Louise Altenbernd
F, #54, b. 7 September 1868, d. 10 June 1925
- Relationship
- Grandaunt of Sheila Sue Altenbernd
| Father* | Friedrich Wilhelm Altenbernd b. 23 March 1831, d. 28 August 1905 |
| Mother* | Katharine Hill b. 15 December 1842, d. 23 April 1913 |
The following information is from the records of John Altenbernd.
Louise never married. She kept house for my father until her death from a burst appendix. That happened before Dad's marriage. Louise was born at home as were all of the Altenbernd children.
Dad gave a portion of Louise's estate to Elmhurst College (a UCC School in suburban Chicago) to establish the Louise Altenbernd Memorial Scholarship Fund. It yields $50 a semester and is still there. It isn't much anymore, but originally $50 a semester meant a lot to a needy student. One of my Eden Seminary Classmates (Oddly enough, I can't remember who) was one of the recipients of that and asked me once if Louise Altenbernd was a relation of mine.) As of the 1970's all such scholarships at Elmhurst had been combined with each other.
End of information from John Altenbernd.
Louise was born in Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USAG, on 7 September 1868.1,2,3 She was the daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Altenbernd and Katharine Hill.
Louise Altenbernd was listed on the 1870 US Federal Census in Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USAG, enumerated 19 July 1870 living with Friedrich Wilhelm Altenbernd.4
Her age was listed as 1. She was shown as born in Kansas.4 Her father was of foreign birth. Her mother was of foreign birth.4
Photo of Catherine and Louisa Altenbernd in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA. Original photo in the possession of Pamela Hutchinson Garrett.5
Louise Altenbernd was listed on the 1875 Kansas State Census Eudora Township, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, enumerated 1875. Her age was listed as 44. She was shown as born in Germany. Her profession was farmer. She moved to Kansas from Germany.6
Louise Altenbernd was listed on the 1875 Kansas State Census Eudora Township, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, enumerated 1875. Her age was listed as 6. She was shown as born in Kansas.6
Louise Altenbernd was listed as Friedrich Wilhelm Altenbernd's daughter on the 1880 US Federal Census in Eudora Township, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, enumerated 1 June 1880.7 Her age was listed as 11. She was shown as born in Kansas. Her father was born in Prussia. Her mother was born in Hessen-Darmstadt. She was single.7
Louise was unmarried.
They was a student at Kaw Valley, District No. 12, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, in 1898.8
Photo of Altenbernd Family (About 1905)
Left to Right Back Row: William, Emil Holzel, Fredericka Hoelzel, Fred, Mary (Fred's wife), Carl, Louise
Left To Right Front Row: Frank Hoelzel, Katharina Helzel, Wilhelm (Father), Magadalina, Katherine (Mother), Louis
Children: Hildegarde Hoelzel, Francis Hoelzel circa 1905. Original photo in the possession of Sheila Altenbernd (#172.)9
Louise Altenbernd, residing at Lawrence, Kansas received a postcard on 22 December 1911.
The following item appeared at Eudora News, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, on 1 May 1913
The following item appeared Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, on 21 November 1918
( in 1919.)12
They resided Eudora Section 35SW, RR2, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, in 1920. They owned 144 acres.13
Louise died on 10 June 1925 at age 56.14,3 She was buried after 10 June 1925 Eudora City Cemetery, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, at.15,3
Louise never married. She kept house for my father until her death from a burst appendix. That happened before Dad's marriage. Louise was born at home as were all of the Altenbernd children.
Dad gave a portion of Louise's estate to Elmhurst College (a UCC School in suburban Chicago) to establish the Louise Altenbernd Memorial Scholarship Fund. It yields $50 a semester and is still there. It isn't much anymore, but originally $50 a semester meant a lot to a needy student. One of my Eden Seminary Classmates (Oddly enough, I can't remember who) was one of the recipients of that and asked me once if Louise Altenbernd was a relation of mine.) As of the 1970's all such scholarships at Elmhurst had been combined with each other.
End of information from John Altenbernd.
