Born in Hygendorf, Buetow, Pomerania, Prussia (Skrodno). Died of assersschwache (old age)in the Town of How, Oconto, WI.
Married Louise Henriette Kusch in Prussia
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Source: Doris Wilber-
Martin and his wife Louise had four children that we know of: Albertine, John Adam, Herman Alfred Emil and Amelia aka Emily. They all lived in Kreis County, Butow, Pommern, Germany, today known as Bytow, Poland. It is here that the Kolberg family lived. Since there is a eight and a half year span between John and Herman and a five year span between Herman and Amelia, it is likely tha Martin and Louise had other children. Since this generation of Germans usually named their children after relatives. The fact that no Martin, Paul or Louis is listed as Martin's child is likely to imply that these children were probably deceased before the family came to America. The exact location of where the Kolberg's lived in Pommern is unknown. They were not fluent in the English language, so some of their vital records in America listed birthplaces not found on the Pommen map.
The Kolberg's were reported to have been farm laborers. During the late 1880's there were wealthy, large farm estates where peasant laborers worked these estates. The estates statyed in families, passing from generation to generation. Anna Kolberg Hischke said that her father, Herman came to America (before being drafted into mandatory military service) to have a chance to own and operate his own farm. On census records, Martin listed his arrival to America as 1889. (According to Ancestry.com-Miller family trees by Cransom 175, Martin arrived 10 Jan 1889 in NYC-Name: NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Repository: Ancestry.com Name: NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Author: Ancestry.com Publisher: - Provo, UT, : The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. - Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at NY, NY, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36; National Archiv Call Number: Notes: REFN: Repository: Ancestry.com 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604 Citation Detail: Year: 1889; Arrival: , ; Microfilm serial: M237; Microfilm roll: M237_529; Line: ; List number: . Date: Notes: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=nypl &h=8081031&ti=0&indiv=try Actual text: Name: Martin Kolberg Birth: abt 1833 Origin: Prussia Arrival: 10 Jan 1889 NY Departure: Swinemunde, Germany) No passenger list had been previously found for Martin under the spelling of Kolberg or anything similar. The is a person who might be our Martin listed as a passenger on the vessel, Werra, from Bremen and Southampton to the on October 08, 1889 manifest. He was listed as U.U. which means unknown surname, unknown first name. This person is listed as age 63, a farmer from Germany to America. Family recalls that John Kolberg sponsored his father's trip to America. It appears that Martin lived with John's family until his death.
Martin was processed through Castle Garden in the southern tip of Manhattan, NY, . The family first resided in Stapleton, which is found in the town of Middleton, Richmond County in the northeast area of Staten Island. Although the exact date that the family left Stapleton is not known, it appears from census records that the family left pre-1895. We are not sure how the family got from NY, to WI. Perhaps they traveled via the Great Lakes?
An article in the Oconto County paper tells us that "In 1891 Pastor Dicke came to the Town of Howe and Underhill areas to preach. At that time there were mostly forests and very few people amd most of the land was owned by the state. In 1891 Pastor Dicke first conducted service in the home of his oldest son, Henry. Later he conducted serveices in the schoolhouse at the rear of the Jacob Holl homestead. Families who attended were John Kolberg.. Services were held Sunday afternoons every six weeks after he had conducted the services in Hayes. This lasted until 1893. (John Kolberg lived near Jacob Holl. According to the article, he was living in the Town of How before 1893). We do not know why the Kolberg's settled in the Town of How, however, many residents were from the Kreis Butow and Kreis Stopl areas of Pommern.
Oconto County Reporter: Hayes News- 30 Nov 1900: The father of John Kolberg died last Saturday of old age, aged 77 years. He was buried in the German Luther Cemetery Tuesday.
Martin's death certificate listed his father as Paul. Paul's birthplace was listed as Daendorf, Germany and his wife's as Berusdorf. Her name was not listed. Whichever child provided this information was an adult when (s)he came to America and had remembered grandfather Paul living in Germany, probably Pommern. The fact that Paul's wife was not listed is most likely due to the fact that she died before her grandchildren where old enough to remember her.
