Josephine
was raised on the farm that her mother was born on.
Josephine grew up around the Morrowville area,
1 ½ miles west of Reno, and still lives there.
After her husband, Albinus Linenberger, got out of the army, the couple
moved back to the farm and picked up where they had left off.
I was
born on a farm near Hanover, then my folks moved to a farm 7 miles east of
Mahaska on a farm my mother was born on.
I was the oldest of 10 children and went to a country school, Stephens
No. 129. I
did not go to high school.
In about 1939, I met Al and in April 30, 1941, we were married in Saints
Peter and Paul Church, Morrowville.
About 2 years after we were married Al went into the Army.
By that time we had Mary.
She was about 1 ½ years old when he left.
When he came home, we settled on a farm which was my Dad’s, which later
we bought in 1947.
We had Jim and in 1950, John.
The children all went to Country School, Albia No. 25.
Then they went to high school in Morrowville.
Jim and John went to Kansas State.
They all have homes of their own.
On
April 28, 1991, we celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary.
We still live on the farm 8 ½ miles east of Mahaska.
We had a farm sale in June, 1993.
Al
married Josephine and set up their home about 1 ½ miles west of Reno, north of
Morrowville. Al
went to war shortly after getting married.
When he got out of the army, he returned to his farm and has been farming
ever since.
Al
was born 11 miles north of Victoria, Kansas.
He was the 4th child of 13.
Then the family moved to a farm south of Grinnell and went to the
Plensant View school.
The family then moved to a place 2 miles west and 2 ¼ miles south of
Orian. Al
only went through the 8th grade. In
1936, he came to Washington County.
He worked as much as he could, then he married.
He served time in the army, came home and farmed.
In
1975 he had back surgery.
In 1979 he had his 2nd back surgery.
In 1988 it was discovered that he had heart troubles.
Children:
Mary
Scott
Carlee Christine
DOB May 8, 1989
Chelsee Elizabeth DOB May 4, 1993
Shannon
James
Edward A
Killed February 13, 1994
John
Alex John
DOB July 7, 1986
DOD July 7, 1986
Omer
married Bridget Brungardt in Washington and lived there for awhile.
They then moved to Salina, Kansas.
Omer worked as a machinist and then at a Post Office in Salina, Kansas.
They never had children, but have always enjoyed being around them.
Bridget
and her husband, Omer Linenberger, moved to Salina, Kansas in the middle
fifties, where Omer worked at a Post Office.
Bridget kept house.
They owned a home in the west part of town.
They never had children of their own, but enjoyed being around them.
How
we arrive at Hanjoerg, translated John George Linenberger, our great, great,
great grandfather.
And
how our grandmother, Margaret Brungardt, relates us to Bridget, Ben, Katie, Joe
and those Brungardts.
Margaret was our dad’s mother.
The
great, great, great grandfather, information can be found in “The Linenberger
Genealogy”. It
is a blue book by Amy Toepfer and Agnes C. Dreiling.
Page
DOB Birth Place DOD
(Our dad)
121
John Linenberger
12/26/1892
married
Elizabeth Kinderknecht 3/4/1896
(Our grandfather)
108
Andrew Linenberger
4/19/1858
Herzog, Russia
5/2/1939
married
1/1877 @ Hays, KS
109
Margaret
Brungardt 9/17/1858
12/2/1900
(Grandmother was a sister to Bridget, Ben, Katie and Joe’s grandfather.
Barbara Quint No Record
8/18/1937
Andrew
and Margaret Linenberger came to America sometime between their marriage in 1877
and the birth of their first child, born in 1884.
They had twins, Balthasar (Bill) on 12/1/1884 and Joseph on 12/2/1884.
When
they came to America they homesteaded 2 ½ miles north of Victoria, Kansas.
In 1893 they moved to Scott County, Kansas.
In 1896 Andrew bought land near Emmeran, Kansas.
105
Joseph Linenberger 11/22/1838
(Our Great Grandfather)
married
Katharine Younger 1840
and
Margaret Schamne 1842
87
Melchior Linenberger 1800
(Our Great, Great Grandfather)
married
Katharine Kuhn 1805
and
Katharine Klipphahn 1813
7 Hanjoerg (John George) Linenberger 1767 (Our
Great, Great, Great Grandfather)
married
Margaret Fisher
When Hanjoerg was nine years old, he was captured by the Kirghiz.
A nomadic tribe.
Hanjoerg lived with the Kirghiz people against his
will for 11 years.
He did escape them and found his way back home.
Joseph
was a carpenter by trade.
The first house he built in Russia, he staked out the plot for the house
and built or formed the frames for the walls (by weaving willows through stakes
and poles, driven into the ground where the walls were to be).
One frame finished, he made another one just like it, eighteen inches
apart. Into
that space he poured soil, sand and straw, which had been mixed with water.
When these walls were thoroughly dry, he laid logs and young trees across
the top for a roof.
Next a covering of leaves and willows and a final layer of dirt.
The walls inside were plastered with a mixture of soil, sand and water. The floor was leveled. Water was poured on it and trampled upon until it was smooth and solid.
DOB Birth Place
DOD
Anton
Kinderknecht
2/26/1871 Marenthal, Russia 3/16/1932 @ Park, KS
married
at Catherine, KS
Catherine
Meis
6/24/1865 Catherine, Russia
1/19/1940 @ Park, KS
Anton Kinderknecht
came to America 1/7/1892.
In June, 1907, their house at Park, Kansas burned down, caused by a
lightning bolt.
This house was on their farm about
¼ mile south of Park, Kansas.
This information
is found in the Linenberger Genealogy and what our mother wrote about dad and
mom’s parents.
Anton Kinderknecht came to America 1/7/1892.
In June, 1907, their house at Park, Kansas burned down, caused by a
lightning bolt. This house was on
their farm about ¼ mile south of
Park, Kansas.
This information
is found in the Linenberger Genealogy and what our mother
Copied off Mom
Linenberger’s writing of her parents
Dad, Anton Kinderknecht, our grandfather, born February 26, 1871 in
Marinthal, Russia. He came to
America on January 7, 1892. He was
the son of Anton Kinderknecht and Marie Elizabeth Hanses, my great grandfather
and great grandmother.
Anton Kinderknecht was married to Catherine Meis at Catherine, Kansas in
the Catholic Church. Mother,
Catherine Meis, 1st marriage name was Koerner, 2nd marriage, Anton Kinderknecht.
Catherine Meis, born June 24, 1865.
She was the daughter of Henry Meis and Anny Kathryn Meis, maiden name
Deppersmith.
My great grandfather, Anton Kinderknecht, died August 5, 1892 at the age
of 56 in Russia. My great
grandmother, Anna Kathryn Meis (Deppersmith) died March 21 at the age of 69 in
Russia.
Children
of Anton & Catherine Kinderknecht
Name
Married
Born
Died
Alex
Anna Bolig
8/4/1894
Marie Elizabeth
John Linenberger
3/4/1896
Celestine
Gus Vonfeldt
3/29/1900
Anton Peter
Susan Brungardt
7/12/1902
Felix
Anna Brungardt
5/29/1904
Regina
John Schaffer
8/31/1910
Phillip
8/19/1907 3/26/1921
Katherine
4/25/1898 4/25/1898
Celebrated
Silver Wedding on January 7, 1919
Anton
& Catherine Kinderknecht