Louise was born in Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USAG, on 7 September 1868.1,2,3 She was the daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Altenbernd and Katharine Hill.
Louise Altenbernd was listed on the 1870 US Federal Census in Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USAG, enumerated 19 July 1870 living with Friedrich Wilhelm Altenbernd.4
Katharine and William Altenbernd with one of their children (oldest???)
Photo of Catherine and Louisa Altenbernd in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA. Original photo in the possession of Pamela Hutchinson Garrett.5
Catherine and Louisa Altenbernd
Louise Altenbernd was listed on the 1875 Kansas State Census Eudora Township, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, enumerated 1875. Her age was listed as 44. She was shown as born in Germany. Her profession was farmer. She moved to Kansas from Germany.6
Louise Altenbernd was listed on the 1875 Kansas State Census Eudora Township, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, enumerated 1875. Her age was listed as 6. She was shown as born in Kansas.6
Louise Altenbernd was listed as Friedrich Wilhelm Altenbernd's daughter on the 1880 US Federal Census in Eudora Township, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, enumerated 1 June 1880.7 Her age was listed as 11. She was shown as born in Kansas. Her father was born in Prussia. Her mother was born in Hessen-Darmstadt. She was single.7
Louise was unmarried.
They was a student at Kaw Valley, District No. 12, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, in 1898.8
Photo of Altenbernd Family (About 1905)
Left to Right Back Row: William, Emil Holzel, Fredericka Hoelzel, Fred, Mary (Fred's wife), Carl, Louise
Left To Right Front Row: Frank Hoelzel, Katharina Helzel, Wilhelm (Father), Magadalina, Katherine (Mother), Louis
Children: Hildegarde Hoelzel, Francis Hoelzel circa 1905. Original photo in the possession of Sheila Altenbernd (#172.)9
Altenbernd Family Picture
Altenbernd Family (About 1905)
Left to Right Back Row: William, Emil Holzel, Fredericka Hoelzel, Fred, Mary (Fred's wife), Carl, Louise
Left To Right Front Row: Frank Hoelzel, Katharina Helzel, Wilhelm (Father), Magadalina, Katherine (Mother), Louis
Children: Hildegarde Hoelzel, Francis Hoelzel
Left to Right Back Row: William, Emil Holzel, Fredericka Hoelzel, Fred, Mary (Fred's wife), Carl, Louise
Left To Right Front Row: Frank Hoelzel, Katharina Helzel, Wilhelm (Father), Magadalina, Katherine (Mother), Louis
Children: Hildegarde Hoelzel, Francis Hoelzel
Louise Altenbernd, residing at Lawrence, Kansas received a postcard on 22 December 1911.
I wish you a Merry Xmas. Irene Schroeder.
The following item appeared at Eudora News, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, on 1 May 1913
Card of Thanks
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us during the sickness and death of our dear mother; also for the beautiful floral offerings,
MRS. FRANK HOELZEL,
MISS LOUISA ALTENBERND,
FRED ALTENBERND,
LOUIS ALTENBERND,
MRS.EMIL HOELZEL,
MRS. ED SCHAAKE,
CARL ALTENBERND,
WILL ALTENBERND.10
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us during the sickness and death of our dear mother; also for the beautiful floral offerings,
MRS. FRANK HOELZEL,
MISS LOUISA ALTENBERND,
FRED ALTENBERND,
LOUIS ALTENBERND,
MRS.EMIL HOELZEL,
MRS. ED SCHAAKE,
CARL ALTENBERND,
WILL ALTENBERND.10
The following item appeared Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, on 21 November 1918
EUDORA LOYAL TO THE BOYS IN KHAKI
______________
The city and Township Overscribed Quota in "Seven-In-One" Drive.
The subscriptions totaled over $4,000; the exact quota is $3850. The following in a detailed report:
...
Kaw Valley.
Carl Altenbernd, Don Westhelfer.
Altenbernd, Conrad...........$25.00
Altenbernd, Carl...............$60.00
Altenbernd, Louisa............$19.00
Altenbernd, Wm...............$75.00
....11
______________
The city and Township Overscribed Quota in "Seven-In-One" Drive.
