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- Came to America in the early 1880s. Became a citizen of the U.S. on March 29, 1888, having lived there for the required five years before becoming a citizen. A medium size man who had a full, long white beard. - Source: Margaret Rose Rosentreter (nee Bloome)
- 19 January 1845 : Birth - Abrau, Krs. Konitz
Sources: Ancestry.de - http://www.Ancestry.de - 1910 United States Federal Census - Ancestry.com - Online-Veröffentlichung - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Ursprüngliche Daten - Indiziert von ProQuest anhand von auf Mikrofilm aufgezeichneten Listen der US-Volkszählung von 1910. Daten aufgenommen von der National Archives and Records A - 1,7884::0 - Year: 1910; Census Place: Carlinville, Macoupin, Illinois; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . http://search.Ancestry.de/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=5668211&ti=5545&indiv=try&gss=pt - Geburtsdatum: 1844 Geburtsort: Germany Wohnort - Datum: 1910 Wohnort: Carlinville, Macoupin, Illinois Ankunftsdatum: 1880 Ankunftsort: - 1,7884::5668211
1874 : Employment - Richnau, Krs. Schlochau
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21 April 1874 : Marriage (with Rosa Schultz) - Lichnau Krs. Konitz
1880 : Arrival
Sources: Ancestry.de - http://www.Ancestry.de - 1910 United States Federal Census - Ancestry.com - Online-Veröffentlichung - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Ursprüngliche Daten - Indiziert von ProQuest anhand von auf Mikrofilm aufgezeichneten Listen der US-Volkszählung von 1910. Daten aufgenommen von der National Archives and Records A - 1,7884::0 - Year: 1910; Census Place: Carlinville, Macoupin, Illinois; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . http://search.Ancestry.de/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=5668211&ti=5545&indiv=try&gss=pt - Geburtsdatum: 1844 Geburtsort: Germany Wohnort - Datum: 1910 Wohnort: Carlinville, Macoupin, Illinois Ankunftsdatum: 1880 Ankunftsort: - 1,7884::5668211
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14 April 1898 : Departure - Hamburg
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20 September 1880 : Arrival - New York, USA
1910 : Wohnort - Carlinville, Macoupin, Illinois
Sources: Ancestry.de - http://www.Ancestry.de - 1910 United States Federal Census - Ancestry.com - Online-Veröffentlichung - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Ursprüngliche Daten - Indiziert von ProQuest anhand von auf Mikrofilm aufgezeichneten Listen der US-Volkszählung von 1910. Daten aufgenommen von der National Archives and Records A - 1,7884::0 - Year: 1910; Census Place: Carlinville, Macoupin, Illinois; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . http://search.Ancestry.de/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=5668211&ti=5545&indiv=try&gss=pt - Geburtsdatum: 1844 Geburtsort: Germany Wohnort - Datum: 1910 Wohnort: Carlinville, Macoupin, Illinois Ankunftsdatum: 1880 Ankunftsort: - 1,7884::5668211
20 July 1927 : Death - Carlinville, Macoupin, Illinois, USA
22 July 1927 : Burial - Carlinville, IL
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98296317/andrew-rosentreter
- Suzanne Schwab Hill (Great Grandaughter)
ESCAPE FROM CARLINVILLE, ILLINOIS
Some of what appears below I learned through my uncle, Wilbert Schwab. He likely heard some of this story from his grandmother, Mary Schwab, born Anna Maria Rosentreter. She was the oldest child of Andrew and Rosa Rosentreter. I have found several sources that lend credence to what my uncle told me.
Andreas (Andrew) Rosentreter was born January 19, 1845, in Abrau, West Prussia, now Poland. His parents were Joseph Mathias Rosentreter and Anna Katarzyna Musolf, part of the Koschneiderei, an area settled by Germans in the 14th century. They maintained their Germanic culture and their Catholic faith.
According to Joseph Rink’s “Koschneidereisohne,” (Sons of the Koschneiderei) written in 1924, Josef was a prosperous farmer, and sent most of his children to the gymnasium (high school) in Konitz.
At some point, Andrew served in the Army, returning an alcoholic. He married Rosa Schultz in 1875.
His brother was Augustus Rosentreter, the last German bishop of Kulm, West Prussia. Augustus met Francis Ostrop while in the seminary. Father Ostrop immigrated to America and became the pastor of St. Joseph Church in Carlinville, Ill., in 1877. Augustus may have thought that if Andrew was to get away from his friends In Abrau, he wouldn’t drink, so Augustus arranged for Andrew and Rosa to immigrate to Carlinville, Ill., with three of their children in 1880. A son named Andrew died on the trip and was buried at sea.
Andrew was a tenant farmer in rural Carlinville, becoming a citizen in 1888. In late January 1898, he sold some hogs and disappeared. The family learned that he had returned to Abrau and his family of origin.
His return was documented in “Koschneidereisohne.” Translated here is the commentary:
“The second eldest son, named Andreas, his destiny driven to America, where he bought rural property. One day homesickness, the yearning for his parental house, for his native country and his brothers and sisters gripped him. Without giving a message to his family before, he rushed a ship, wearing his overalls and came back suddenly and unexpected to his native place to visit his folks.”
Family lore had it that he wrote a letter home asking his wife and children to return and join him. His wife replied that they were established in America and weren’t returning.
The Carlinville Democrat had this article in the February 3, 1898, edition:
“Andrew Rosentreter, who lived on the Steidley farm, west of town, has been missing since last Thursday. That day he sold 40 hogs, receiving about $300 in cash, and since then nothing has been seen or heard of him. He was financially involved, and some of his friends think he has taken up his abode elsewhere. He leaves a wife and seven children. He is a German about (actually 53) 60 years of age, short and heavy build. His friends and relatives are making efforts to locate him or learn whether he has been foully dealt with for the money he had on his person.”
The Macoupin County Enquirer had this in its February 9, 1898, edition under the headline, “He’ll Never Come Back”:
“Andrew Rosentreter has been heard from. He is the middle aged farmer, with family, who leased the Steidley farm west of town. January 27 Rosentreter sold his hogs for $275 and suddenly disappeared. The agent at the C&A (railroad) said a man answering to his description purchased a ticket for Chicago. This is now authenticated by a letter dated Chicago from Rosentreter himself to Franz Schultz who resides on the Frickie farm east of Carlinville. He said his intention is to go back to his old home in Germany and whatever happens he will never return to Carlinville. Rosentreter was financially embarrassed and this appears to be his method of getting rid of his troubles. In the meanwhile his family will have to do the best they can.”
A similar article appeared in the Carlinville Democrat on February 10, 1898, with an additional sentence, “He is running away from his debts as well as his family, as he was deeply involved.”
His German family must have convinced him to return to Carlinville because he boarded a ship in Hamburg on April 14, 1898. He traveled via the Furst Bismarck to Ellis Island and arrived on April 23, 1898.
My uncle told me that his wife Rosa refused to allow him to return to the family home. He went to live with daughter Mary and husband Frank. She was due to have a child in May 1898, my grandfather, Edward.
By the 1900 census he was living with Rosa and the family apparently on a farm, because his occupation was that of farmer in Carlinville Township.
Andrew died July 20, 1927, and is buried in Old Calvary Cemetery.
- "Deutschland, Preußen, Westpreußen, Katholische und Lutherisch Kirchenbücher, 1537-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D4P9-55W2 : 10 September 2021), Joseph Rosentreter in entry for Andreas Joseph Rosentreter, 1845.
- https://genealogy.musolf.de/getperson.php?personID=I6741&tree=Musolf20210802
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1845 - 1927 (82 years)
