Found from Norfolk Times Article that correct spelling of Bertha
Koberstein's sisters married name was Rissman (soundex code
R255)Found Marie Auguste Rissman nee Koberstein listed in the Brandenburg
emmegration index:
Rissmann, geb. Koberstein, Marie
Auguste
Age: 24
Occupation: Frau von Ferdinand
Place of origin: Koeffschen/Stern
berg
Destination: Nord-Amerika
Year: 1869Database: Brandenburg, Prussia Emigration Records (Ancestry.com)
Name Rissmann, geb. Koberstein,Marie Auguste
Age 24
Calc. Birth Year 1845
Occupation Frau von Ferdinand
Place of Origin Koeffschen/Sternberg
Destination Nord-Amerika
Year 1869
4. Bertha Henrietta KOBERSTEIN
I searched the Nebraska Newspaper abstracts index Vol I 1880 series Found
Koberstein, Bertha H. type=M(marriage) 10Feb1881 in the Norfolk Times,
Norfolk, Madison Cty. Reel.71, Call N76T (1880,81
covered)Sent Letter to Nebraska State Historical Society to get copy of newspaper
abstract/original of marriage of Bertha Koberstein. Recd. 20NOV1994,
gave marriage as 5 Feb 1881 to Charles Steinkraus of Norfolk,
NE.BIRTH: Per e-mail from Nancy Ness (nee Steinkras) dated 3/2/1998 this
birth information was from her grandfather's birth
certificate.In the 1880 census Bertha is listed as being born in Nebraska.
Sent Letter to Nebraska State Historical Society to get copy of
newspaper
abstract/original of marriage of Bertha Koberstein. Recd. 20NOV1994,
gave
marriage as 5 Feb 1881 to Charles Steinkraus of Norfolk, NE.