The subscriptions totaled over $4,000; the exact quota is $3850. The following in a detailed report:
...
Kaw Valley.
Carl Altenbernd, Don Westhelfer.
Altenbernd, Conrad...........$25.00
Altenbernd, Carl...............$60.00
Altenbernd, Louisa............$19.00
Altenbernd, Wm...............$75.00
....11
ME by John Altenbernd
The Great Courtship
It was early in 1919. The Rev Fred Stoerker was pastor of what was then called St. Paul's Evangelical Church of Eudora, Kansas. Among his parishioners was a "balding, bachelor farmer, William John Altenbernd, who lived west of Eudora in the Kaw Valley, about halfway between Eudora and Lawrence. The farm adjoined the Kansas River (or Kaw River as it was called locally) on the south side. He lived on the farm, still in the old Altenbernd homestead, with his unmarried sister, Louise. Will Altenbernd, as he was called, was then 33 years old.
Rev Fred Stoerker had a younger sister, Flora, who worked as a secretary in Jefferson City, Missouri, for the International Shoe Company office there. She was nearing 25. Fred and wife Hilda received a letter from her one day, informing them she was coming for a visit if that would be alright. She would come in on the evening train, which did not stop in Eudora. Could Fred meet her at the depot in Lawrence? She gave the date and time.
Well, of course that would be alright. They would be happy to see her again.
But something came up. Fred was not able to meet that evening train in Lawrence. He called Will Altenbernd and asked him if he would meet the train. (My mother always took all of this at its face value. But I've sometimes wondered in later years if Uncle Fred was really unable to meet that train. Could Uncle Fred and Aunt Hilda have been playing at matchmaking?) Will said he would meet her, and he did.
Maybe Will Altenbernd had seen a picture of Flora Stoerker beforehand, or maybe he had been impressed when his pastor had talked about his sister. In any event, Will evidently prepared himself beforehand, and he was not disappointed at what he saw emerge from the train.
When they got to the parsonage in Eudora - a ten mile trip or thereabouts - Will escorted her to the door with a package under his arm. When Hilda Stoerker greeted them at the door, Will pulled out two boxes of candy from his package, gave one to Hilda and the other to Flora, saying something to the effect that pretty girls always deserved something - an interesting remark in that it might be doubted Hilda Stoerker could ever have been regarded as a pretty girl, whatever else she was.
Will was invited in. He stayed for a while, and then left for home.
When Flora Stoerker got back to Jefferson City she soon got a letter in the mail, along with a box of chocolates, these coming from "Wm Altenbernd" with a postmark of Eudora, Kansas. Poor Flora couldn't for the life of her figure out who that was, an indication of the impression Will Altenbernd had made upon her. She couldn't even remember his name. She had to write her brother to find out who this "Wm Altenbernd" was. She had to find out. She couldn't just let it go because in the letter he said he wanted to drive to Jefferson City to see her.
"Let him come," her brother urged her. "He's a very nice man. It would be cruel just to give him a cold rejection." So, against her better judgment, but with the added urging of her friend and roommate, Ozie Bruce, Flora let him come.
I don't know the details of that first date, other than that it firmly encouraged Will Altenbernd and left Flora Stoerker realizing she had let herself in for something she wasn't sure she wanted, and which would now be very difficult to get rid of in any case.
The box of chocolates through the mail became a weekly thing. And a Eudora visitor to Jefferson City occurred with some frequency. Ozie Bruce was crazy about him (She called him "Bern"), but Flora Stoerker had serious misgivings. Will Altenbernd was obviously quite serious, and Flora Stoerker had long determined that there were two kinds of men she would never marry - if indeed she ever got married at all; a minister or a farmer. At length she sought openly to discourage him, but that didn't do any good. He kept writing. He kept sending candy, sometimes flowers. And he kept on coming to Jefferson City.
