Katherine Brandau married Michael Schibley in Huron Co., OH. in 1857
Catherine was spelled Katherine or Catherine, she came to Amherst, Ohio in 1854 and when she died, was referred to as "one of the oldest settlers of Amherst". Her funeral was at the Evangelical Association Church and she was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Biography, G. Frederick Wright, 1916, "A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio, Vol. 1, (The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago & New York), pp. 997-998
Michael Schibley, father of Jacob H. was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, in 1826 and died in 1907. He came alone to Pennsylvania when a young man in 1853 and from there went to Huron, Ohio, where he met and married Miss Catherine Brandau, who was born in Hesse, Germany, in 1836 and died in 1914.
For several years Michael Schibley paid his way by day labor, and was employed in the construction forces building some of the New York Central lines through Northern Ohio. Afterwards he took up farming and lived on his farm until a few years before his death, which occurred in Amherst. His wife also died there.
They were members of the Evangelical Association and he was a democrat in politics. There were five children; George is a farmer in Amherst Township; Christian is also a farmer there; Anna Goll lives in Lorain, Ohio; W.H., a banker in Amherst; and Jacob H......
Above info courtesy of Law-Miller Roots finding it for me.
Catherine was spelled Katherine or Catherine, she came to Amherst, Ohio in 1854 and when she died, was referred to as "one of the oldest settlers of Amherst". Her funeral was at the Evangelical Association Church and she was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Biography, G. Frederick Wright, 1916, "A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio, Vol. 1, (The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago & New York), pp. 997-998
Michael Schibley, father of Jacob H. was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, in 1826 and died in 1907. He came alone to Pennsylvania when a young man in 1853 and from there went to Huron, Ohio, where he met and married Miss Catherine Brandau, who was born in Hesse, Germany, in 1836 and died in 1914.
For several years Michael Schibley paid his way by day labor, and was employed in the construction forces building some of the New York Central lines through Northern Ohio. Afterwards he took up farming and lived on his farm until a few years before his death, which occurred in Amherst. His wife also died there.
They were members of the Evangelical Association and he was a democrat in politics. There were five children; George is a farmer in Amherst Township; Christian is also a farmer there; Anna Goll lives in Lorain, Ohio; W.H., a banker in Amherst; and Jacob H......
Above info courtesy of Law-Miller Roots finding it for me.
Katherine Brandau married Michael Schibley in Huron Co., OH. in 1857
Catherine was spelled Katherine or Catherine, she came to Amherst, Ohio in 1854 and when she died, was referred to as "one of the oldest settlers of Amherst". Her funeral was at the Evangelical Association Church and she was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Biography, G. Frederick Wright, 1916, "A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio, Vol. 1, (The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago & New York), pp. 997-998
Michael Schibley, father of Jacob H. was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, in 1826 and died in 1907. He came alone to Pennsylvania when a young man in 1853 and from there went to Huron, Ohio, where he met and married Miss Catherine Brandau, who was born in Hesse, Germany, in 1836 and died in 1914.
For several years Michael Schibley paid his way by day labor, and was employed in the construction forces building some of the New York Central lines through Northern Ohio. Afterwards he took up farming and lived on his farm until a few years before his death, which occurred in Amherst. His wife also died there.
They were members of the Evangelical Association and he was a democrat in politics. There were five children; George is a farmer in Amherst Township; Christian is also a farmer there; Anna Goll lives in Lorain, Ohio; W.H., a banker in Amherst; and Jacob H......
Above info courtesy of Law-Miller Roots finding it for me.
Catherine was spelled Katherine or Catherine, she came to Amherst, Ohio in 1854 and when she died, was referred to as "one of the oldest settlers of Amherst". Her funeral was at the Evangelical Association Church and she was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Biography, G. Frederick Wright, 1916, "A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio, Vol. 1, (The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago & New York), pp. 997-998
Michael Schibley, father of Jacob H. was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, in 1826 and died in 1907. He came alone to Pennsylvania when a young man in 1853 and from there went to Huron, Ohio, where he met and married Miss Catherine Brandau, who was born in Hesse, Germany, in 1836 and died in 1914.
For several years Michael Schibley paid his way by day labor, and was employed in the construction forces building some of the New York Central lines through Northern Ohio. Afterwards he took up farming and lived on his farm until a few years before his death, which occurred in Amherst. His wife also died there.
They were members of the Evangelical Association and he was a democrat in politics. There were five children; George is a farmer in Amherst Township; Christian is also a farmer there; Anna Goll lives in Lorain, Ohio; W.H., a banker in Amherst; and Jacob H......
Above info courtesy of Law-Miller Roots finding it for me.
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