Notes:

Internet: rootdigger Genealogy in Schleswig-Holstein, Changed Wolf C. to Wulf Hinrich.

Wulf married Ehring, Christine Sophia Dorothea on 27 Oct 1837 in Lensahn, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Christine was born in 1809 in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died on 20 Feb 1900 in Harmsdorf, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; was buried on 24 Feb 1900 in Hansühn, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter

Notes:

IN some notes, Ernst is listed as a gardener. He was granted permission to emigrate in 1868. On 29 Oct 1879 he filed his intent to become a US citizen in Colfax, Nebraska and he became a citizen on 11 Jun 1888

Internet: rootdigger Genealogy in Schleswig-Holstein, Middle two names.

In 1870 he is listed as living in Benton County, Iowa with a Dobel family. His brother, Conrad, was living nearby with yet another Dobel family. Listed on the same census page was Christian Henrich Rosburg.

In 1880 he is listed as living in Sugar Creek, Cedar County, Iowa. Their he was working as a farm laborer. Nearby, just down the road, was the woman he would wed, Elizabeth Fliss

Ernest married Fliss, Elizabeth on 23 Feb 1881 in Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Fliss, Tobias and Fallburg, Sophia) was born on 2 Apr 1850 in Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, USA; died in 1933 in Pierce, Nebraska, USA; was buried in 1933 in Osmond City Cemetery, Osmond, Pierce, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter and Builder, Farmer
• Departure: 8 Jun 1870, Harmsdorf, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; Cymbria

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Page 734-35 COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY, REMINISCENCE AND BIOGRAPHY

Conrad Rosburg, for many years the leading carpenter and builder at Osmond, Pierce county, Nebraska, is a native of the province of Holstein, Germany. His birth occurred in the village of Harmsdorf, June 8, 1851, and he is a son of Wolf C. and Sophia (Ehrig) Rosburg. The former was born in 1804, and died in 1872, and the latter was born in 1809, and died in 1900, at the age of ninety-one years.
Men of this family have been tenants of the same place since 1639, the date on the frame and concrete house built and occupied by a Rosburg, and handed down to succeeding generations. At times the race has seemed to be about extinguished, but it has been preserved, and none but men of that name have ever lived in the dwelling.
Conrad Rosburg emigrated to America in 1870, sailing from Hamburg, Germany, on the eighth of June on the "Cymbria," which made the passage to New York in eleven days. He came direct to Benton County, Iowa, whither a brother and two uncles had preceded him. He was employed at farm labor until 1875, when, on March 5, of that year, he rented a farm in Crawford county, Iowa, and for five years followed the plow in that locality. Coming to Nebraska, he rented the Thompson farm, seven miles northwest of where Osmond now stands, and for nine years was a Nebraska farmer, and a successful one at that. It was during his occupancy of this farm that a sad incident occurred in the loss of two children in the memorable blizzard of January 12, 1888.
The season of 1889, Mr. Rosburg spent on the road, traveling through Nebraska for the McCormick Harvester Company, and many are the tales he can tell of jokes and pranks played upon landlords and each other by fellow traveling men at hotels where he has sojourned. The work is exacting during the busy season, but they manage to have some fun along with their labor.
In 1890, Mr. Rosburg erected the first building in Osmond, his present residence, the station having been established that year. For nineteen years he was a leading contractor and builder in Osmond, following that vocation until March, 1909, when he rented a farm near town, and again became one of America's producers. Mr. Rosburg is a good farmer, as the tract he took had been considered a rundown farm. His first crop, after thorough deep plowing, made a showing of fifty bushels of corn to the acre - this from land that had not produced a third of that amount for some years before.
Mr. Rosburg was married, December 22, 1875, at Denison, Iowa, to Miss Hanna Fliss, a native of Cedar county, Iowa, and born near Wilton Junction, a daughter of Tobias and Sophia (Fallburg) Fliss, who were married in Germany in May, 1849. They were natives of Hanover and Brunswick, respectively, the father's birth having occurred near Frankfort-On-The-Main, and the mother's, in the village of Seliz. On coming to America, they lived in Chicago for a time, and, in migrating to Iowa, drove through with an ox team to Bloomington, Iowa, now known as Muscatine, which at that time was but a landing for the river steamers. They settled some twelve miles north of Muscatine, in the edge of Cedar county, and lived here until death.
Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Rosburg, whose names and histories are given herewith: Emma, died in infancy; Otto and Hattie were lost in the memorable blizzard of January 12, 1888; John has been his father's able assistant, both in carpentry and building, and in his farming enterprises; Ella is the wife of Henry Martin, of Osmond; and Hanna Leneve, the youngest of the six children.
Mr. Rosburg is, in general elections, a democrat, but votes for the best man in local campaigns, regardless of party affiliations.
Many were the hardships endured by Mr. and Mrs. Rosburg in coming to Nebraska, and during their first years in the west. For five miles before reaching Onawa, where they crossed the Missouri river, they were compelled to drive through water in some places three to four feet deep. After crossing to Decatur, Nebraska, Mrs. Rosburg rode one of the horses, driving the cattle, and in the flooded road got into a ditch, in which she and the horse were submerged up to her shoulders. During the first few years, their only fuel at times was twisted hay, supplemented with corn stalks, corn or "buffalo chips." They came to Nebraska late enough to escape the last raid of grasshoppers, but were here during the winter of the deep snows, the winter of 1881 and 1882, when the last remnants of drifts lingered in the canyons and ravines until late in May. There were a few antelope to be seen in the country still, and occasionally a big grey wolf would appear, they having strayed out of the timber along the rivers out onto the plains.
These were hard days - days that tried men's souls and women's fortitude. But the persevering ones, like Mr. Rosburg and his family, who endured to the end, have reaped rich rewards for their privations and strenuous labors. The west has been good to those who persevered.