Most Germans in Pommern were Lutheran. It is not known what religious preference the Kolberg family had in Pommern, however while living in Staten Island, NY, they were members of Trinity Lutheran Church. Martin and his four children joined St. John Lutheran Churchin Hayes, WI when they moved to How, Oconto, WI, USA. Martin and two of his children, Albertine and Herman, remained members there until they died. All three are buried at the church cemetery.
In 1897, Martin was a baptism sponsor for Ernst Martin Alfred Kolberg. On the 1900 Census, How, Oconto, WI, USA, No. 199, Martin was listed as a widower, born February 1823, arrived in America in 1889, could not speak English. He lived with his son John, and his family. He was listed as arriving in America in 1889 AL (alien). John was listed as arriving in America in 1888 PA (Citizenship applied for). Martin Kolbergs tombstone inscription and translation: MARTIN KOLBERG MARTIN KOLBERG Du ginst dem Tode froh entgegen You went happily towrds death, Zum Himmel war dein Letzter Blick Heaven was you last glace Dort lohnt Dich des Vaters Segen There you earned the Father's blessing Dort blueht Dir das ewige Glueck. There you flourish in eternal happiness. Burried at Hayes Cemetary, St. John's Lutheran Church, Hayes, WI.
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Married Louise Henriette Kusch in Prussia
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Source: Doris Wilber-
Martin and his wife Louise had four children that we know of: Albertine, John Adam, Herman Alfred Emil and Amelia aka Emily. They all lived in Kreis County, Butow, Pommern, Germany, today known as Bytow, Poland. It is here that the Kolberg family lived. Since there is a eight and a half year span between John and Herman and a five year span between Herman and Amelia, it is likely tha Martin and Louise had other children. Since this generation of Germans usually named their children after relatives. The fact that no Martin, Paul or Louis is listed as Martin's child is likely to imply that these children were probably deceased before the family came to America. The exact location of where the Kolberg's lived in Pommern is unknown. They were not fluent in the English language, so some of their vital records in America listed birthplaces not found on the Pommen map.
The Kolberg's were reported to have been farm laborers. During the late 1880's there were wealthy, large farm estates where peasant laborers worked these estates. The estates statyed in families, passing from generation to generation. Anna Kolberg Hischke said that her father, Herman came to America (before being drafted into mandatory military service) to have a chance to own and operate his own farm. On census records, Martin listed his arrival to America as 1889. (According to Ancestry.com-Miller family trees by Cransom 175, Martin arrived 10 Jan 1889 in NYC-Name: NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Repository: Ancestry.com Name: NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Author: Ancestry.com Publisher: - Provo, UT, : The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. - Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at NY, NY, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36; National Archiv Call Number: Notes: REFN: Repository: Ancestry.com 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604 Citation Detail: Year: 1889; Arrival: , ; Microfilm serial: M237; Microfilm roll: M237_529; Line: ; List number: . Date: Notes: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=nypl &h=8081031&ti=0&indiv=try Actual text: Name: Martin Kolberg Birth: abt 1833 Origin: Prussia Arrival: 10 Jan 1889 NY Departure: Swinemunde, Germany) No passenger list had been previously found for Martin under the spelling of Kolberg or anything similar. The is a person who might be our Martin listed as a passenger on the vessel, Werra, from Bremen and Southampton to the on October 08, 1889 manifest. He was listed as U.U. which means unknown surname, unknown first name. This person is listed as age 63, a farmer from Germany to America. Family recalls that John Kolberg sponsored his father's trip to America. It appears that Martin lived with John's family until his death.
Martin was processed through Castle Garden in the southern tip of Manhattan, NY, . The family first resided in Stapleton, which is found in the town of Middleton, Richmond County in the northeast area of Staten Island. Although the exact date that the family left Stapleton is not known, it appears from census records that the family left pre-1895. We are not sure how the family got from NY, to WI. Perhaps they traveled via the Great Lakes?
An article in the Oconto County paper tells us that "In 1891 Pastor Dicke came to the Town of Howe and Underhill areas to preach. At that time there were mostly forests and very few people amd most of the land was owned by the state. In 1891 Pastor Dicke first conducted service in the home of his oldest son, Henry. Later he conducted serveices in the schoolhouse at the rear of the Jacob Holl homestead. Families who attended were John Kolberg.. Services were held Sunday afternoons every six weeks after he had conducted the services in Hayes. This lasted until 1893. (John Kolberg lived near Jacob Holl. According to the article, he was living in the Town of How before 1893). We do not know why the Kolberg's settled in the Town of How, however, many residents were from the Kreis Butow and Kreis Stopl areas of Pommern.
