I have tears in my eyes!! I have the family Bible. My brother Mark has the framed pictures of Theobold and Ottilie that hung in his bedroom the whole time he was growing up. We knew they were Ottilie Stechert's parents on the Miesssner side, but did not know the first names. I also have a bunch of pictures of my grandparents, their house, the grave sites in the Anaheim cemetary.... and a box full of Pauline's and Otillie Stechert's correspondence. It is in German so I haven't tried to do anything with it yet. I would love to have a copy of the research.
I forgot to put in the year of birth for Theobold. It was 1812.
I am going to jump out there with my email address:
jgrace8702@aol.com. If you would contact me via that email, we can share info!! And I will then send you my address for a copy of the testimony.
I do not know where they were born. Census records are too broad. But I will keep looking also.
Thankyou so much!!! This means a lot to our family!!
I also have a MAC so file sharing should not be a problem. My father has told me about the estate settlement you mentioned.