Rosa Julia Grabber was the daughter of Bernhardt Joseph Grabber (1848-1925) and Veronica Schum (1859-1931).
Rosa’s father Bernhardt Joseph Grabber (1848-1925) immigrated to America in 1867 at the age of 18. He departed Bremen, Germany on the ship names the Capella and arrived in Baltimore, Maryland on September 1897. He made his way to the German town of Maria, Hilfe der Christen (Mary Help of Christians) or Mariah Hill, Indiana. He met and then married Veronica Schum (1859-1931) on January 22, 1878 in Mariah Hill, Indiana. He was 29 she was 18.
On October 14, 1889 Rosa Julia Grabber was born the seventh child in a family of 12. Johann Grabber (1880 - 1911), Joseph Grabber (1883 - 1971), Mary Katherine Grabber Gasser (1878 - 1958), Joseph Grabber (1883 - 1971), Bernard M Grabber (1885 - 1974), Elizabeth Grabber Hasenbein (1887 - 1981), Rosa Julia Grabber Williams (1889-1983), Maria Magdalene Grabber (Sr. Alphonisia) (1892-1963), Frank John Grabber (1894 - 1968), John William Grabber (1897 - 1950), Edward Nicholas Grabber (1900-1966), Veronica M. Grabber Warnke (1905-1995)
Rosa’s father was not satisfied with the farmland he had in Mariah Hill, Indiana. His land was 40 acres in close proximity to town. He felt he needed a larger portion of land to make farming successful for his family. He also found the climate was too harsh in the winter to be able to farm successful. He decided to look for larger sections of land in a warmer climate; he traveled as far south as Jacksonville Florida looking for farmland. In 1901 the Grabber family moved to Cullman, Alabama, which was 347.4 miles south crossing through Kentucky and Tennessee. Cullman, Alabama was a known German town so Bernhardt Joseph Grabber would feel comfortable and welcome in this community. The family rented a railroad boxcar and shipped all the farm equipment and household belongings to Cullman, Alabama.
Rosa attended Catholic School in Cullman, Alabama until 6th grade. She then worked on the family farm. Rosa used to add slips of paper with lines of poetry or songs to the bottom of the strawberry boxes that she packed. She loved to attend neighborhood dances but found the farm boys clumsy.
In 1912 Rosa Julia Grabber age 23, moved to Birmingham, Alabama to live and work with her cousin at the Tutwiler Hotel. Her job was in the housekeeping department. When she had time off she use to take walks with her friends and liked to go by the boarding house where she was attracted to Thomas Erwin Williams, who used to sit on the front porch waiting for her to walk by.
In 1914 Tom talked Rosa who was in love and anxious for an adventure to go with the Caston’s Clarence and Bess to Miami, Florida. The Caston’s had an old car that got them to Florida where they traded the car for a sailboat that they named “The Blackbird”. They sailed the Intercostals, stopping along the way until they reached Miami, Florida.
The work they hoped to find was not as promised. They were just ahead of the times for the building and development boom. If they could have waited a year or so things would have been different. On November 26, 1914 Tom Erwin Williams and Rosa Julia Grabber were married in Miami, Florida. Soon after they left Miami, Florida to return to Cullman, Alabama and the Grabber family. Tom and Rosa lived with the Grabbers until Tom Jr was born 1915. In 1916 Tom and Rosa with Tom Jr. moved to Sherman Texas. Jess Bernard Williams was born 1917 and Margaret Mary Williams Hall was born 1919.
According to the US Census of 1920 Tom’s older brother William Madison Williams lived in Griffin, Georgia and was a plumber. Tom may have stopped to visit his brother on the way to Florida in 1922 when Rosalie Mary Williams Kenney was born. It appears that family move to West Palm Beach, Florida before 1925 lived on Upland Road West Palm Beach, Florida. Which was considered “in town”. Clarence and Bess Caston had moved to West Palm Beach, Florida from Miami. Clarence had opened a plumbing business and Tom as able to get work with him. While the family lived on Upland Road In 1925 June Elizabeth Williams Harvey was born 1925 and Kathleen Ophelia Williams Rast was born 1928.
