3. Gustav August KOBERSTEIN Junior
E-mail dated June 30, 1999 from Wayne Koberstein:
August was my grandfather. Carl and Ida were their children, the first of 12. The name August and Gustave appear often in my family. August is my father's name, as it was my great uncle's, a Koberstein who with his brother Ernst had all kinds of adventures on the West Coast as young men in the late 1800s. They worked on schooners and canneries from San Francisco to Alaska, as well as with mule teams on mining wagons near Shanico in Eastern Oregon. "Uncle August" was a
deaf-mute, a snappy dresser with great appeal to the ladies, according to my dad. Ernst was a grizzled old character when I knew him as a kid in Corvallis. He owned a house near the OSU campus and refused to sell to the university for years until he died, when I was about 13.I could see Wisconsin and Oregon appealing to Germans, but the appeal of North Dakota was apparently free land for my grandparents, then just a young married couple. They left their parents and families behind in the lush hills of Oregon to settle on the midwestern sod. It was great life while it lasted; my dad has never stopped talking about his childhood on the farm. But dust and the depression brought it all to an end and drove the entire family back to Oregon. There they found work and a stable life in town. (My mother had a similar
experience with her Norwegian family from South Dakota.) Years later, in the 70s, my parents could not understand why I wanted to move back to the country, which they associated with the hard life they had escaped.I'll send more info as time allows. Hope this helps match up more pieces of the Koberstein puzzle. Thanks.
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Gustava Koberstein
[Gustav Koberstein]
Home in 1900: Township 140, Morton, North Dakota
Age: 30
Birth Date: Apr 1870
Birthplace: Germany
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1887
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Spouse's Name: Christina L
Marriage Year: 1897
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 3
Residence : Glen Ullin Township & Townships 137-140-Ranges 88-90, Morton, North Dakota
Household Members: Name Age
Gustava Koberstein 30
Christina L Koberstein 211910 United States Federal Census
Name: Gustav Koberstein
Age in 1910: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Germany
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Name: August
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Name: Emilie
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Spouse's Name: Christine
Home in 1910: Township 140, Morton, North Dakota
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year of Immigration: 1887
Household Members: Name Age
Gustav Koberstein 40
Christine Koberstein 31
Selma Koberstein 9
Paul Koberstein 7
Christina Koberstein 5
Carl Koberstein 3
Marie Koberstein 1 10/12
Ida Koberstein 1/12
August Koberstein 69
Emilie Koberstein 58North Dakota State Censuses, 1915 and 1925
Name: Gustav Koberstein
County: Morton
Town/City: Custer
Census Year: 1925
Age: 9
Est. Birth Year: abt 1916
Gender: Male
Race: White
Roll: ndsc_05237
Page: 3
Line: 25
Family Number: 31
From Germans from Russia web site (http://www.grhs.org/data/obits/k/o.htm)
Koberstein, Christine Lenore (Hartman) 27 Feb 1879 30 Jul (1962)Obituary ordered from Germans from Russia, Heritage Society
Dickey county Leader, Ellendale, North Dakota
" Christine Leonore Koberstein, 83, former resident of Hebron, passed away in a Corvallis, OR, hospital July 30 following an extended illness.
The daugher of Carl and Caroline Hartman, she was born in Minden, Germany, Feb. 27, 1879. Her father died in 1884, and in 1889, she moved to the United States with her mother and family settling in North Dakota. When she was 16, the family moved to Philomath, OR, where she was married to August Gustave Koberstein in Dec. 25, 1896. In 1897, the coupled moved to Hebron where they took up a homestead and remained for 40 years. In 1937 they returned to Oregon settling in Corvallis. Mr Koberstein died in 1957. She was a member of the First Assembly of God church.
Survivors include 3 sons, Paul and gustav Koberstein both of Eugene, OR, and August Koberstein, Corvallis, OR; 4 duaghters, Mrs. David (Tina) Zuern, Hazen; Mrs. Charles (Maxie) Osborne, Corvallis, OR; Mrs Harry (Caroline) Hesla, Crescent City, CA; and Mrs. Glenn (Emma) Hume, Akron, OH; 21 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Aug. 1. Former Hebron resident Herman Klick, a long-time frinet of the Koberstein family, was the vocalist at the funeral, singing in both English an German. Pall bearers, all grandsons, include Allan Koberstein, Wayne Koberstein, Dennis Koberstein, William Koberstein, Harold Wehmeier, and Wesley Starr. Interment followed the service at the Mt. Union cemetery near Corvallis."
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Osborne, Marie C. (Koberstein) (1909) 24 Jan 1993This seems to match this Mary Koberstein in terms of birth year and being the Germans from Russia Heritage Society is located in Bismark, North Dakota and this entry could logically be from North Dakota. I found these death records for a Marie C. Osborn in Benton County, Oregon which is the county this family line ended up in.
