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Karoline Bertha Emilie Oehns

Karoline Bertha Emilie Oehns[1, 2]

Female 1858 - 1936  (77 years)

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    Death Certificate of Bertha Ohens Riess
    Death Certificate of Bertha Ohens Riess

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    Coat of arms of Zinna, Prussia
    Coat of arms of Zinna, Prussia
    Coat of arms of Zinna, Prussia, probable origin of Bertha Oehns Riess

  • Name Karoline Bertha Emilie Oehns 
    Nickname Carlina 
    Born 10 Oct 1858  Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Emigration 1859  Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Auswanderungsakten Brandenburg, Preußen
     
    Immigration 1859  United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Source: 1900 US Census, 1910 US Census. 1920 Census states immigrated 1858, naturalised 1863 
    Also Known As 1917 
    Bertha Owens - alternate spelling of name (from son William's death cert, of which Bertha was informant) 
    Address 1936  4420 Anderson Ave, St. Louis, City, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 24 May 1936  St. Louis, City, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 27 May 1936  Friedens Cemetery, St. Louis, City, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Notes 
    • Bertha Riess alternately used the names "Carlina Riess" and "Bertha Riess".

      1900 Census: Riess, Otto W; CARLINA B. (b. Oct 1858); sons William, Fred, Edwin, Elroy; neighbour Newsham.

      1910 Census: Riess, BERTHA, age 51 sons William, Edward, Elroy; neighbour Newsham.

      1917 death certificate of William: father Otto W. Riess (PA), mother BERTHA OWENS [sic] (Germany); signed Mrs. Bertha Riess.

      1920 Census: Riess, BERTHA C age 61; son Elroy.

      1936 death certificate of BERTHA Riess; father Fredrick Ohens, mother unknown, informant Elroy L Riess.

      1955 death certificate of Edwin: father William Otto Riess, mother BERTHA OHEN [sic].

      It is highly likely that these consecutive census entries are tracking the same person, and that she favoured the name Carlina B., at first, but later Bertha C., each time using the initial of her other forename. In her later life she was known primarily as Bertha.

      The anglicized name "Owens" may have been used by Bertha herself in 1917 due to anti-German sentiment.
    • Parents of Bertha Ohens Riess:

      1936 death certificate of Bertha Riess states:
      father Fredrick Ohens, Germany
      mother unknown,
      informant Elroy L Riess.

      Bertha herself was born in Germany - the census records and death certificate agree. She arrived in the United States before the birth of her oldest son William in Pennsylvania in June 1883 (ref, 1900 US Census).

      A search of Prussian emigration records reveals an extremely close match:

      Year 1859
      Karoline Emilie Bertha Oehns
      Origin Zinna - Destination Amerika
      Birth 8 Okt 1858 - Age 1

      The birthdate of this "Karoline E. Bertha Oehns" is only two days from that on the death certificate of "[Carlina] Bertha Ohens" (see previous note about the name Carlina, and how she used it interchangeably with Bertha, favouring the latter).

      "Carlina" may have been how her name was transcribed by an American bureaucrat, hearing "Karolina". "Acht Oktober" may have become 10 October, through a similar error.

      Searching the same Auswanderungsakten Brandenburg, Preußen records for "Oehns" in 1859, we find what appears to be a single family coming from the town of Zinna:

      Karl Julius Ludwig Oehns, b. 1823
      Charlotte Caroline Leinert Oehns, b. 1829
      Karoline Wilhelmine Emilie Oehns, b. 1856
      Karoline Emilie Bertha Oehns, b. 8 Okt 1858

      There are no other Oehns from Zinna in that emigration record in that year.

      Despite the name Frederick Oehns on the death certificate, then, I believe these to be more likely candidates for Bertha's parents, and am listing them as such. Note also that Elroy was unaware of his grandmother's name - either forename or surname - thus indicating that he was very unfamiliar with his own mother's origins.

      All of this is dependent on the assumptions that Carlina Bertha Oehns, born 10 Oct 1858, and Karoline Emilie Bertha Oehns, b. 8 Okt 1858, are one and the same person, and that she was - at the age of about one year - traveling with her parents and sister.

    Person ID I25  tree1
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2011 

    Father Karl Julius Ludwig Oehns,   b. 11 Jan 1823, Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1923  (Age 99 years) 
    Mother Charlotte Caroline Leinert,   b. 18 Sep 1829,   d. Bef 1929  (Age 99 years) 
    Married Before 1859  Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F25  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Otto W. Riess,   b. Jun 1852, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1905, St. Louis, City, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Married 1881 
    Children 
     1. William M. Riess,   b. 11 Jun 1883, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1917, 4225 No 11th St, St. Louis, City, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
    +2. Fredrick W. Riess, Sr.,   b. 2 Sep 1885, St. Louis, City, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1933, 6316 Lucille St, St. Louis, City, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
    +3. Edwin Charles Riess,   b. 3 Mar 1891,   d. 14 Feb 1955  (Age 63 years)
     4. Elroy Louis Riess,   b. 16 Sep 1895, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1962  (Age 66 years)
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2011 
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S43] Missouri Death Certificates.
      Death certificate of Bertha Riess

    2. [S59] Emigration Records - Prussia.
      Auswanderungsakten Brandenburg, Preußen

      Karoline Emilie Bertha Oehns
      age 1
      origin Zilla
      dest. Amerika
      year 1859
      born 8 Okt 1858