Not only were candy and flowers being sent, but a number of photographs began arriving. Will Altenbernd was in the process of tearing down the old homestead and was building a new one. The photos were pictures of the work in progress. (Dad later always said he had built the house for her. Whether or not he actually told her that in 1919 I don't know, but certainly the implication was plain enough.) Flora put the pictures in her photograph album. Will also put construction pictures in his album, along with the canceled check that paid for it - $10,000.
Immediately before one of his trips to Jefferson City, Will bought a new car. He had gotten no license plates for it as yet.
They had been applied for, but Will didn't wait around to pick them up. He drove on to Jefferson City without them.
He was in Jefferson City before some policeman finally stopped him and prepared to ticket him (or whatever was done in those days) for driving a car without an auto license.
But Will was not to be deterred by any mere policeman. "I've come all the way from Kansas," Will told him, "to see the prettiest girl in your town. Now you're not going to stop me from doing that, are you?"
The policeman waved him on, telling him to get those license plates before he drove anywhere else.
Mr. Hagens, a junior executive of the International Shoe Company, and Ozie's current boyfriend, upon hearing this story, got a piece of cardboard, wrote "License Applied For" on it, and stuck it onto Will's car. Will got safely back to Kansas and got his license plates.
Flora Stoerker was gradually giving in to this man, despite herself. But it took a long time. It would be a courtship of about eight years before there was a wedding. Most men would have given up long before then.
As time went on Flora Stoerker found herself occasionally taking trips to Kansas, even though her brother was no longer pastor there. She was always welcomed and treated royally by Will's sister Louise, who ran the farm house. The farm house, now long completed, was a beautiful thing. There are pictures of how Louise had it furnished.
On one of Flora's visits to Kansas, around 1926 I suppose, standing outside looking at the house, Will slipped a ring on Flora's finger. There were still many misgivings on Flora's part, but she did not take the ring off. She accepted it.
But once back in Jefferson City, doubts really assailed her. She went to work that Monday trying to hide her left hand, afraid somebody would see the ring. Of course, they saw it anyway. The office girls, especially Ozie, who worked there too, all knew Will by then, and they were overjoyed about it. Flora's doubts finally became resolved.
It was Will's intention that Louise keep living there at the farm house. After all, this was her home too. But Louise would have none of that. If Will married Flora, she would find a place of her own. That became academic, however. Louise came down with appendicitis, the appendix burst, and Louise did not survive the emergency surgery.
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There would be no great rush to a wedding, nor would it be a big wedding. In fact, there wouldn't even be any announcement of it in Eudora for a while afterward. Flora would go back to work at the Jefferson City office for a week or two to get things squared away there before coming on to Kansas.
The wedding itself would take place in Booneville, Missouri, in the parsonage of the church there. That was then the home of Fred and Hilda Stoerker, the witting or unwitting matchmakers of it all. Flora's sister, Alma, may have been there too.
The Rev Conrad Frederick Stoerker and his wife Wilhelmina would also be there, coming from St. Charles, Missouri, where they lived in retirement. They were the bride's parents. The Rev Conrad Frederick Stoerker would perform the ceremony for his daughter. It was May 24, 1927.
For some reason Rev Stoerker listed Flora's address as St. Charles when he filled out the marriage certificate, even though Flora had then lived in Jefferson City for some fifteen years.
Shortly thereafter, on June 13, 1927, Rev Conrad Frederick Stoerker would collapse in his bathroom. It was an aneurysm which would take his life within minutes.
So, as it turned out, the uniting in marriage of my parents was my grandfather's last wedding.
***********
I had always thought the farm house had been built later in the mid-Twenties, but Dad's canceled check for the house is dated August 2, 1919. If Dad did indeed build the house for my mother, as he always said he did, then he had remarkable confidence very early on - like within weeks of meeting her.
***********
I don't know how serious Ozie Bruce and Mr. Hagans were, but their relationship ended abruptly when Mr. Hagans got drunk one night and woke up the next morning to find himself married to the woman lying next to him. Mr. Hagans made no effort to get out of the marriage. I don't know if or for how long the marriage lasted. I have only the vaguest memory of Mr. Hagans when he was at the farm once when I was very small.
