39. Caroline Wilhelmine KOBERSTEIN
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Martin Koberstein, Wilhelmine Koenig
The relationship of Caroline the daughter of Johann and Caroline the mother of these chilren is an assumption bases on appropriate age and location in Colonie Brisk, it is not a proven genealogical fact.
40. Caroline Justine Wilhelmine KOBERSTEIN
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - August Ziob, Friedrick Warnke, Auguste Kober?, Justine Krosie
The relationship of Heinriette the daughter of Gottlieb and Heinriette the mother of these chilren is an assumption bases on appropriate age and location in Colonie Brisk, it is not a proven genealogical fact.
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Wilhelm Nohel, Therese Koberstein
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Friedrich Koberstein, Wilhelmine Korsch
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Wilhelmine Korsch, Friedrich Koberstein
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Otto Korsch, Fridericke Koberstein
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Martin K?, Gottlieb Koberstein
GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Mathilde
BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 1855
Dakau, Rosenberg, West Prussia is now Gdakowo, Poland.
Here is a description.
Now, here's the stuff on DAKAU.In 1321, Dietrich Stangen sold the estate Dakau to the townsman Johann Wenke
of Thorn. Bp. Rudolf certified this sale in 1325. Wenke must have very
quickly settled German farmers in the village, for already in the Documents
for Oschen in 1328, the "mayor" Nikolaus of Dachow appears. Hermann von
Allen sold the village and the estate of Dakow to Bp. Johann for 1200 marks,
so that then the village was "bishoplich" (belonged to a bishop). This is
from Kaufmann, History of the Kreis Rosenberg.
The little village lay in the north of Kreis Rosenberg, and the border with
Kreis Stuhm. With its 85 households and 437 inhabitants, it doesn't count
as a large village, but it had a significant amount of land. It had two
large landowners--Walter Lichtenstein with 180 hectars andReinhard Neumann
with 130. The village lay in a fertile valley on both sides of a stream.
It was purely a farming village; it had few artisans. It lay strategically
well-placed, for commerce, on the road between Marienburg and Deutsch Eylau.
The railroad station was very nice looking. It was a strictly utilitarian
building, built in 1912, and the station master Liermann, who had a love for
gardening, planted flower beds and shrubs around it. It was about 1.2 km
from the village.At the first curve in the road was the road to Gunthen. On this road were
the farms of Erich Kanter and August Jeschke. The latter's farm was
regarded as a model farm. After a few steps, one saw the houses of the
village. Immediately on entering the village was a road to the left on
which was the "Nebenwerwerbsiedlungen" built in 1933. [take a
guess--Neberwerwerb means "additional income". Siedlung means settlement.
It's beyond my ken.] Here lived the families Graf, Puschmann, Mai
(majewski), Plieth, Klann and Klettke. Going ahead we hear the cling-clang
of the smiths. Master Swebodczinski and his son Viktor are hard at work
shoeing a horse. A little farther on is the yard of the farmer and civil
registrar, Otto Kuglin. Dakau and Rohdau make together a single civil
administration.Now we're in the village, in the middle of which is the school, 22 meters
high of wood-overlayed brick. According to the school chronicle, this was
the third school at this place. The previous school burned down in the
1890s, and this one was built in 1894. Here three generations of the Zech
family served as teachers, the last, Ernst Zech was teacher and organist
from 1887 to 1931. This situation also prevailed in Riesenwalde (Preuss
family) and in Gross Brunau (Hoffmann family). After 1931, other families
held this position in Dakau. Zech's successor was Andreas Wendt from
Schleswig-Holstein. He returned home after a few years. The last teacher
and organist was Otto Pissareck. In 1928 a second teacher was added due to
the rising number of students (80). This position was filled by
Eisenberger, Buse, Regenbrecht and Miss Mentz. In the last year of the war
(Pissareck was drafted), it was Miss Gerda Hausherr. Since there was only
one classroom, instruction was given in two periods, morning and afternoon.
A second classroom was planned, and 35,000 marks was collected, but the
government built a large school in Sommerau instead and the plans were laid
aside. Then came the war.The school shared some land with the church. This was 6 morgen in size, on
the road to Steinberg, and was used by the teacher. The teacher (later the
first teacher), had to be organist. Shortly before the war they separated
church and school. The church got the land and the village got the school.Near the school, on a high spot in the cemetery, stood the church. The high
trees around it hid it from view, so that from a distance one wouldn't know
this was a church-village. It was a filial-church to Gross Rohdau and was
served by pastors from there. However Dakau with the village of Laskowitz
and the estates of Orkusch and Wilzen made up a single parish which must
have been established about 1800 since from that time there was only one
church book. The tower was not very high. It was whitewashed, and it was
noteworthy because the altar and chancel were on the side of the nave.Next to the school garden was the dairy that belonged to the Gygan family
who had bought it from Klann. It was built in 1900 and was soon expanded to
include areas for smoked and Tilsit cheese [??] and for hog-fattening.
