2nd reply: Annie... Looking through my family website, I have a Maria Margaretha NEU, born Feb 12, 1871, in PA, daughter of Gottlieb Neu and Salome FALK. Gottlieb born in Germany, Salome in France. Might be her and I have a strong gut feeling it is. Here's my notes under Gottlieb NEU: See the website of Mark Dickson: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com; email mdickson101@hotmail.com 1860 (taken Jun 13) census, East Birmingham, Allegheny Co., PA: Theophiles (sic) New (sic), age 29, shoemaker, real estate value $1000, personal value $200, born Prussia; Sarah New (sic), age 23, born France; Luisa (sic) New (sic), age 3, born PA; Catherine New (sic), age 6 months, born PA 1870 (taken Aug 2) census, Lower St. Clair Twp., Allegheny Co., PA: Gottlieb New (sic), age 39, shoemaker, real estate value $4000, personal value $200, born Prussia; Sarah New (sic), age 35, keeps house, born France; Louisa New (sic), age 13, born PA; Katie New (sic), age 10, born PA; Lizzie New (sic), age 8, born PA; Anna New (sic), age 5, born PA; Jacob New (sic), age 2, born PA 1880 census, 27th Ward, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA: Gotlieb Neu (Ancestry.com indexed as New), age 49, shoemaker, born Prussia/also parents; Salome, age 44, wife, keeping house, born France/also parents; Lizzie, age 18, daughter, at home, born PA; Anna, age 15, daughter, at home, born PA; Jacob, age 12, son, at school, born PA; Maggie, age 9, daughter, at school, born PA; Louisa, age 6, daughter, at home, born PA; Sarah, age 3, daughter, at home, born PA 1900 (taken Jun 3) census, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA: Gotlieb Neu, birth Apr 1832, age 68, married 44 years, born Germany/also parents, immigrated 1848, number of years in U.S. 52; Sarah, birth Dec 1835, age 64, mother of 9 children/6 living, born Germany/also parents, immigrated 1854, year is U.S. 46; Louis, son, birth Mar 1874, age 36, born PA; Sadie, daughter, birth May 1877, age 32, born PA, dressmaker 1910 (taken 21 Apr) census, Pittsburgh, Ward 16, Allegheny Co., PA: Gottlieb Neu, head of household, widowed, born Germany/also parents, no occupation; Louisa M. Neu daughter, age 36, single, born PA, parents born Germany, labor woman/out; Salome D. McClure, age 32, widowed, mother of 1 child/1 living, born PA, parents born Germany, dressmaker/at home; Mary S. McClure, granddaughter, age 1-3/12, born PA/also parents Death Certificate: different day of birth Apr 10, 1831; born Germany; age 80 years, 2 months, 4 days; occupation Shoemaker; parents Valentine Neu, born Germany and unknown Boehler, born Germany; Informant Miss Neu, Eleanor & Patterson sts. So what do you think? We do need to do a little more digging though.... ~Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: "annie" <1anniesquest4me@bellsouth.net> To: <paallegh@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [ALL] NEU obituary; interesting story about coming to America > very interesting-- especially since I have an unknown NEU from Pittsburgh > in my family-- > > Could Margaret NEU b. abt 1871 in PA and died after 1947 be related to > this group? Her parents are listed as being born in Germany in 1930 census > for her > > She married Dr. Francis McClain CALDWELL abt 1894 in Allegheny Co, PA. > They resided on Brentwood Ave in Allegheny Co. PA. > > She resided at the Concordia Old Folks Home in Cabot, PA in 1947 > > Her husband was my great grandma's brother- and he is buried in the St > Paul's Cemetery as well- > > hoping for documented connection here! > > annie > > > On Dec 21, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Beverly Morris 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. 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