Social Security Death IndexName: Marie C. Osborne
SSN: 544-20-6190
Last Residence: 97333 Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States of America
Born: 16 Jun 1908
Died: 24 Jan 1993
State (Year) SSN issued: Oregon (Before 1951 )
Oregon Death Index, 1903-98Name: Osborne, Marie C
County: Benton
Death Date: 24 Jan 1993
Certificate: 93-02281
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1908
Spouse: Charle
Social Security Death Index
Name: Caroline Hesla
SSN: 544-20-6189
Last Residence: 44301 Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States of America
Born: 5 Jun 1911
Last Benefit: 44305 Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States of America
Died: Oct 1978
State (Year) SSN issued: Oregon (Before 1951)
Social Security Death Index
Name: Emma C. Frazier
SSN: 544-14-9973
Last Residence: 97321 Albany, Linn, Oregon, United States of America
Born: 9 Aug 1913
Died: 16 Dec 2001
State (Year) SSN issued: Oregon (Before 1951 )
Social Security Death Index
Name: Glenn Hume
SSN: 394-05-0944
Last Residence: 44240 Kent, Portage, Ohio, United States of America
Born: 2 Dec 1898
Died: Aug 1972
State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (Before 1951)
California Death Index; 1940 - 2000
Born June 27, 1876 in RE
Male
Death March 6, 1955 in Sacramento County
Social Security Number 532-05-3902
Age 78Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon) 18 May 1892 Wed Page 4
Another Sucessfull Term at an End...
The school for deaf-mutes, under the patronage of the state, and directlye under the control of a board of regents, closed a avery successful school year yesterday. At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the scholars rendered a very creditable programme in the sign language. Their performances reflected great credit upon the institution and the teachers of the school. There were thirty-six scholars as follow: ...; August Koberstein, ...Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon) 25 Feb 1896 Tue Page 5
Four runaway deaf mutes.
A big boy afraid of work entices three others to go - ...
Supintendent Early of the Mute school took the afternoon train north yesterday with the expectation of bringing back two of four truants who ran away from the institution Sunday and Sunday night. The names of the runaways are August Koberstein, age 21 years, resident of Philomath, Benton county; Joseph George aged 17 years, from Albina: John Reichle, aged 16 years, from Stafford, Clackamas county: Jesse Craven, aged 15 years, from Oretown, Tilliamook county.
The last three were coaxed to leave the school by Koberstein, who was admitted by special arrangement of the state board of education so as to give the young man a better chance for an education even though he had reached his majority. It was understood in his admission that he should make himself useful in such light work on the premises as would not interfere with his studies, and the makng of garden incident to the appraoch of spring was one fo the things in which he was to assist. He is not very energetic, however, and is no friend of work, so he determined to leave the place and induced the younger boys to join him in the idea.
Koberstein and Reichle went toward Portland, Joseph George wen to Albany and Craven started across the country toward his home in Tillamook county. He has relatives in Polk county and will probably call on them on the way, and if so they will likely advise him to return. Mr. early will probably be back today with the two who went to Portland and the other one will not stay away very long. They are not bad boys and tere was no trouble or dissatisfaction at the school, but young Koberstein simply did not want to work and his influence spread to the other three boys.Note from the age of 21 years old a birth year of about 1865 is calculated which identifies this August as August Hermann Koberstein.
GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Mand
BIRTH: Also shown as Born Nebraska.
BIRTH: Also shown as Born 6 Sep 1887
Name: Ruth L Koberstein
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: abt 1908
Birthplace: Oregon
Relation to head-of-house: Partner
Race: White
Home in 1930: Seattle, King, Washington
Image source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: 2499; Page: 28B; Enumeration District: 138; Image: 377.0.
Original information gave birth as about 1903, but the new information with the birth date of 28 May 1912 from the Golden Gate National Cemetery CA fits and burial at San Francisco is consistant with his father having died in Sacramento, CA. which is not far away. If his son died while they were in Sacramento military burial in San Francisco is resonable.
Name: Daniel A Koberstein
Veteran's Rank: CSC
Branch: US Navy
Last known address: 1300 Sneath Lane San Bruno , CA 94066
Birth Date: 28 May 1912
Death Date: 14 Jun 1967
Veteran Service Start Date: 7 Oct 1944
Veteran Service End Date: 15 Jul 1949
Interment Date: 20 Jun 1967
Cemetery: Golden Gate National Cemetery
Buried At: Section V Site 1320
Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/goldengate.htm
Name: Evelyn B Koberstein
Veteran's Rank: CSC
Branch: US Navy
Relation Name: Daniel A Koberstein
Relationship: Wife
Last known address: 1300 Sneath Lane San Bruno , CA 94066
Birth Date: 19 Oct 1921
Death Date: 1 Dec 1956
Interment Date: 4 Dec 1956
Cemetery: Golden Gate National Cemetery
Buried At: Section V Site 1321
Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/goldengate.htm
Relationship Notes: Wife of Koberstein, Daniel A