1930 US Census has the family living at 52 Albert Ave. West Palm Beach, Florida while at this location Dorothy Mary Williams (Sr. Mary Stella OBS) was born 1930 and Elizabeth Ann Williams born 1933.
In 1935 the family moves to property off Okeechobee Road in West Palm Beach. The portion of land was 10 acres and provided enough space for the family of 10 to live and be self-sufficient during the Depression years and beyond. There was a grapefruit and orange grove, a guava orchard, turkey and chicken with eggs, cows for milk, butter, cream. Rosa made jell, jams collected honey from the beehives and made soap. All of these items provided for the family as well as allowed products to be made available for sale to provide additional family income. Everyone pitched in to help with the farm work. Tom Sr. continued to do plumbing work for Clarence Caston and other plumbing contractors such a JA Adams. When the boys got older and out of school they too went to work in the plumbing trade with different local companies and the girls got jobs in town in the retail stores.
Rosa’s father Bernhardt Joseph Grabber (1848-1925) immigrated to America in 1867 at the age of 18. He departed Bremen, Germany on the ship names the Capella and arrived in Baltimore, Maryland on September 1897. He made his way to the German town of Maria, Hilfe der Christen (Mary Help of Christians) or Mariah Hill, Indiana. He met and then married Veronica Schum (1859-1931) on January 22, 1878 in Mariah Hill, Indiana. He was 29 she was 18.
On October 14, 1889 Rosa Julia Grabber was born the seventh child in a family of 12. Johann Grabber (1880 - 1911), Joseph Grabber (1883 - 1971), Mary Katherine Grabber Gasser (1878 - 1958), Joseph Grabber (1883 - 1971), Bernard M Grabber (1885 - 1974), Elizabeth Grabber Hasenbein (1887 - 1981), Rosa Julia Grabber Williams (1889-1983), Maria Magdalene Grabber (Sr. Alphonisia) (1892-1963), Frank John Grabber (1894 - 1968), John William Grabber (1897 - 1950), Edward Nicholas Grabber (1900-1966), Veronica M. Grabber Warnke (1905-1995)
Rosa’s father was not satisfied with the farmland he had in Mariah Hill, Indiana. His land was 40 acres in close proximity to town. He felt he needed a larger portion of land to make farming successful for his family. He also found the climate was too harsh in the winter to be able to farm successful. He decided to look for larger sections of land in a warmer climate; he traveled as far south as Jacksonville Florida looking for farmland. In 1901 the Grabber family moved to Cullman, Alabama, which was 347.4 miles south crossing through Kentucky and Tennessee. Cullman, Alabama was a known German town so Bernhardt Joseph Grabber would feel comfortable and welcome in this community. The family rented a railroad boxcar and shipped all the farm equipment and household belongings to Cullman, Alabama.
Rosa attended Catholic School in Cullman, Alabama until 6th grade. She then worked on the family farm. Rosa used to add slips of paper with lines of poetry or songs to the bottom of the strawberry boxes that she packed. She loved to attend neighborhood dances but found the farm boys clumsy.
In 1912 Rosa Julia Grabber age 23, moved to Birmingham, Alabama to live and work with her cousin at the Tutwiler Hotel. Her job was in the housekeeping department. When she had time off she use to take walks with her friends and liked to go by the boarding house where she was attracted to Thomas Erwin Williams, who used to sit on the front porch waiting for her to walk by.
In 1914 Tom talked Rosa who was in love and anxious for an adventure to go with the Caston’s Clarence and Bess to Miami, Florida. The Caston’s had an old car that got them to Florida where they traded the car for a sailboat that they named “The Blackbird”. They sailed the Intercostals, stopping along the way until they reached Miami, Florida.