***********
The old Eudora parsonage in which the Fred Stoerkers lived was not torn down when the new one was built. It was sold and moved to what became Highway 10. It was still there when I was a boy. It had been sold again and had become a beer hall.
It was early in 1919. The Rev Fred Stoerker was pastor of what was then called St. Paul's Evangelical Church of Eudora, Kansas. Among his parishioners was a "balding, bachelor farmer, William John Altenbernd, who lived west of Eudora in the Kaw Valley, about halfway between Eudora and Lawrence. The farm adjoined the Kansas River (or Kaw River as it was called locally) on the south side. He lived on the farm, still in the old Altenbernd homestead, with his unmarried sister, Louise. Will Altenbernd, as he was called, was then 33 years old.
Rev Fred Stoerker had a younger sister, Flora, who worked as a secretary in Jefferson City, Missouri, for the International Shoe Company office there. She was nearing 25. Fred and wife Hilda received a letter from her one day, informing them she was coming for a visit if that would be alright. She would come in on the evening train, which did not stop in Eudora. Could Fred meet her at the depot in Lawrence? She gave the date and time.
Well, of course that would be alright. They would be happy to see her again.
But something came up. Fred was not able to meet that evening train in Lawrence. He called Will Altenbernd and asked him if he would meet the train. (My mother always took all of this at its face value. But I've sometimes wondered in later years if Uncle Fred was really unable to meet that train. Could Uncle Fred and Aunt Hilda have been playing at matchmaking?) Will said he would meet her, and he did.
Maybe Will Altenbernd had seen a picture of Flora Stoerker beforehand, or maybe he had been impressed when his pastor had talked about his sister. In any event, Will evidently prepared himself beforehand, and he was not disappointed at what he saw emerge from the train.
When they got to the parsonage in Eudora - a ten mile trip or thereabouts - Will escorted her to the door with a package under his arm. When Hilda Stoerker greeted them at the door, Will pulled out two boxes of candy from his package, gave one to Hilda and the other to Flora, saying something to the effect that pretty girls always deserved something - an interesting remark in that it might be doubted Hilda Stoerker could ever have been regarded as a pretty girl, whatever else she was.
Will was invited in. He stayed for a while, and then left for home.
When Flora Stoerker got back to Jefferson City she soon got a letter in the mail, along with a box of chocolates, these coming from "Wm Altenbernd" with a postmark of Eudora, Kansas. Poor Flora couldn't for the life of her figure out who that was, an indication of the impression Will Altenbernd had made upon her. She couldn't even remember his name. She had to write her brother to find out who this "Wm Altenbernd" was. She had to find out. She couldn't just let it go because in the letter he said he wanted to drive to Jefferson City to see her.
"Let him come," her brother urged her. "He's a very nice man. It would be cruel just to give him a cold rejection." So, against her better judgment, but with the added urging of her friend and roommate, Ozie Bruce, Flora let him come.
I don't know the details of that first date, other than that it firmly encouraged Will Altenbernd and left Flora Stoerker realizing she had let herself in for something she wasn't sure she wanted, and which would now be very difficult to get rid of in any case.
The box of chocolates through the mail became a weekly thing. And a Eudora visitor to Jefferson City occurred with some frequency. Ozie Bruce was crazy about him (She called him "Bern"), but Flora Stoerker had serious misgivings. Will Altenbernd was obviously quite serious, and Flora Stoerker had long determined that there were two kinds of men she would never marry - if indeed she ever got married at all; a minister or a farmer. At length she sought openly to discourage him, but that didn't do any good. He kept writing. He kept sending candy, sometimes flowers. And he kept on coming to Jefferson City.
Not only were candy and flowers being sent, but a number of photographs began arriving. Will Altenbernd was in the process of tearing down the old homestead and was building a new one. The photos were pictures of the work in progress. (Dad later always said he had built the house for her. Whether or not he actually told her that in 1919 I don't know, but certainly the implication was plain enough.) Flora put the pictures in her photograph album. Will also put construction pictures in his album, along with the canceled check that paid for it - $10,000.
