Brief Life History of Josephine Dorothea
When Josephine Dorothea Grothe was born on 5 July 1867, in Germany, her father, Joseph Henry Grothe, was 33 and her mother, Therese Elisabeth Gertrud Toennies, was 26. She married Fred Sternberk on 19 January 1888, in Cuming, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She lived in Bismark Township, Cuming, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Central Township, Knox, Nebraska, United States for about 20 years. She died in 1949, at the age of 82, and was buried in Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, Knox, Nebraska, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (17)
- Josephine Sternberg in household of Fred Sternberg, "United States Census, 1920"
- Josephine Dorothea Grothe, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- Marriage Certificate, Fred Sternberk & Josephine Grothe
Spouse and Children
1860–1935 Male
1867–1949 Female
Children (7)
1889– Female
1889–1958 Female
1891– Female
1896–1979 Female
1899– Female
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1833–1914 Male
1840– Female
Siblings (4)
1867–1949 Female
1869– Male
1872–1957 Male
World Events (8)
1868 · Impeach the President!
Age 1
1868 · The Fourteenth Amendment
Age 1
1890
Age 23
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Egon, Elke, Ernst, Fritz, Gerhard, Guenter, Kurt, Uwe, Wolfram.
North German: variant of Groth and Grote .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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