The work they hoped to find was not as promised. They were just ahead of the times for the building and development boom. If they could have waited a year or so things would have been different. On November 26, 1914 Tom Erwin Williams and Rosa Julia Grabber were married in Miami, Florida. Soon after they left Miami, Florida to return to Cullman, Alabama and the Grabber family. Tom and Rosa lived with the Grabbers until Tom Jr was born 1915. In 1916 Tom and Rosa with Tom Jr. moved to Sherman Texas. Jess Bernard Williams was born 1917 and Margaret Mary Williams Hall was born 1919.
According to the US Census of 1920 Tom’s older brother William Madison Williams lived in Griffin, Georgia and was a plumber. Tom may have stopped to visit his brother on the way to Florida in 1922 when Rosalie Mary Williams Kenney was born. It appears that family move to West Palm Beach, Florida before 1925 lived on Upland Road West Palm Beach, Florida. Which was considered “in town”. Clarence and Bess Caston had moved to West Palm Beach, Florida from Miami. Clarence had opened a plumbing business and Tom as able to get work with him. While the family lived on Upland Road In 1925 June Elizabeth Williams Harvey was born 1925 and Kathleen Ophelia Williams Rast was born 1928.
1930 US Census has the family living at 52 Albert Ave. West Palm Beach, Florida while at this location Dorothy Mary Williams (Sr. Mary Stella OBS) was born 1930 and Elizabeth Ann Williams born 1933.
In 1935 the family moves to property off Okeechobee Road in West Palm Beach. The portion of land was 10 acres and provided enough space for the family of 10 to live and be self-sufficient during the Depression years and beyond. There was a grapefruit and orange grove, a guava orchard, turkey and chicken with eggs, cows for milk, butter, cream. Rosa made jell, jams collected honey from the beehives and made soap. All of these items provided for the family as well as allowed products to be made available for sale to provide additional family income. Everyone pitched in to help with the farm work. Tom Sr. continued to do plumbing work for Clarence Caston and other plumbing contractors such a JA Adams. When the boys got older and out of school they too went to work in the plumbing trade with different local companies and the girls got jobs in town in the retail stores.
Rosa Julia Grabber was the daughter of Bernhardt Joseph Grabber (1848-1925) and Veronica Schum (1859-1931).
Rosa’s father Bernhardt Joseph Grabber (1848-1925) immigrated to America in 1867 at the age of 18. He departed Bremen, Germany on the ship names the Capella and arrived in Baltimore, Maryland on September 1897. He made his way to the German town of Maria, Hilfe der Christen (Mary Help of Christians) or Mariah Hill, Indiana. He met and then married Veronica Schum (1859-1931) on January 22, 1878 in Mariah Hill, Indiana. He was 29 she was 18.
On October 14, 1889 Rosa Julia Grabber was born the seventh child in a family of 12. Johann Grabber (1880 - 1911), Joseph Grabber (1883 - 1971), Mary Katherine Grabber Gasser (1878 - 1958), Joseph Grabber (1883 - 1971), Bernard M Grabber (1885 - 1974), Elizabeth Grabber Hasenbein (1887 - 1981), Rosa Julia Grabber Williams (1889-1983), Maria Magdalene Grabber (Sr. Alphonisia) (1892-1963), Frank John Grabber (1894 - 1968), John William Grabber (1897 - 1950), Edward Nicholas Grabber (1900-1966), Veronica M. Grabber Warnke (1905-1995)
Rosa’s father was not satisfied with the farmland he had in Mariah Hill, Indiana. His land was 40 acres in close proximity to town. He felt he needed a larger portion of land to make farming successful for his family. He also found the climate was too harsh in the winter to be able to farm successful. He decided to look for larger sections of land in a warmer climate; he traveled as far south as Jacksonville Florida looking for farmland. In 1901 the Grabber family moved to Cullman, Alabama, which was 347.4 miles south crossing through Kentucky and Tennessee. Cullman, Alabama was a known German town so Bernhardt Joseph Grabber would feel comfortable and welcome in this community. The family rented a railroad boxcar and shipped all the farm equipment and household belongings to Cullman, Alabama.
