Helen-- Could the Geo W CALDWELL date really by 1861 instead of 1891? Twould be grand if it was--- as I have lost my 1861 George Washington Caldwell..... annie On Dec 22, 2010, at 7:32 AM, annie wrote: > by jove, I think we've almost proved it!! Maybe we can find her obit---- I have Uncle Frank's already. > > annie > > On Dec 21, 2010, at 9:23 PM, Beverly Morris wrote: > >> Thanks from me, too... >> I really think Margaret CALDWELL (nee NEU) is daughter of Gottlieb NEU & >> Salome NEU (nee FALK). >> I have Margaret's birth as Feb 12, 1871. On the 1900 census with her husband >> listed as Frank CALDWELL and she as Maggie, it gives her date of birth as >> Feb 1871. >> ~Christmas blessings to all, >> Bev >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <roger@fyi.net> >> To: <paallegh@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 5:53 PM >> Subject: Re: [ALL] NEU obituary; interesting story about coming to America >> >> >>> Annie, I presume you have Margaret's headstone information but in case you >>> do know here are the Caldwells of First St. Paul German Evangelical Church >>> Cemetery, Penn Ave Mt Oliver Pa 15210 >>> Helen >>> CALDWELL, NORMAN M 5/15/1915-11/27/1918 Circle Rim A H64 >>> CALDWELL, ????? 1906-10/2/1906 SECF/G R13 H11 GUESSWORK >>> CALDWELL, ALONZO 1853-1923 SECF/G R13 H12 >>> CALDWELL, BENJAMIN C 1887-1956 SEC F/G R21 H4 >>> CALDWELL, F M 1868-1934 Circle Rim A H62 MD >>> CALDWELL, GEO W 3/14/1891-3/29/1907 SECF/G R13 H10 16 YEARS 15 DAYS >>> GUESSWORK >>> CALDWELL, MARGARET 1871-1957 Circle Rim A H63 >>> CALDWELL, MARGARET C 1889-1978 SEC F/G R21 H4 >>> CALDWELL, MARY B 1867-1936 SECF/G R13 H12 >>> CALDWELL? UNREADABLE Circle Rim A H65 ON CALDWELL LOT >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Margaret NEU CALDWELL lived in Brentwood-- her husband was buried in what >>>> appears to be her family's favorite cemetery- the old St Paul's >>>> Lutheran - >>>> Cemetery. Two of her sons in law are buried there as well- Her son is >>>> buried in Yuba, CA. One son in law is buried at Mt Lebanon. >>>> She and Uncle Frank married abt 1894 in Allegheny Co. Interesting to >>>> note >>>> his family was in the Birmingham area at the same time the other NEU >>>> family is there-- feel there is a connection- her parents are listed as >>>> being born in Germany in a census, but she is listed as being born in PA- >>>> >>>> as far as I can tell, she should have a great granddaughter, married and >>>> living in Bethel Park (per a 2009 obit) >>>> >>>> >>>> there is a Margaret Caldwell buried at St Paul's who died after 1947 >>>> (which is when I have last known location for her)- >>>> >>>> annie >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Dec 21, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Beverly Morris wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Annie, >>>>> At first glance I don't see her in my tree. You can look on my website: >>>>> http://osman.tribalpages.com and see if you can come up with something. >>>>> Also, visit the website of Mark Dickson >>>>> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mdickson101/ . The surname NEU >>>>> is >>>>> under his maternal lines. >>>>> Please to email me privately. Together we may be able to find the >>>>> connection. I'm going to try and find her on census records and see if I >>>>> can >>>>> find out anything that way. >>>>> If anyone else is interested, please feel free to jump in. >>>>> ~Bev >>>>> bevart(at)frontiernet(dot)net >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- 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. Rev. C. 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