After the dairy in Gross Rohdau failed in 1930, mild from Rohdau and
Sonnenwalde was brought to this dairy. After the closing down of the
estate-owned dairy in Klein Rohdau, milk from there was also brought to
Dakau. It was an imposing business.Among the artisans, besides the smiths, there was the wheelwright and a very
competent nursery. The Hermann Inn, besides dealing in agriculture and
coal, was also the post office after about 1920. Two letter carriers served
Rohdau, Dakau and Laskowitz.Dakau had very good land. Exemplary were the farms of Lichtenstein and
Neumann, Lichtenstein with horse-raising [?] and Neumann with horses and
cattle. The farmers emulated these large farms.Reinhard Neumann (Dakau), was a legend [?] in Kreis Rosenberg and beyond.
As in the years of suffering 1930 to 1933 many farmers didn't know where to
turn, he kept his farm free of debt. It is no wonder that he became a
creditor to many. Through his many activities (Head of the Agricultural
Society of Riesenburg, Head of the Riding Society, Leding member of the
Agric. Society of Kreis Raiffeisen, member of the Kreis Council, etc), he
had the best knowledge of the needs of his colleagues. He stood ready to
help anyone. The farmers of Dakau were connected to the Agric. Soc of
Riesenburg.The Kyffhäuserkameraden [veterans?] belonged to the Comrades of Gross
Rohdau. A voluntary fire company was formed in 1921, the head of which
until 1945 was Otto Kuglin. The bean-growing society [!!] of Dakau and the
region was under the leadership of the teacher Gustav Roeske of Gross
Rohdau.Mayors of the community were: Gustav Teschendorf, 1890-1896, August Schultz
until 1912, Johann Thiel until 1919, Harmann Rapelius until 1931, August
Jaeschke until 1937, Kurt Rapelius and Erich Kanter alternately until 1945.Amtsvorsteher [not sure how to translate this--"leading official"?] were
Rudolf Schwark, 1890-1905, August Schultz until 1923, Reinhard Neumann until
1934, Herbert Kropeit until 1938, Paul Friedland until 1945.Civil registrars [again, not sure, but fairly sure in this case] were
Holzenberg, 1874-1880, teacher Preuss until 1886, August Schultz until 1915,
Ernst Zech until 1920, Ernst Herrmann until 1923 and Otto Kuglin until 1945.There was much life in this otherwise quiet village in late August, 1939.
It was the assembly point for the 325th army regiment under the leadership
of Captain Walter Lichtenstein. On September 3 he fell in battle at Melno.
His was the first of many deaths in the community. He was later brought
home and buried with ceremony in the Dakau cemetery.
SURNAME: Also shown as Hinsberg
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Godparents - Gustav Fiebert, Wilhelmine Hingberg
131. Matilde Friederike HINSBERG
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Godparents - Matilde Hingberg, Johann Saube
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Godparents -
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Godparents - Wilhelm Eulerfeld, Wilhelmine Hinsberg
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Ludwig Habinwald?, Caroline Krohn?
The relationship of August the son of Johann and August the father of these chilren is an assumption bases on appropriate age and location in Colonie Brisk, it is not a proven genealogical fact.
134. Gustav Ehrich SIMSKI Alias Koberstein
The best I can determine is that maybe Gustav was an illigitimate birth to the wife of Gustav who he later adopted and thus the last name of alias Koberstein, even though he died in infancy.
Furthermore the death place also give Lautenburg and Colonie Brinsk.
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents -
A very interesting story can be had from just the two source records we have for Gustav Limski. First of all there has been some confusion over the transcription of the old German script for his last name. Some transcribe Simski, but that appears unlikely if you look carefully at the old script. The more likely transciption is Limski. The suffix 'ski' might indicate a polish name, but we don't know for sure. First looking at the birth record we see the name given as Gustav Limski alias Koberstein. This is an unexpected use of the word alias. The mothers maiden name is Limski, but she married August Ludwig Koberstein. One has to wonder if the childs name of August came from this apparent step father. Ludwig is also a common Koberstein first/middle name. He was born February 2, 1883. We don't have a marriage record for his mother Florentine Limski and stepfather August Ludwig Koberstein to be sure the birth was before the marriage, but one would assume it is so. Now looking at his death record, we sadly note that he died when he was only fourteen and one half years old. Furthermore it occured near the mill at Lautenburg. On the preprinted form that was used to record his death the word 'verstorben' meaning death was crossed out and '' was written in its place. Perhaps it was an accident at the mill during the peak of harvest on July 30, 1897.
135. Friedrick Wilhelm KOBERSTEIN
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Only Koberstein written in this column
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - August Schneider, Julia Engel
For this child the father is listed with a different middle name of Gottfried, I have entered it as a second middle name, but this will have to be clarified.
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - August Schneider, C? Koberstein
The relationship of Therese the daughter of Johann and Therese the mother of these chilren is an assumption bases on appropriate age and location in Colonie Brisk, it is not a proven genealogical fact.
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Friedrich Koberstein, Heinriette Saube
140. Wilhelmine Julianna TAUBE
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Jacob Saube, Friedr. Koberstein
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Jacob Saube, Friedericke Koberstein
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Heinriette Gess, Michael Ehelminski
BIOGRAPHY: Godparents - Laurel K?, Johanna H?