Immediately before one of his trips to Jefferson City, Will bought a new car. He had gotten no license plates for it as yet.
They had been applied for, but Will didn't wait around to pick them up. He drove on to Jefferson City without them.
He was in Jefferson City before some policeman finally stopped him and prepared to ticket him (or whatever was done in those days) for driving a car without an auto license.
But Will was not to be deterred by any mere policeman. "I've come all the way from Kansas," Will told him, "to see the prettiest girl in your town. Now you're not going to stop me from doing that, are you?"
The policeman waved him on, telling him to get those license plates before he drove anywhere else.
Mr. Hagens, a junior executive of the International Shoe Company, and Ozie's current boyfriend, upon hearing this story, got a piece of cardboard, wrote "License Applied For" on it, and stuck it onto Will's car. Will got safely back to Kansas and got his license plates.
Flora Stoerker was gradually giving in to this man, despite herself. But it took a long time. It would be a courtship of about eight years before there was a wedding. Most men would have given up long before then.
As time went on Flora Stoerker found herself occasionally taking trips to Kansas, even though her brother was no longer pastor there. She was always welcomed and treated royally by Will's sister Louise, who ran the farm house. The farm house, now long completed, was a beautiful thing. There are pictures of how Louise had it furnished.
On one of Flora's visits to Kansas, around 1926 I suppose, standing outside looking at the house, Will slipped a ring on Flora's finger. There were still many misgivings on Flora's part, but she did not take the ring off. She accepted it.
But once back in Jefferson City, doubts really assailed her. She went to work that Monday trying to hide her left hand, afraid somebody would see the ring. Of course, they saw it anyway. The office girls, especially Ozie, who worked there too, all knew Will by then, and they were overjoyed about it. Flora's doubts finally became resolved.
It was Will's intention that Louise keep living there at the farm house. After all, this was her home too. But Louise would have none of that. If Will married Flora, she would find a place of her own. That became academic, however. Louise came down with appendicitis, the appendix burst, and Louise did not survive the emergency surgery.
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There would be no great rush to a wedding, nor would it be a big wedding. In fact, there wouldn't even be any announcement of it in Eudora for a while afterward. Flora would go back to work at the Jefferson City office for a week or two to get things squared away there before coming on to Kansas.
The wedding itself would take place in Booneville, Missouri, in the parsonage of the church there. That was then the home of Fred and Hilda Stoerker, the witting or unwitting matchmakers of it all. Flora's sister, Alma, may have been there too.
The Rev Conrad Frederick Stoerker and his wife Wilhelmina would also be there, coming from St. Charles, Missouri, where they lived in retirement. They were the bride's parents. The Rev Conrad Frederick Stoerker would perform the ceremony for his daughter. It was May 24, 1927.
For some reason Rev Stoerker listed Flora's address as St. Charles when he filled out the marriage certificate, even though Flora had then lived in Jefferson City for some fifteen years.
Shortly thereafter, on June 13, 1927, Rev Conrad Frederick Stoerker would collapse in his bathroom. It was an aneurysm which would take his life within minutes.
So, as it turned out, the uniting in marriage of my parents was my grandfather's last wedding.
***********
I had always thought the farm house had been built later in the mid-Twenties, but Dad's canceled check for the house is dated August 2, 1919. If Dad did indeed build the house for my mother, as he always said he did, then he had remarkable confidence very early on - like within weeks of meeting her.
***********
I don't know how serious Ozie Bruce and Mr. Hagans were, but their relationship ended abruptly when Mr. Hagans got drunk one night and woke up the next morning to find himself married to the woman lying next to him. Mr. Hagans made no effort to get out of the marriage. I don't know if or for how long the marriage lasted. I have only the vaguest memory of Mr. Hagans when he was at the farm once when I was very small.
***********
The old Eudora parsonage in which the Fred Stoerkers lived was not torn down when the new one was built. It was sold and moved to what became Highway 10. It was still there when I was a boy. It had been sold again and had become a beer hall.
