3. Gustav August KOBERSTEIN Junior
E-mail dated June 30, 1999 from Wayne Koberstein:
August was my grandfather. Carl and Ida were their children, the first of 12. The name August and Gustave appear often in my family. August is my father's name, as it was my great uncle's, a Koberstein who with his brother Ernst had all kinds of adventures on the West Coast as young men in the late 1800s. They worked on schooners and canneries from San Francisco to Alaska, as well as with mule teams on mining wagons near Shanico in Eastern Oregon. "Uncle August" was a
deaf-mute, a snappy dresser with great appeal to the ladies, according to my dad. Ernst was a grizzled old character when I knew him as a kid in Corvallis. He owned a house near the OSU campus and refused to sell to the university for years until he died, when I was about 13.I could see Wisconsin and Oregon appealing to Germans, but the appeal of North Dakota was apparently free land for my grandparents, then just a young married couple. They left their parents and families behind in the lush hills of Oregon to settle on the midwestern sod. It was great life while it lasted; my dad has never stopped talking about his childhood on the farm. But dust and the depression brought it all to an end and drove the entire family back to Oregon. There they found work and a stable life in town. (My mother had a similar
experience with her Norwegian family from South Dakota.) Years later, in the 70s, my parents could not understand why I wanted to move back to the country, which they associated with the hard life they had escaped.I'll send more info as time allows. Hope this helps match up more pieces of the Koberstein puzzle. Thanks.
Came across this entry for the
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Osborne, Marie C. (Koberstein) (1909) 24 Jan 1993This seems to match this Mary Koberstein in terms of birth year and being the Germans from Russia Heritage Society is located in Bismark, North Dakota and this entry could logically be from North Dakota. I found these death records for a Marie C. Osborn in Benton County, Oregon which is the county this family line ended up in.
Social Security Death IndexName: Marie C. Osborne
SSN: 544-20-6190
Last Residence: 97333 Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States of America
Born: 16 Jun 1908
Died: 24 Jan 1993
State (Year) SSN issued: Oregon (Before 1951 )
Oregon Death Index, 1903-98Name: Osborne, Marie C
County: Benton
Death Date: 24 Jan 1993
Certificate: 93-02281
Birth Date: 16 Jun 1908
Spouse: Charle
Social Security Death Index
Name: Emma C. Frazier
SSN: 544-14-9973
Last Residence: 97321 Albany, Linn, Oregon, United States of America
Born: 9 Aug 1913
Died: 16 Dec 2001
State (Year) SSN issued: Oregon (Before 1951 )
16. Frederick William KOBERSTEIN
The middle name "Wayne" was previous (noncencus) e-mail information. An e-mail dated 6/7/00 from his daughter indicated Wayne was wrong and William was right.
Terry,
I recently found you page for Koberstein decendants....Under Gustav August Koberstein Jr. on # 16 you have Fridrick Wayne Koberstein. It should be Frederick William Koberstein. Born August 14, 1916. Died Oct. 21, 1956. This was my father.
I found these pages you have put together so far very interesting. Keep up
the good work...Donna Koberstein-Sichley
Gresham, Oregon
California Death Index; 1940 - 2000
Born June 27, 1876 in RE
Male
Death March 6, 1955 in Sacramento County
Social Security Number 532-05-3902
Age 78
Name: Ruth L Koberstein
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: abt 1908
Birthplace: Oregon
Relation to head-of-house: Partner
Race: White
Home in 1930: Seattle, King, Washington
Image source: Year: 1930; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: 2499; Page: 28B; Enumeration District: 138; Image: 377.0.
Original information gave birth as about 1903, but the new information with the birth date of 28 May 1912 from the Golden Gate National Cemetery CA fits and burial at San Francisco is consistant with his father having died in Sacramento, CA. which is not far away. If his son died while they were in Sacramento military burial in San Francisco is resonable.
Name: Daniel A Koberstein
Veteran's Rank: CSC
Branch: US Navy
Last known address: 1300 Sneath Lane San Bruno , CA 94066
Birth Date: 28 May 1912
Death Date: 14 Jun 1967
Veteran Service Start Date: 7 Oct 1944
Veteran Service End Date: 15 Jul 1949
Interment Date: 20 Jun 1967
Cemetery: Golden Gate National Cemetery
Buried At: Section V Site 1320
Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/goldengate.htm
Name: Evelyn B Koberstein
Veteran's Rank: CSC
Branch: US Navy
Relation Name: Daniel A Koberstein
Relationship: Wife
Last known address: 1300 Sneath Lane San Bruno , CA 94066
Birth Date: 19 Oct 1921
Death Date: 1 Dec 1956
Interment Date: 4 Dec 1956
Cemetery: Golden Gate National Cemetery
Buried At: Section V Site 1321
Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/goldengate.htm
Relationship Notes: Wife of Koberstein, Daniel A