> as he had prayed many times, with a smile on his face. He prayed many > >> times > >> that the Lord would take him; h! > >> e was ready to go. June of last year he wrote down many of the facts > >> here > >> given, and closed with these words, referring to his training at > >> Pittsburg: > >> "I was trained in the Lutheran faith, and I will stick to it till the > >> last." > >> So passed one of the well known and loved pioneers of this country. > Among > >> his last words were "Lift me higher." The funeral service will be held > at > >> the home at 2 P.M. Friday April 17th, followed by services at St. Paul`s > >> Ev. > >> Lutheran Church at 3 P.M. > >> Interment to be in St. Paul`s Cemetery. Rev. C. Wilbur Nelson, pastor in > >> charge of services. > >> > >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >> > >> Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >