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| Salomea Kolbenschlag was born in
Lindenberg, Bavaria on May 15, 1824 to Jacob and Margaretha (Schremer) Kolbenschlag
(other spelling for father Jakob Culbison). She
was 24 when she married Frank Karper (Franz Koerber) 21, on November 1, 1848
in Lindenberg, Bavaria, Germany. At the time
of their wedding Frank worked as day laborer ins a shop that made fancy vests and she
worked hard in the garden and tending the family cow. Their first child, Frances (Franzka)
was born on January 9, 1850. They came to America arriving in New York on January 11,1855,
and daughter Mary was born on 2/6/1856. |
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| Salomea had seven children. On June 28,1899 daughter Mary's husband, Pat Scanlon III died
and Mary and son Pat IV moved in with Salomea. Husband, Frank died on September 20,1900.
Pension records record that Salomea used two rooms of the house and Mary and family used
three rooms, paid no rent but supplied the food and maintained the house. Mary took care
of her mother until Salomea died on July 23, 1918 at the age of 94. Pat IV described how
his grandmother loved to sit in a rocking chair in the kitchen and watch the children
play. Her old country frugality would show though at times. She could not tolerate putting
both butter and jam on the same piece of bread, this she called a "double
spread" and thought it was wasteful. |
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