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Joseph & Mary Jane Bernatzki – Sts. Peter & Paul Cemetery, Edwards County, Kansas

Before coming to America in 1872, Joseph Bernatzki served in the German military. During the Franco-Prussian War, he served in the First...

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Early Settlers – Herrmann/Oster – Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Edwards County, Kansas

Johann Herrmann and Nicholas Oster came to America in early spring 1879. They were looking for fertile soil where they could farm and...

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Early Settlers – Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery, Edwards, Kansas – Pt. 1

Ten miles north of Kinsley, Kansas, is a German settlement that began to take shape in 1879. A large of immigrants from Limbach, Germany,...

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Katharina Schmidt Naab – Sts. Peter & Paul Cemetery, Edwards, Kansas

After an outbreak of measles in their village in Russia taking the lives of four of their children, Katharina and Andreas accompanied...

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Katharina Straeser Schmitt Children – Sts. Peter & Paul Cemetery, Edwards, Kansas – Pt. 2

In 1879, a group of settlers came to Edwards County and settled about 10 miles north of Kinsley. Katharina Straeser Schmitt, a widow,...