Oconto County Reporter: Hayes News- 30 Nov 1900: The father of John Kolberg died last Saturday of old age, aged 77 years. He was buried in the German Luther Cemetery Tuesday.
Martin's death certificate listed his father as Paul. Paul's birthplace was listed as Daendorf, Germany and his wife's as Berusdorf. Her name was not listed. Whichever child provided this information was an adult when (s)he came to America and had remembered grandfather Paul living in Germany, probably Pommern. The fact that Paul's wife was not listed is most likely due to the fact that she died before her grandchildren where old enough to remember her.
Most Germans in Pommern were Lutheran. It is not known what religious preference the Kolberg family had in Pommern, however while living in Staten Island, NY, they were members of Trinity Lutheran Church. Martin and his four children joined St. John Lutheran Churchin Hayes, WI when they moved to How, Oconto, WI, USA. Martin and two of his children, Albertine and Herman, remained members there until they died. All three are buried at the church cemetery.
In 1897, Martin was a baptism sponsor for Ernst Martin Alfred Kolberg. On the 1900 Census, How, Oconto, WI, USA, No. 199, Martin was listed as a widower, born February 1823, arrived in America in 1889, could not speak English. He lived with his son John, and his family. He was listed as arriving in America in 1889 AL (alien). John was listed as arriving in America in 1888 PA (Citizenship applied for). Martin Kolbergs tombstone inscription and translation: MARTIN KOLBERG MARTIN KOLBERG Du ginst dem Tode froh entgegen You went happily towrds death, Zum Himmel war dein Letzter Blick Heaven was you last glace Dort lohnt Dich des Vaters Segen There you earned the Father's blessing Dort blueht Dir das ewige Glueck. There you flourish in eternal happiness. Burried at Hayes Cemetary, St. John's Lutheran Church, Hayes, WI.
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Born in Hygendorf, Buetow, Pomerania, Prussia (Skrodno). Died of assersschwache (old age)in the Town of How, Oconto, WI.
Married Louise Henriette Kusch in Prussia
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Source: Doris Wilber-
Martin and his wife Louise had four children that we know of: Albertine, John Adam, Herman Alfred Emil and Amelia aka Emily. They all lived in Kreis County, Butow, Pommern, Germany, today known as Bytow, Poland. It is here that the Kolberg family lived. Since there is a eight and a half year span between John and Herman and a five year span between Herman and Amelia, it is likely tha Martin and Louise had other children. Since this generation of Germans usually named their children after relatives. The fact that no Martin, Paul or Louis is listed as Martin's child is likely to imply that these children were probably deceased before the family came to America. The exact location of where the Kolberg's lived in Pommern is unknown. They were not fluent in the English language, so some of their vital records in America listed birthplaces not found on the Pommen map.
The Kolberg's were reported to have been farm laborers. During the late 1880's there were wealthy, large farm estates where peasant laborers worked these estates. The estates statyed in families, passing from generation to generation. Anna Kolberg Hischke said that her father, Herman came to America (before being drafted into mandatory military service) to have a chance to own and operate his own farm. On census records, Martin listed his arrival to America as 1889. (According to Ancestry.com-Miller family trees by Cransom 175, Martin arrived 10 Jan 1889 in NYC-Name: NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Repository: Ancestry.com Name: NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Author: Ancestry.com Publisher: - Provo, UT, : The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. - Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at NY, NY, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36; National Archiv Call Number: Notes: REFN: Repository: Ancestry.com 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604 Citation Detail: Year: 1889; Arrival: , ; Microfilm serial: M237; Microfilm roll: M237_529; Line: ; List number: . Date: Notes: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=nypl &h=8081031&ti=0&indiv=try Actual text: Name: Martin Kolberg Birth: abt 1833 Origin: Prussia Arrival: 10 Jan 1889 NY Departure: Swinemunde, Germany) No passenger list had been previously found for Martin under the spelling of Kolberg or anything similar. The is a person who might be our Martin listed as a passenger on the vessel, Werra, from Bremen and Southampton to the on October 08, 1889 manifest. He was listed as U.U. which means unknown surname, unknown first name. This person is listed as age 63, a farmer from Germany to America. Family recalls that John Kolberg sponsored his father's trip to America. It appears that Martin lived with John's family until his death.
