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- [S3] Sonstiges, http://www.drapers.us/Jesberg/, 27 Mrz 1902.
From St. Joseph, Mo Public Library's microfilm of newspapers:
THE ST. JOSEPH GAZETTE-HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1902.
MRS. CATHERINE MAY DIES
AFTER A LONG ILLNESS
Deceased Was the Mother of a St. Joseph Newspager Man
Mrs. Catherine May, aged fifty-seven years, died at 10:05 o'clock Wednesday night at the family home, 1322 North Second street, after a lingering illness of eleven weeks. The deceased was the widow of Frederick May, and was well known in Germany circles, being a life long member and prominent worker in the German Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mrs. May was born October 10, 1844, in Hesse Kassel, Germany, and came to America in 1857, reaching St. Joseph two years later. She was married to Frederick May August 15, 1865 and for ten years lived in Brunswick, Mo. returning here after the death of her husband.
The surviving members of the family are: Charles J., a member of the Gazette-Herald editorial staff, Henry A. and Miss Emma of St. Joseph, Mo. Mrs. J. W. Abel of Granite City , Ill. And John F. and William D. of Newton, Kan. All but the two last named were at the bedside when death came. The deceased is also survived by a brother William Dersch of this city, two sisters Mrs. Emma Vennekohl of Cosby, Mo. and Mrs. Katherine Schrage of Oklahoma, and her aged mother.
No arrangements have been yet made for the funeral.
- [S3] Sonstiges, http://www.drapers.us/Jesberg/, 1857.
Their oldest daughter, Elizabeth, had married Jacob Dersch and had 4 children in Hesse between 1866 and 1854. They came over in 1857 and had two more children in St. Joseph, MO in 1860 and 1864.
In 1857, William?s oldest child, Elizabeth, her husband Jacob Dersch, and 4 of their children rejoined the family. They sailed from Bremen, Germany to New Orleans.
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1844 - 1902 (57 Jahre)