Katharina Margaretha (Leonhardt) Kerbel (1884 - 1975)

Born 1 Feb 1884 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Ancestors

Wife of Johann Jakob Kerbel — married 27 Jan 1909 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1975 at age 91 in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, USA

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Biography

Katharine (Leonhardt) Kerbel was a Volga German.

Katharine (Leonhardt) Kerbel has German Roots.

Family #179 in the 1897 Grimm census.

Birth Date and Place

• 01 February 1884
• Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Parents

• Alexander Leonhardt, II
• Katharina Elisabetha Bibelheim (Bibelheimer)

Marriage

• Johann Jakob Kerbel
• 27 January 1909 (date listed on both Katherine & Johann's Naturalization petitions)
• Grimm, Saratov, Russia

Children

• Lydia Kerbel, born 1911
• Marie Kerbel, born 1913
• Jacob Kerbel, born 1914
• Alexander Jacob Kerbel, born 1916
• Emma Bertha (Kerbel) Albrandt, born 1918

• Additional early children - As told by Lydia Kerbel (the eldest child):

Katherine lost a first child at three months (probably 1909). Then while on a wagon (about 1910) going down to collect water John Jacob's brother George started the wagon too quickly and Katherine fell off. She lost twin boys at 6 months.

Immigration

• 15 January 1913: Arrived in Portland, Maine from Liverpool, England

Death Date and Place

• 27 August 1975
• Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States

1897 Grimm Census ^[1]

Family # 179

Head of the Household Alexander Leonhardt, age 55

Wife Katharina Elisabeth Leonhardt, age 55

Child #1 Michael Leonhardt, age 36

Wife of Child #1 Katharina Margaretha Leonhardt, age 36

Grandchild #1 Alexander Leonhardt, age 14

Grandchild #2 Karl Leonhardt, age 8

Grandchild #3 Jakob Leonhardt, age 3

Grandchild #4 Christian Jakob Leonhardt, age 2

Grandchild #5 Amalia Leonhardt age 10

Grandchild #6 Katharina Margaretha Leonhardt, age 6

Child #2 Alexander Leonhardt, age 25

Child #3 Elisabeth Leonhardt, age 17

Child #4 Katharina Margaretha Leonhardt, age 12

Unnamed Brother [Johann Karl Leonhardt], deceased

Wife of Unnamed Brother Maria Katharina Leonhardt, age 65, widow

Child #5 Alexander Leonhardt, age 40

Wife of Child #5 Amalia Leonhardt, age 37

Grandchild #7 Alexander Leonhardt age 16

Grandchild #8 Karl Leonhardt, age 12

Grandchild #9 Friedrich Leonhardt, age 4

Grandchild #10 Emilia Leonhardt, age 9

Grandchild #11 Maria Leonhardt, age 7 months

Unnamed Brother

Child #6 Karl Leonhardt, age 24, single, in military service

UK Outbound Passenger List ^[2]

Name: Kata Kerbel

Gender: Female

Age: 28

Birth Date: abt 1885

Departure Date: 4 Jan 1913

Port of Departure: Liverpool, England

Destination Port: Portland

Ship Name: Canada

Search Ship Database: Search for the Canada in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

Shipping line: White Star Dominion Line

Official Number: 106866

Master: B O Jones

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1947 ^[3]

Name: Katerine Karbel [sic] should be Katherine Kerbel

Gender: Female

Age: 28

Birth Year: abt 1885

Birth Country: Russia

Vessel: Canada

Date of Arrival: 14 Jan 1913

Port of Arrival: Portland, Maine, USA

Port of Departure: Liverpool, England

U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959 ^[4]

Name: Katerine Karbel [sic] should be Katherine Kerbel

Age: 28

Estimated birth year: abt 1885

Birthplace: Grim, Russia

Gender: Female

Ethnic Background: German

Arrival Date: 15 Jan 1913

Port of Arrival: Portland, Maine

Port of Departure: Liverpool, England

Ship Name: Canada

Friend's Name: P Kailer [sic] probably Kaiser

Last Residence: Russia

Place of Origin: Russia

1930 United States Federal Census ^[5]

Name Katherine Kerbel

Event Type Census

Event Date 1930

Event Place Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States

Gender Female

Age 46

Marital Status Married

Race White

Race (Original) White

Relationship to Head of Household Wife

Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Wife

Birth Year (Estimated) 1884

Birthplace Russia

Immigration Year 1912

Father's Birthplace Russia

Mother's Birthplace Russia

Sheet Letter A

Sheet Number 6

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Jacob Kerbel Head M 47 Russia