Rosa attended Catholic School in Cullman, Alabama until 6th grade. She then worked on the family farm. Rosa used to add slips of paper with lines of poetry or songs to the bottom of the strawberry boxes that she packed. She loved to attend neighborhood dances but found the farm boys clumsy.
In 1912 Rosa Julia Grabber age 23, moved to Birmingham, Alabama to live and work with her cousin at the Tutwiler Hotel. Her job was in the housekeeping department. When she had time off she use to take walks with her friends and liked to go by the boarding house where she was attracted to Thomas Erwin Williams, who used to sit on the front porch waiting for her to walk by.
In 1914 Tom talked Rosa who was in love and anxious for an adventure to go with the Caston’s Clarence and Bess to Miami, Florida. The Caston’s had an old car that got them to Florida where they traded the car for a sailboat that they named “The Blackbird”. They sailed the Intercostals, stopping along the way until they reached Miami, Florida.
The work they hoped to find was not as promised. They were just ahead of the times for the building and development boom. If they could have waited a year or so things would have been different. On November 26, 1914 Tom Erwin Williams and Rosa Julia Grabber were married in Miami, Florida. Soon after they left Miami, Florida to return to Cullman, Alabama and the Grabber family. Tom and Rosa lived with the Grabbers until Tom Jr was born 1915. In 1916 Tom and Rosa with Tom Jr. moved to Sherman Texas. Jess Bernard Williams was born 1917 and Margaret Mary Williams Hall was born 1919.
According to the US Census of 1920 Tom’s older brother William Madison Williams lived in Griffin, Georgia and was a plumber. Tom may have stopped to visit his brother on the way to Florida in 1922 when Rosalie Mary Williams Kenney was born. It appears that family move to West Palm Beach, Florida before 1925 lived on Upland Road West Palm Beach, Florida. Which was considered “in town”. Clarence and Bess Caston had moved to West Palm Beach, Florida from Miami. Clarence had opened a plumbing business and Tom as able to get work with him. While the family lived on Upland Road In 1925 June Elizabeth Williams Harvey was born 1925 and Kathleen Ophelia Williams Rast was born 1928.
1930 US Census has the family living at 52 Albert Ave. West Palm Beach, Florida while at this location Dorothy Mary Williams (Sr. Mary Stella OBS) was born 1930 and Elizabeth Ann Williams born 1933.
In 1935 the family moves to property off Okeechobee Road in West Palm Beach. The portion of land was 10 acres and provided enough space for the family of 10 to live and be self-sufficient during the Depression years and beyond. There was a grapefruit and orange grove, a guava orchard, turkey and chicken with eggs, cows for milk, butter, cream. Rosa made jell, jams collected honey from the beehives and made soap. All of these items provided for the family as well as allowed products to be made available for sale to provide additional family income. Everyone pitched in to help with the farm work. Tom Sr. continued to do plumbing work for Clarence Caston and other plumbing contractors such a JA Adams. When the boys got older and out of school they too went to work in the plumbing trade with different local companies and the girls got jobs in town in the retail stores.
Rosa’s father Bernhardt Joseph Grabber (1848-1925) immigrated to America in 1867 at the age of 18. He departed Bremen, Germany on the ship names the Capella and arrived in Baltimore, Maryland on September 1897. He made his way to the German town of Maria, Hilfe der Christen (Mary Help of Christians) or Mariah Hill, Indiana. He met and then married Veronica Schum (1859-1931) on January 22, 1878 in Mariah Hill, Indiana. He was 29 she was 18.
