Being PROVEN right is wonderful ☺

My mom's dad was Anton Janson, and her mother was Margaret Naber.

Margaret's dad was Gerhard Naber, and her mother was Elizabeth (Richels) Naber, the second Elizabeth he'd married.  (The first was Elizabeth Rupipper, who died in 1870). 

Gerhard and Elizabeth Rupipper had four kids--Herman, Bernard, Henry and Mary Anna.
Gerhard and Elizabeth Richels had five more kids--Elizabeth, John B, Katherine, Margaret and Gerhard.

Gerhard Naber died in 1891, and by 1905, Elizabeth II and her five kids had moved to Buckman, Minnesota.

 I knew only that mom's mom was Margaret when Mom died in 1996, so when Larry and I began delving into Naber history, we had no idea that there ever was a first Elizabeth, let alone a second Elizabeth.

We checked censuses, wrote to the parish in Petersburg Iowa for records, and found confusing hints in death certificates and family trees online, but when Larry suggested that maybe there were two different wives named Elizabeth, we started using that as a hypothesis.  Eventually, we were satisfied that he was right.

Then, this week, Larry was rumaging around on the new version of FamilySearch and found THESE lovely RECORDS:
(The dates and places we know are filled in in italics, ok?)

Groom's Name: Gerhard Naber
Groom's Birth Date: 1 April 1829
Groom's Birthplace:  Salzburg, Hannover, Germany
Groom's Age: 29
Bride's Name: Elizabeth Ruppiper
Bride's Birth Date: 7 June 1839
Bride's Birthplace: Germany
Bride's Age: 19
Marriage Date: 18 May 1858
Marriage Place: Dubuque County, Iowa (New Vienna, Delaware Co, Iowa)
Groom's Father's Name:  John Naber
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race: W
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race: W
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02570-7
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1035386
Reference Number: bk 2 p 32 cn 150
Collection: Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992

AND

Groom's Name: Gerhard Naber
Groom's Birth Date: 1 April 1829
Groom's Birthplace: Salzburg, Hannover, Germany

Groom's Age: 42

Bride's Name: Elizabeth Rikel              
Bride's Birth Date: 2 April 1846
Bride's Birthplace: Westfalen, Germany
Bride's Age: 25
Marriage Date: 16 Feb 1871
Marriage Place: Petersburg, Delaware Co, Iowa
Groom's Father's Name: John Naber
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race: W
Groom's Marital Status: Widowed
Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Elizabeth Rupiper
Bride's Race: W
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02571-0
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1035392
Reference Number: Page 159
Collection: Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992

Pretty cool, huh?