( in 1919.)12
They resided Eudora Section 35SW, RR2, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, in 1920. They owned 144 acres.13
Louise died on 10 June 1925 at age 56.14,3 She was buried after 10 June 1925 Eudora City Cemetery, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, at.15,3
Louise Altenbernd Headstone
Last Edited=25 July 2020
Citations
- [S126] Unknown repository address, Louise Altenbernd (#54) Cemetery Marker, Altenbernd (#54), Louise - Cemetery Marker; READ BY Sheila Altenbernd (#172).
- [S119] Katharine Hill unknown date.
- [S1555] Unknown author Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas County Kansas, II Page: 135. (Douglas County, Kansas: Douglas County Genealogical Society, 1989) (Document Source Number: 00043-1989-00-00-01). Hereinafter cited as Complete Tombstone Census.
- [S786] Wilhelm Altenbernd (#46) household, 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas, Kansas, population schedule, town of Eudora, sheet 37, dwelling 282, family 286, National Archives micropublication M593_433. Viewed at www.ancestry.com . Hereinafter cited as Altenbernd, Conrad (#43) - 1870 Census.
- [S1094] Hermine Gassman Biesemeier Photo Album, online http://www.pamgarrett.com/albumhgb_08.html, viewed on May 3, 2010, viewed by Sheila Altenbernd (#172) . Hereinafter cited as Hermine Gassman Biesemeier Photo Album.
- [S1508] Abstracted by Pauline B. Elniff, "1875 Douglas County Kansas Census," The Pioneer -- Douglas County Kansas Genealogical, Page: 3,4, 63, 72, File Number: GC 978.101 D74e Viewed: 2007. (Document Source Number: Agent for the Sale of Coffins, Caskets, and Robes).
- [S496] Friedrich Wilhelm Altenbernd household, 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas County, Kansas, population schedule, town of Eudora Township, enumeration district (ED) 64, supervisor's district (SD) 1, sheet 1, dwelling 7, family 7, National Archives micropublication . Hereinafter cited as Altenbernd, Wilhelm 1880 Census.
- [S104] Goldie Piper Daniels, Rural Schools and Schoolhouses of Douglas County, Kansas (Baldwin City, Kansas: Telegraphics, Inc., 1975), Page 112 states these children were school age in 1898, There is also a Maffie Altenbernd and Albert Schaake listed. . Hereinafter cited as Rural Schools and Schoolhouses.
- [S789] Personal knowledge of Sheila Altenbernd (#172) (12230 W Washington Street, Avondale, Arizona 85323) .
- [S1823] Katherine Altenbernd (#47) Neighborhood News, The Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Kansas, May 1, 1913, page 2, column 3, www.newspapers.com, viewed at www.newspapers.com on May 22, 2023 (Document Source Number: 00047-1913-05-01-01) . Hereinafter cited as Eudora Weekly.
- [S1827] William Altenbernd (#55) Neighborhood News, The Eudora Weekly News, Eudora, Kansas, November 21, 1918, page 1, column 1-4, www.newspapers.com, viewed at www.newspapers.com on May 27, 2023 (Document Source Number: 00055-1918-11-21-01) . Hereinafter cited as Eudora Weekly.
- [S1422] John Stoerker Altenbernd,"The Great Courtship" in ME; Page(s) 33-36; Published:.
- [S1512] Unknown author, "Douglas County Farmers' Directory," The Pioneer, 3, XI, Page: 135-136, File Number: Genealogy 978.101 D74DCGA 198701989 (Published: Spring 1988) Viewed: 2007. (Document Source Number: 00055-1920-00-00-01).
- [S108] Unknown repository address, unknown name of person Cemetery Marker, Cemetery Marker; READ BY Sheila Altenbernd (#172).
- [S232] Unknown repository address, Louise Altenbernd Cemetery Marker, Altenbernd (#54), Louise - Cemetery Marker; READ BY Sheila Sue Altenbernd.
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