On October 14, 1889 Rosa Julia Grabber was born the seventh child in a family of 12. Johann Grabber (1880 - 1911), Joseph Grabber (1883 - 1971), Mary Katherine Grabber Gasser (1878 - 1958), Joseph Grabber (1883 - 1971), Bernard M Grabber (1885 - 1974), Elizabeth Grabber Hasenbein (1887 - 1981), Rosa Julia Grabber Williams (1889-1983), Maria Magdalene Grabber (Sr. Alphonisia) (1892-1963), Frank John Grabber (1894 - 1968), John William Grabber (1897 - 1950), Edward Nicholas Grabber (1900-1966), Veronica M. Grabber Warnke (1905-1995)
Rosa’s father was not satisfied with the farmland he had in Mariah Hill, Indiana. His land was 40 acres in close proximity to town. He felt he needed a larger portion of land to make farming successful for his family. He also found the climate was too harsh in the winter to be able to farm successful. He decided to look for larger sections of land in a warmer climate; he traveled as far south as Jacksonville Florida looking for farmland. In 1901 the Grabber family moved to Cullman, Alabama, which was 347.4 miles south crossing through Kentucky and Tennessee. Cullman, Alabama was a known German town so Bernhardt Joseph Grabber would feel comfortable and welcome in this community. The family rented a railroad boxcar and shipped all the farm equipment and household belongings to Cullman, Alabama.
Rosa attended Catholic School in Cullman, Alabama until 6th grade. She then worked on the family farm. Rosa used to add slips of paper with lines of poetry or songs to the bottom of the strawberry boxes that she packed. She loved to attend neighborhood dances but found the farm boys clumsy.
In 1912 Rosa Julia Grabber age 23, moved to Birmingham, Alabama to live and work with her cousin at the Tutwiler Hotel. Her job was in the housekeeping department. When she had time off she use to take walks with her friends and liked to go by the boarding house where she was attracted to Thomas Erwin Williams, who used to sit on the front porch waiting for her to walk by.
In 1914 Tom talked Rosa who was in love and anxious for an adventure to go with the Caston’s Clarence and Bess to Miami, Florida. The Caston’s had an old car that got them to Florida where they traded the car for a sailboat that they named “The Blackbird”. They sailed the Intercostals, stopping along the way until they reached Miami, Florida.
The work they hoped to find was not as promised. They were just ahead of the times for the building and development boom. If they could have waited a year or so things would have been different. On November 26, 1914 Tom Erwin Williams and Rosa Julia Grabber were married in Miami, Florida. Soon after they left Miami, Florida to return to Cullman, Alabama and the Grabber family. Tom and Rosa lived with the Grabbers until Tom Jr was born 1915. In 1916 Tom and Rosa with Tom Jr. moved to Sherman Texas. Jess Bernard Williams was born 1917 and Margaret Mary Williams Hall was born 1919.
According to the US Census of 1920 Tom’s older brother William Madison Williams lived in Griffin, Georgia and was a plumber. Tom may have stopped to visit his brother on the way to Florida in 1922 when Rosalie Mary Williams Kenney was born. It appears that family move to West Palm Beach, Florida before 1925 lived on Upland Road West Palm Beach, Florida. Which was considered “in town”. Clarence and Bess Caston had moved to West Palm Beach, Florida from Miami. Clarence had opened a plumbing business and Tom as able to get work with him. While the family lived on Upland Road In 1925 June Elizabeth Williams Harvey was born 1925 and Kathleen Ophelia Williams Rast was born 1928.
1930 US Census has the family living at 52 Albert Ave. West Palm Beach, Florida while at this location Dorothy Mary Williams (Sr. Mary Stella OBS) was born 1930 and Elizabeth Ann Williams born 1933.
In 1935 the family moves to property off Okeechobee Road in West Palm Beach. The portion of land was 10 acres and provided enough space for the family of 10 to live and be self-sufficient during the Depression years and beyond. There was a grapefruit and orange grove, a guava orchard, turkey and chicken with eggs, cows for milk, butter, cream. Rosa made jell, jams collected honey from the beehives and made soap. All of these items provided for the family as well as allowed products to be made available for sale to provide additional family income. Everyone pitched in to help with the farm work. Tom Sr. continued to do plumbing work for Clarence Caston and other plumbing contractors such a JA Adams. When the boys got older and out of school they too went to work in the plumbing trade with different local companies and the girls got jobs in town in the retail stores.
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Grave Site is Section 19, Plot 306, place #2
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