Martin was processed through Castle Garden in the southern tip of Manhattan, NY, . The family first resided in Stapleton, which is found in the town of Middleton, Richmond County in the northeast area of Staten Island. Although the exact date that the family left Stapleton is not known, it appears from census records that the family left pre-1895. We are not sure how the family got from NY, to WI. Perhaps they traveled via the Great Lakes?
An article in the Oconto County paper tells us that "In 1891 Pastor Dicke came to the Town of Howe and Underhill areas to preach. At that time there were mostly forests and very few people amd most of the land was owned by the state. In 1891 Pastor Dicke first conducted service in the home of his oldest son, Henry. Later he conducted serveices in the schoolhouse at the rear of the Jacob Holl homestead. Families who attended were John Kolberg.. Services were held Sunday afternoons every six weeks after he had conducted the services in Hayes. This lasted until 1893. (John Kolberg lived near Jacob Holl. According to the article, he was living in the Town of How before 1893). We do not know why the Kolberg's settled in the Town of How, however, many residents were from the Kreis Butow and Kreis Stopl areas of Pommern.
Oconto County Reporter: Hayes News- 30 Nov 1900: The father of John Kolberg died last Saturday of old age, aged 77 years. He was buried in the German Luther Cemetery Tuesday.
Martin's death certificate listed his father as Paul. Paul's birthplace was listed as Daendorf, Germany and his wife's as Berusdorf. Her name was not listed. Whichever child provided this information was an adult when (s)he came to America and had remembered grandfather Paul living in Germany, probably Pommern. The fact that Paul's wife was not listed is most likely due to the fact that she died before her grandchildren where old enough to remember her.
Most Germans in Pommern were Lutheran. It is not known what religious preference the Kolberg family had in Pommern, however while living in Staten Island, NY, they were members of Trinity Lutheran Church. Martin and his four children joined St. John Lutheran Churchin Hayes, WI when they moved to How, Oconto, WI, USA. Martin and two of his children, Albertine and Herman, remained members there until they died. All three are buried at the church cemetery.
In 1897, Martin was a baptism sponsor for Ernst Martin Alfred Kolberg. On the 1900 Census, How, Oconto, WI, USA, No. 199, Martin was listed as a widower, born February 1823, arrived in America in 1889, could not speak English. He lived with his son John, and his family. He was listed as arriving in America in 1889 AL (alien). John was listed as arriving in America in 1888 PA (Citizenship applied for). Martin Kolbergs tombstone inscription and translation: MARTIN KOLBERG MARTIN KOLBERG Du ginst dem Tode froh entgegen You went happily towrds death, Zum Himmel war dein Letzter Blick Heaven was you last glace Dort lohnt Dich des Vaters Segen There you earned the Father's blessing Dort blueht Dir das ewige Glueck. There you flourish in eternal happiness. Burried at Hayes Cemetary, St. John's Lutheran Church, Hayes, WI.
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Married Louise Henriette Kusch in Prussia
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Source: Doris Wilber-
Martin and his wife Louise had four children that we know of: Albertine, John Adam, Herman Alfred Emil and Amelia aka Emily. They all lived in Kreis County, Butow, Pommern, Germany, today known as Bytow, Poland. It is here that the Kolberg family lived. Since there is a eight and a half year span between John and Herman and a five year span between Herman and Amelia, it is likely tha Martin and Louise had other children. Since this generation of Germans usually named their children after relatives. The fact that no Martin, Paul or Louis is listed as Martin's child is likely to imply that these children were probably deceased before the family came to America. The exact location of where the Kolberg's lived in Pommern is unknown. They were not fluent in the English language, so some of their vital records in America listed birthplaces not found on the Pommen map.
