Fond du Lac Wisconsin GRAB
Anyone out there? Caspar Grab and Barbara Fischer come to the US. Conrad, Amand , Mary Grab
Ashford, Campbellsport, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. St. Kilian's Catholic Church.
Joseph and Barbara move up to Shawano. William Martin moves to Pierce county.
etc,.
Barbara Grab (Amand Grab Rosalie Klecker) is my Great Grandmother, married Gustav Samp in Cecil, Shawano, Wisconsin.
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I have a Wilhelm Grab married Emma Winter in Shawano County on 31 Mar 1894.
Any Connection?
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Looks like it....do you know Emma's mother's maiden name? Caroline ???
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Emma's mother's name is Johanne Caroline Wilhelmine Winter and Emma's full name is Emma Caroline Augusta Winter. Emma married Wilhelm Martin Grab on 31 Mar 1894 in Shawano County, WI. His parents are Armand Grab and Rosalina.
They had a son, Joseph Grab, who was born ca 1895-1897 and died the same year he was born. The child may not have been baptized.
The story that has been passed down is that Wilhelm Martin was Catholic and Emma was Lutheran. When their child died the Catholic priest would not allow the child to be buried in the Catholic cemetery since the couple were not married before God (apparently they were married in a civil ceremony) or the child was not baptized in a Catholic ceremony.
Emma apparently was so upset with her husband - in that he couldn't arrange for a Christian burial for their child that she divorced him.
Tom
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Thanks! Barbara Grab (Amand(us) Grab and Rosalina Klecker's daughter) is my Great Grandmother, so this is a direct hit. Joseph Grab named after first born son of Amand and Rosalina..
Another Grab Catholic story....Gustave Samp was Lutheran, Barbara Grab (his wife) was devoutly Catholic. In fact, the Catholic Church in Cecil was held in the front living room of the Samp house on Freeborn Street while the church was being built. Anyway, Barbara passed.....and Gustave was dying....so he was baptized Catholic so he could join his beloved Barbara in heaven.....
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Do you know Emma's mother's Maiden Name? David Winter is the father?
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As I said previously, Emma's mother's name is Johanne Caroline Wilhelmine Winter - her maiden name is WINTER.
Emma's father's name is Carl David Ferdinand Winter.
They are 2nd cousins.
Tom
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