It's pretty neat that searching online casts such a wide net. To find mentions of relatives from long-past years, it helps to use a "wildcard" like "Nab*r", which is probably exactly what Larry did here. (One problem with searching newspapers for the word Naber is that it's used for 'neighbor' in stories written to sound like 'country' dialect--sheesh!) But the index comes from a machine reader, so the interpretation is iffy anyway.
This couple almost has to be "ours" because York, Nebraska is in the right part of the state (52 miles west of Lincoln) where other Nabers settled. Also, they were born in Oldenburg, Germany in 1841 and 1852.
York, Neb. April 13~Mr. and Mrs. John H. Nabor celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently. They were married at Hammelswart, in Oldenburg, Germany on the 18th day of March, 1872, and on the third day thereafter sailed for United States. They arrived in York county soon after and homesteaded south of Waco where they made their home for forty-five years. Five years ago they moved to Utica to make their home. Their family consists of ten children, twenty-four grand and great grand children. Mr Nabor is eighty-one years of age, and Mrs. Nabor, seventy.
I'm of course under a "Women Are Every Bit as Important" obligation to find Mrs. Naber's first name. According to the 1900 census from Waco township in York Co Nebraska, it was Gerhardine, even tho the enumerator spelled it funny. How can I be so sure? Look below the census excerpt:
Ahhh...I found John Henry Naber on Find a Grave. His wife's name was Gerhardine Schmidt Naber.
| Birth: | Jan. 3, 1841 Oldenburg, Germany |
| Death: | Mar. 30, 1930 Nebraska, USA |
 Family links: Parents: Anna Lucia Schroeder Naber (1799 - 1881) Children: Infant son Naber* William Heinrich Naber (1877 - 1959)* Metha Mathilda Naber Hoffschneider (1879 - 1967)* Henrietta Anna Naber Hoffschneider (1881 - 1955)* Karl F. Naber (1884 - 1887)* Clara Gerhardina Naber Schlechte (1888 - 1990)* Spouse: Gerhardine Schmidt Naber (1852 - 1936)* *Point here for explanation | |
| Burial: Saint Johns Cemetery Waco York County Nebraska, USA | |
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