The Kolberg's were reported to have been farm laborers. During the late 1880's there were wealthy, large farm estates where peasant laborers worked these estates. The estates statyed in families, passing from generation to generation. Anna Kolberg Hischke said that her father, Herman came to America (before being drafted into mandatory military service) to have a chance to own and operate his own farm. On census records, Martin listed his arrival to America as 1889. (According to Ancestry.com-Miller family trees by Cransom 175, Martin arrived 10 Jan 1889 in NYC-Name: NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Repository: Ancestry.com Name: NY Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Author: Ancestry.com Publisher: - Provo, UT, : The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. - Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at NY, NY, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36; National Archiv Call Number: Notes: REFN: Repository: Ancestry.com 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604 Citation Detail: Year: 1889; Arrival: , ; Microfilm serial: M237; Microfilm roll: M237_529; Line: ; List number: . Date: Notes: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=nypl &h=8081031&ti=0&indiv=try Actual text: Name: Martin Kolberg Birth: abt 1833 Origin: Prussia Arrival: 10 Jan 1889 NY Departure: Swinemunde, Germany) No passenger list had been previously found for Martin under the spelling of Kolberg or anything similar. The is a person who might be our Martin listed as a passenger on the vessel, Werra, from Bremen and Southampton to the on October 08, 1889 manifest. He was listed as U.U. which means unknown surname, unknown first name. This person is listed as age 63, a farmer from Germany to America. Family recalls that John Kolberg sponsored his father's trip to America. It appears that Martin lived with John's family until his death.
Martin was processed through Castle Garden in the southern tip of Manhattan, NY, . The family first resided in Stapleton, which is found in the town of Middleton, Richmond County in the northeast area of Staten Island. Although the exact date that the family left Stapleton is not known, it appears from census records that the family left pre-1895. We are not sure how the family got from NY, to WI. Perhaps they traveled via the Great Lakes?
An article in the Oconto County paper tells us that "In 1891 Pastor Dicke came to the Town of Howe and Underhill areas to preach. At that time there were mostly forests and very few people amd most of the land was owned by the state. In 1891 Pastor Dicke first conducted service in the home of his oldest son, Henry. Later he conducted serveices in the schoolhouse at the rear of the Jacob Holl homestead. Families who attended were John Kolberg.. Services were held Sunday afternoons every six weeks after he had conducted the services in Hayes. This lasted until 1893. (John Kolberg lived near Jacob Holl. According to the article, he was living in the Town of How before 1893). We do not know why the Kolberg's settled in the Town of How, however, many residents were from the Kreis Butow and Kreis Stopl areas of Pommern.
Oconto County Reporter: Hayes News- 30 Nov 1900: The father of John Kolberg died last Saturday of old age, aged 77 years. He was buried in the German Luther Cemetery Tuesday.
Martin's death certificate listed his father as Paul. Paul's birthplace was listed as Daendorf, Germany and his wife's as Berusdorf. Her name was not listed. Whichever child provided this information was an adult when (s)he came to America and had remembered grandfather Paul living in Germany, probably Pommern. The fact that Paul's wife was not listed is most likely due to the fact that she died before her grandchildren where old enough to remember her.
Most Germans in Pommern were Lutheran. It is not known what religious preference the Kolberg family had in Pommern, however while living in Staten Island, NY, they were members of Trinity Lutheran Church. Martin and his four children joined St. John Lutheran Churchin Hayes, WI when they moved to How, Oconto, WI, USA. Martin and two of his children, Albertine and Herman, remained members there until they died. All three are buried at the church cemetery.
In 1897, Martin was a baptism sponsor for Ernst Martin Alfred Kolberg. On the 1900 Census, How, Oconto, WI, USA, No. 199, Martin was listed as a widower, born February 1823, arrived in America in 1889, could not speak English. He lived with his son John, and his family. He was listed as arriving in America in 1889 AL (alien). John was listed as arriving in America in 1888 PA (Citizenship applied for). Martin Kolbergs tombstone inscription and translation: MARTIN KOLBERG MARTIN KOLBERG Du ginst dem Tode froh entgegen You went happily towrds death, Zum Himmel war dein Letzter Blick Heaven was you last glace Dort lohnt Dich des Vaters Segen There you earned the Father's blessing Dort blueht Dir das ewige Glueck. There you flourish in eternal happiness. Burried at Hayes Cemetary, St. John's Lutheran Church, Hayes, WI.
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