Katherine Kerbel Wife F 46 Russia

Lydia Kerbel Daughter F 19 Russia

Marie Kerbel Daughter F 17 Russia

Jacob Kerbel Jr. Son M 15 Wisconsin

Alex Kerbel Son M 13 Wisconsin

Emma Kerbel Daughter F 11 Wisconsin

Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index ^[6]

Name Catherine Kerbel

Event Type Naturalization

Event Place Fond Du Loc, Wisconsin

Event Date 1938

Birth Year 1884

Birthplace Russia

U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes ^[7]

Name: Catherine Kerbel

Birth Date: 1 Feb 1884

Birth Place: Russia

Age at event: 54

Court District: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa

Year of Arrival: 1913

Date of Action: 9 May 1938

1940 United States Federal Census ^[8]

Name Katherine Kerbel

Event Type Census

Event Date 1940

Event Place Ward 6, Fond Du Lac, Fond Du Lac City, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States

Sex Female

Age 56

Marital Status Married

Race (Original) White

Race White

Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Wife

Relationship to Head of Household Wife

Birthplace Russia

Birth Year (Estimated) 1884

Last Place of Residence Same Place

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Jacob Kerbel Head M 57 Russia

Katherine Kerbel Wife F 56 Russia

United States Social Security Death Index ^[9]

Age 91

Given Name Catherine

Surname Kerbel

Birth Date 01 Feb 1884

State Wisconsin

Last Place of Residence Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

Previous Residence Postal Code 54935

Event Date Aug 1975

Wisconsin Death Index ^[10]

Name: Catherine M Kerbel

Age: 91

Sex: F (Female)

Birth Date: abt 1884

Death Date: 27 Aug 1975

Location: Fodu (May be abbreviated)

Certificate: 024307

Find A Grave Burial Record ^[11]

Name Catherine M Kerbel

Event Type Burial

Event Place Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States of America

Photograph Included Y

Affiliate Record Identifier 141236231

Cemetery Estabrooks Cemetery

Research Notes

She and her husband lived at 131 West Follet Street, Fond du Lac, just two blocks away from their daughter, Emma B. Kerbel Albrandt.

Sources

1. ↑ 1897 Grimm (Lesnoi Karamysh), Russia census List, translated by Richard Rye, compiled and edited by John Groh and Henry Schmick, published by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia 2017, Lincoln, Nebraska; page 158, family #179, Alexander Leonhardt family.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Outwards Passenger Lists. BT27. Records of the Commercial, Companies, Labour, Railways and Statistics Departments. Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies. The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England. See: http://ancstry.me/2I0qBIz.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Canadian Passenger Lists; Original data: Passenger Lists, 1865–1935. Microfilm Publications T-479 to T-520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-4511 to C-4542. Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds. Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. http://ancstry.me/2F9Kjnj.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010. Original data: Records from Record Group 287, Publications of the U.S. Government; Record Group 85, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] and Record Group 36, Records of the United States Customs Service. The National Archives at Washington, D.C. See: http://ancstry.me/2tfDLhq.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9Q6-8MH : accessed 4 March 2018), Katherine Kerbel in household of Jacob Kerbel, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 6A, line 44, family 129, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2572; FHL microfilm 2,342,306.
6. ↑ "Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKGH-JKV : 12 December 2014), Catherine Kerbel, 1938; citing Fond Du Loc, Wisconsin, NARA microfilm publication M1285 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 104; FHL microfilm 1,432,104.
7. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-1950 (M1285); Microfilm Serial: M1285; Microfilm Roll: 104. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992. See: http://ancstry.me/2H0G9up.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7VP-SMD : accessed 4 March 2018), Katherine Kerbel in household of Jacob Kerbel, Ward 6, Fond Du Lac, Fond Du Lac City, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20-18, sheet 4B, line 57, family 49, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4479.
9. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPT8-WY8 : 20 May 2014), Catherine Kerbel, Aug 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
10. ↑ Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997; Author: Ancestry.com; Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, USA; Publisher Date: 2007. See: http://ancstry.me/2tgalj9.
11. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #141236231 : accessed 03 March 2018), memorial page for Catherine M Kerbel (1884–1975), Find A Grave Memorial no. 141236231, citing Estabrooks Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by Betty Thurk Babler (contributor 47501219).