WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE FERMAZIN GIRLS? FROM  KWIECISCHEZEWO, POSEN

HELENE FERMAZIN

BERTE FERMAZIN CECIL

CAROLINE FERMAZIN STEINGRABER 

ROSE FERMAZIN ROBERTSON

WILHELMINA FERMAZIN

Helene Ernestine Fermazin

Born: 1879

Birth date:  abt 1879 Birth place:   Residence date:   Residence place :  Kwiecischevo, Preußen 

Arrival date:   Arrival place:  West Hartlepo ol (Nordamerika via Liverpool) 

Departure date:  11 Oct 1895 Departur e place:  Hamburg Destination date:   

Destination place:  Chicago

Berte Fermazin

Born 1875

Married:Thomas Cecil

Caroline Fermazin Steingraber

Father: Frederick Fermazin 

Mother: Louise Bonau 

Name: 

Caroline Steingraber 

Event Date: 

10 Dec 1937, 10 Dec 1937 

Event Place: 

Fox, Kendall, Illinois 

Gender: 

Female 

Race: 

White 

Age: 

85 

Birth Year (Estimated): 

1852 

Birth Date: 

13 Aug 1852 

Birthplace: 

Germany 

Father's Name: 

Frederick Fermazin 

Father's Birthplace: 

Germany 

Mother's Name: 

Louise Bonau 

Caroline Steingraber was born 13 August 1852 in Rynarzewo, (Labischin) Posen, Prussia to Friedrick Fermazin and Louise Bonau. Caroline was one of four children. She died on 13 December 1937 in Fox, Kendall, Illinois.Caroline 

Born: Aug.13,1850 Rynarzewo 

Bapt. Aug. 18,1850 

Witnesses: Eduard Zillmmer, Louise Wienkauf, August Bartung 

Father - Einwohner 

Entry # 271/1850 page 320-321

Caroline Steingraber was born 13 August 1852 in Rynarzewo, (Labischin) Posen, Prussia to Friedrick Fermazin and Louise Bonau. Caroline was one of four children. She died on 13 December 1937 in Fox, Kendall, Illinois.Caroline
Born: Aug.13,1850 Rynarzewo
Bapt. Aug. 18,1850
Witnesses: Eduard Zillmmer, Louise Wienkauf, August Bartung
Father - Einwohner
Entry # 271/1850 page 320-321

On 25 September 1852 her mother Louise Bonau Fermazin died of cholera along with her sister, Henriette in Labischin, Posen, Prussia.

Her siblings were:
Stephan Carl born 15 October 1847 in Labischen and who emigrated to America.
Henriette born 9, October 1843 who died of cholera 27 September 1852.  ,
August born 12 September 1841 who married Ernestine Kurtz and stayed behind in Kawiesezewo, Posen.

We are not sure when Caroline came to the USA. Her nieces came in 1896 and siblings by her father Friedrich Fermazin and Caroline Hartwig came in 1879 and 1880 to Aurora, Kane, Illinois.

Caroline married  William Steingraber about 1885 and they lived and raised their family in the farming communities  of Rost Township Minnesota and then moving to Aurora, Kane, Illinois, and later to  Yorkville, Kendall, Illinois. She was a housewife. It appears, Caroline was the second wife of William Steingraber and her step children resided in the household in the 1900 census. Prior to living in Yorkville Caroline and William lived in Aurora, Kane, Illinos with their children: Julius, Edward, Awiel, Minnie, Willie, Anna, and Johnnie.
Prior to this they lived in Minnesota.  Johnnie was born in Minnesota in 1893 so the family may have lived near Charles Fermazin who would have been Caroline's half brother. Charles and his family were living in Minnesota in 1893.

According to the 1910 Aurora City Directory Carrie Steingraber was a widow living on Summit Avenue.
 Carrie's step mother-in-law was Carrie Fermazin living at 569 5th Avenue and her step brother Charles and wife Minnie were living at 265 N. 5th Avenue. Her sister in law Augusta Giese was living at 268 Hinman Ave.

Wilhelmina Fermazin

Born 1880

Birth

Wilhelmine Motilie Fermazin was born on September 4, 1880, in Posen, Thuringia, Germany, to Enestine Kurz and August Fermazin.

04 Sep 1880 • Kwieciszewo, POSEN, PRUSSIA

RoseFermazin

Birth

Rose Fermazin was born in 1885 in Posen, Thuringia, Germany, to Enestine Kurz and August Fermazin.

1885 • Kwieciszewo, POSEN, PRUSSIA

Rose Fermazin married Edward A Robertson in Saint Joseph, Michigan, on August 8, 1905, when she was 20 years old.

Subject: marriage certificate Rose Fermazin and Edward Robertson

08 AUG 1905

Saint Joseph, Berrien, Michigan

Edward Robertson and Rose Fermazin

Marriage certificate

Born 1885

Surname:                   Fermazin

Given Name:                Helene

Maiden Name:              

Age in Years:              16

Date of Birth:             

Age in Months:             

Place of Birth:            

Attendant Family Members:  none

Marital Status:            

Nationality:               

Place of Residence:        Kwiecischevo

(Federal) State of Origin: Preußen

Religion:                  

Profession:                

Destination:               Chicago

Passenger Number:          00.0002

Passage Number:            B1895.0421

Accommodation:             Erste Kajüte

Date of Departure:         11.10.1895

Port of Departure:         

Destination of Ship:       West Hartlepool (Nordamerika via Liverpool)

Name of Ship:              Empress

Ship Type:                 Dampfschiff

Shipping Company:          

Agent:                     Carl Bennin & Co.

Country Flag of Ship:      England

Name of Captain:           Cooper

 ___________________________________________________________________________       

Surname:                   Fermazin

Given Name:                Wilhelmine

Maiden Name:              

Age in Years:              15

Date of Birth:             

Age in Months:             

Place of Birth:            

Attendant Family Members:  none

Marital Status:            ledig

Nationality:               

Place of Residence:        Kmieciszewo

(Federal) State of Origin: Posen

Religion:                  

Profession:                

Destination:               

Passenger Number:          01.0068

Passage Number:            A1896.0107

Accommodation:             Zwischendeck

Date of Departure:         26.03.1896

Port of Departure:         

Destination of Ship:       New York

Name of Ship:              Albano

Ship Type:                 Dampfschiff

Shipping Company:          Rob. M. Sloman & Co.

Agent:                     Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft)

Country Flag of Ship:      Deutschland

Name of Captain:           Koch

______________________________________________________________________________________        

Surname:                   Fermazin

Given Name:                Bertha

Maiden Name:              

Age in Years:              21

Date of Birth:             

Age in Months:             

Place of Birth:            

Attendant Family Members:  none

Marital Status:            ledig

Nationality:               

Place of Residence:        Kmieciszewo

(Federal) State of Origin: Posen

Religion:                  

Profession:                

Destination:               

Passenger Number:          01.0067

Passage Number:            A1896.0107

Accommodation:             Zwischendeck

Date of Departure:         26.03.1896

Port of Departure:         

Destination of Ship:       New York

Name of Ship:              Albano

Ship Type:                 Dampfschiff

Shipping Company:          Rob. M. Sloman & Co.

Agent:                     Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft)

Country Flag of Ship:      Deutschland

Name of Captain:           Koch