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Subject: [OHLUCAS] OBRIST AND OBERST 1899 TOLEDO DIRECTORY--Re: ObristObituary Help/Direction
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:41:03 +0000

Hope this helps your search for the Obrist and Oberst Families in Toledo for 1899 City Directory. The 1890 Census were burned by fire, so
this directory would be a good indicator of their living in Toledo and their professions through 1900. Below is exactly how it reads:
OBRIST
Christiina (wid Frederick) h 612 Cincinnati
Emma J., treas The Le Baron Co, h 2032 Adams
Frederick (aged 68) , died Aug, 1898
Frederick A, cigars, 717 Jefferson, h 2032 Adams
Jean A., died Apl 7, 1899
John W., car repr, h 716 Vandalia
OBERST
Oberst Bros (John H and George H), painters, 617 Wisconsin
Fred W (aged 69 yrs) died Aug 23, 1898
Frederick (aged 29 yrs), died Sept 10, 1898
George H. (Oberst Bros), h 617 Wisconsin
John H. (Oberst Bros), bds 615 Wisconsin
Lena (wid Frederick), bds 615 Wisconsin
Wm, painter Oberst Bros, h 615 Wisconsin
There is also name of OBERSKI, OBLINGER, OBERMEYER OBERLIN, OBERLY, OBERLE
Good Luck,
Jackie Harris Doorn


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> Yours was a quick response!
> I am not certain you are able to help me in any way. My research is directed to
> my great grandfather, Wilhelm Obrist (later changed to William Oberst), who came
> from Germany in the mid 1800's. He was born in 1844 in Schopheim, Germany and
> died in 1910 in Toledo. He came to this country with his father, Alois, and
> mother and siblings. The first record of him is the 1870 federal census when he
> was living in Bay City, Michigan. He later moved to Monroe, Michigan and then to
> Toledo. I would like to find his arrival in this country and how he happened to
> get to Michigan.
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> Another great grandfather is Charles Albrecht (Albright) who was born in year
> 1845 in Germany and immigrated to this country in 1865. The Miller connection is
> my great grandmother Minnie Miller who was born in Toledo in Toledo in 1859. She
> married Sylvester King in 1877 or 78 and they lived in Toledo their entire
> lives. I have not been able to find any information on the ancestors of these
> individuals.
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> I live in Jackson, Michigan and need to get down to Toledo for further research.
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