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Sophia Beck Coburn

Female 1857 - 1926  (69 years)


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  • Name Sophia Beck Coburn 
    Birth 13Jan1857  Lustdorf, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 11Sep1926  Indianola, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Cemetery North of Indianola, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I845  Family History of Henry Witte
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2010 

    Father Jacob Beck,   b. 31Aug1828, Russia or Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31Apr1896, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Sophia Felm,   b. 10Apr1830, Russia or Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09Feb1899, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Family ID F244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Otis Ben Coburn,   b. 05Jun1862, St. Joe, De Kalb County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16Oct1928, Indianola, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 30Nov1886  Red Willow County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    Married:
    • Sophia Beck arrived in America with her brother Conrad on May 12, 1885. The fare from Russia to America was about $70 which was not much but the ships were probably not very comfortable. They arrived at Ellis Island and her name is forever engraved on the American Immigrant Wall of Honor. Sophia became the hired girl at the Dolan farm near Indianola, Nebraska where she met the hired hand, Otis B. Coburn. They were married a year and a half after she arrived in America.
    Children 
     1. Conrad Benjamin Coburn,   b. 19Oct1889, Indianola, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Otis Jacob Coburn,   b. 30Apr1891, Indianola, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Sophia Louise Coburn,   b. 25Aug1893, Red Willow County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11Oct1985, Indianola, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     4. Charles Leonard Coburn,   b. 01Aug1892, Indianola, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Henry Frederick Coburn,   b. 06Apr1891, Indianola, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. John Edward Coburn,   b. 08Nov1897, Indianola, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Emma Marie Coburn,   b. 21Apr1900, Indianola, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Denver, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2010 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13Jan1857 - Lustdorf, Russia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 30Nov1886 - Red Willow County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11Sep1926 - Indianola, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Cemetery North of Indianola, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes  Born:
    • Sophia Beck Coburn was born in the village of Lustdorf, near Odessa, which is a seaport on the Black Sea in Southern Russia. Her parents were German who may have emigrated to Russia from Germany or it may have been her Grandparents. The family was among the many Germans who took advantage of Catherine the Great's offer to come and settle in Russia. Since Germany was experiencing extremely hard times due to wars and economic conditions, an invitation was extended to the Germans by Catherine.

    Name:
    • Sophia Beck Coburn arrived in America on May 12, 1885 with her brother Conrad, sister Katherine and Katherine's husband Henrich (Henry) Harsch and son jacob. The trip took 24 days. There was one stop in Havre, France. They must have sailed from Hamburg through the English Channel to La Havre and then on to America. Little is known how they all got from Odessa to Hamburg but probably by barge and/or train. The fare from Russia to America was about $70 which was not much but the ships were probably not very comfortable. (This information about the fare was taken from a paper written by Leonard Harch's grandson, Lester Harsh. Leonard was Henry's brother who came to America a year before Henry). Sophia was 28 and Conrad was 18.

    Died:
    • Sophia Beck Coburn died Sep 11, 1926 of "endo myocarditis". There was no mention of her asthma which she had. The one error on her death certificate is that Conrad was not her father's name. It was Jacob. She was 69 years old and buried in the cemetery north of Indianola, Nebraska.