If your ancestor's family immigrated from another country, it is important to see if a newspaper was published in their native language in their new area. Many times important information may not even be published in the English newspaper but you will find it printed in the paper of their language.
This is the case of my great-great aunt Louisa Roos Theobald, wife of Louis Theobald. Louisa's parents immigrated from Germany to Illinois and were married in Millstadt, Illinois in 1850. All of their children were born and raised in Millstadt.
I found an article in the Belleville Weekly Advocate newspaper dated Aug. 14, 1891 stating that "Mrs. Louis Theobald, nee Roos, is lying at the point of death at the residence of her mother. She was brought home from her sister's in Missouri about a week ago suffering with typhoid malaria fever and has been growing worse ever since." I was unable to able to find an obituary for Louisa in later editions.
However, Louisa's obituary was actually published on Aug. 20, 1891 in the German newspaper, The Belleville Post, in Belleville, St. Clair Co., Illinois.1
Transcription:
Last Wednesday Louise Theobald, nee Roos, died after just a short illness of typhus at the age of 29 years, 2 months and 21 days. She left behind an elderly mother, as well as some siblings. She was interred to her last rest under great sanctification at Millstadt Cemetery by Pastor Buchmiller. May the earth be light upon her!
Louisa died in 1891 at the home of her mother, Carolina Wagner Roos, my 2nd great grandmother.
This is the case of my great-great aunt Louisa Roos Theobald, wife of Louis Theobald. Louisa's parents immigrated from Germany to Illinois and were married in Millstadt, Illinois in 1850. All of their children were born and raised in Millstadt.
I found an article in the Belleville Weekly Advocate newspaper dated Aug. 14, 1891 stating that "Mrs. Louis Theobald, nee Roos, is lying at the point of death at the residence of her mother. She was brought home from her sister's in Missouri about a week ago suffering with typhoid malaria fever and has been growing worse ever since." I was unable to able to find an obituary for Louisa in later editions.
However, Louisa's obituary was actually published on Aug. 20, 1891 in the German newspaper, The Belleville Post, in Belleville, St. Clair Co., Illinois.1
Transcription:
Last Wednesday Louise Theobald, nee Roos, died after just a short illness of typhus at the age of 29 years, 2 months and 21 days. She left behind an elderly mother, as well as some siblings. She was interred to her last rest under great sanctification at Millstadt Cemetery by Pastor Buchmiller. May the earth be light upon her!
Louisa died in 1891 at the home of her mother, Carolina Wagner Roos, my 2nd great grandmother.
Luisa Roos
Born May 1864
Died Aug 13, 1891
Theobald
Centreville Cemetery, Millstadt, Illinois
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