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Gravestone of
(Maria) Sabina (Ensenberger
) Kern
Sabina Kern was the first wife of
Johann Kern. Sabina was the mother, grandmother, great-grandmother etc. of our branch
of the Kern family. The gravesite is located directly across the
road from St. Lorenz Church in the northwest corner fronting Tuscola Road.
Sabina died at the age of 36 and her gravestone reads:
M. SABINA KERN
EHEFRAU JOHANN KERN (Wife of Johann Kern)
GEB. 15, FEB 1834
GESTORBN
10, MAY 1870
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Side Story: I
emailed Wallace Kern and inquired if a picture of Sabina
existed....well, I'll let Wally tell the story:
"No, I
don’t think a picture exist of Sabina. You know why?
In 1884 on the Fifth of July the Wilhelm Kern boys
burned the house down shooting off firecrackers. So,
before that time everything was lost in the fire as far
as I know." |
Gravestone of Johann Wilhelm Kern
Johann Wilhelm Kern's gravestone,
whose first wife, Sabina is above, is located just west of St. Lorenz Church. The
west side of the marker lists Johann on the right, and his twenty-four year
old, unmarried son, George
Joseph Kern (a.k.a Georgla), on the left. Johann's second wife (Anna) Margeretha is
listed on the east side of the stone.
According to Wallace
Kern, who tended this grave site as a youth, all three are buried on the
east side of the marker. Wallace also noted that the small
monument titled "MUTER" (mother) just west of the Kern gravestone is
associated with the burials directly to the west.
The top
of the stone reads: HEIR RUHEN IN GOTT (Here Rests in God)
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George's Information reads:
(on left side)
GEO. J. KERN
GEB
17, JUNI 1878
GEST
18, JUNI, 1902
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Johann's information reads:
(on right side)
JOH. W. KERN
GEB
23, OCT 1833
GEST
29, MARZ, 1902 |
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The backside of the stone above reads:
A. MARGERETHA
EHEFRAU VON JOHANN (Wife of Johann)
KERN
GEB 12 APRIL 1838
GEST 27 APRIL 1915 |
Johann and
second wife Margeretha |
1870 Census Information
Johann & Maria Winkler Kern |