Internet: rootdigger Genealogy in Schleswig-Holstein, Noted that he had a brother in America, Ernst Christin Alwin.
Internet: rootdigger Genealogy in Schleswig-Holstein, Changed C. M. to Christian Marcus.
Government Records: Immigration Records, Arrived on the Cymbria to New York.

In the 1870 Benton County, Iowa Census he was living with a Dobel family while his brother Ernest (listed as Hans) was living with yet another Dobel family. Listed on the same census page is the uncle, Charles Henry Rosburg.

Conrad married Fliss, Hannah on 22 Dec 1875 in Denison, Crawford, Iowa, USA. Hannah (daughter of Fliss, Tobias and Fallburg, Sophia) was born on 1 May 1853 in Wilton, Cedar, Iowa, USA; died on 21 Nov 1917 in Osmond, Pierce, Nebraska, USA; was buried in Nov 1917 in Plainview Memorial Park Cemetery, Plainview, Pierce, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Mail Carrier

Charles married Olson, Lottie Dora on 30 Jun 1909 in Pierce, Nebraska, USA. Lottie was born on 3 Oct 1888 in Osmond, Pierce, Nebraska, USA; died on 13 Dec 1966 in Osmond, Pierce, Nebraska, USA; was buried in Dec 1966 in Osmond City Cemetery, Osmond, Pierce, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Mail Carrier

George married Bedell, Tracy in 1911 in Osmond, Pierce, Nebraska, USA. Tracy (daughter of Bedel, Carl and Korner, Veronica) was born on 5 Oct 1885 in Carnarvon, Sac, Iowa, USA; died on 24 Feb 1986 in Osmond, Pierce, Nebraska, USA; was buried in Feb 1986 in Saint Marys Cemetery, Osmond, Pierce, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From: Along Pioneers Trails in Pierce County Nebraska

BLIZZARD OF 1888

In the old Plainview cemetery in the east part of town on Highway 20, is believed to be the first historical monument erected in Pierce County. It bears the following inscription: "Erected by Loie M. Royce in memory of her dear pupils who died during the blizzard of January 12, 1888. They were: Otto Rosburg, nine; Hattie Rosburg, seven (children of Conrad Rosburg); and Peter Poggensee, nine, son of Hans Poggensee.

This monument was erected by Miss Louise Royce, school teacher heroine, on the Rosburg family lot.

Notes:

From: Along Pioneers Trails in Pierce County Nebraska

BLIZZARD OF 1888

In the old Plainview cemetery in the east part of town on Highway 20, is believed to be the first historical monument erected in Pierce County. It bears the following inscription: "Erected by Loie M. Royce in memory of her dear pupils who died during the blizzard of January 12, 1888. They were: Otto Rosburg, nine; Hattie Rosburg, seven (children of Conrad Rosburg); and Peter Poggensee, nine, son of Hans Poggensee.

This monument was erected by Miss Louise Royce, school teacher heroine, on the Rosburg family lot.

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Notes:

In 1930 he was single as a longer in Verdigris, AntelopeCounty, Nebraska

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Family/Spouse: Martin, Henry Harris. Henry was born in 1884 in USA; died in 1952 in Osmond, Pierce, Nebraska, USA; was buried in 1952 in Osmond City Cemetery, Osmond, Pierce, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1920 she was single and living with her brother in Columbia, Knox County, Nebraska

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Died in infancy

Gordon married Monson, Harriet Marie in 1933. Harriet was born on 10 May 1905 in Craig, Burt, Nebraska, USA; died on 13 Dec 1973 in Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, USA; was buried in Dec 1973 in Mission City Memorial Park, Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Teacher

Damon married Schmid, Gertrude Katherine on 28 Jun 1939 in Beemer, Cuming, Nebraska, USA. Gertrude was born on 2 Jul 1915; died on 12 Mar 2000 in Riverton, Fremont, Wyoming, USA; was buried after 12 Mar 2000 in Mountain View Cemetery, Riverton, Fremont, Wyoming, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Machinist

Lester married Grau, Millison Dorothy on 8 Jul 1939 in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA. Millison (daughter of Grau, John Lewis and Helms, Irma Augusta) was born on 18 Aug 1918 in Randolph, Cedar, Nebraska, USA; died on 19 Oct 1993 in Woodburn, Marion, Oregon, USA; was buried on 29 Oct 1993 in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Salesman

Dallas married Minert, Twyla L in UNKNOWN. Twyla was born on 7 Jul 1915; died on 26 May 2003 in Kansas, USA; was buried in May 2003 in Indian Hill Cemetery, Chapman, Dickinson, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Shirley married Horstmann, Kenneth on 18 May 1947 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA. Kenneth was born on 17 Jun 1925 in Orange, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Wilson, Mervin. Mervin was born on 1 Jan 1910; died on 21 Jun 1972 in Osmond, Pierce, Nebraska, USA; was buried in Jun 1972 in Saint Marys Cemetery, Osmond, Pierce, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Cooper, Lou Elizabeth on 25 Jul 1944. Lou (daughter of Cooper, Adolph) was born on 1 Aug 1913 in Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, USA; died on 4 Dec 1951 in San Fernando, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried after 4 Dec 1951 in Saint Marys Cemetery, Osmond, Pierce, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edna married Smith, Kenneth J in UNKNOWN in Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, USA. Kenneth was born on 29 May 1914 in Midland, Haakon, South Dakota, USA; died on 9 Nov 2002 in Bloomfield, Knox, Nebraska, USA; was buried on 16 Nov 2002 in Greenwood Cemetery, Creighton, Knox, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]