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?
It's one of those family pics that just makes me smile. Mom's informal, slightly pigeon-toed stance, and the third friend leaning into the group--and they were laughing...but you really can't see faces much. So, scanning, darkening and enlarging it gives us a WAY better view:
I'd guess it was taken the winter following the 1939 California trip, since mom's holding the Camera, and the woman on the right looks like Marjorie Albright, her friend from the cities.
