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- [S3] Sonstiges, http://www.drapers.us/Jesberg/, 22 Jan 1908.
From St. Joseph Public Library
ST. JOSEPH NEWS-PRESS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1908
THE DEATH ROLL.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dersch, one of St. Joseph's pioneer residents, after an illness of several weeks duration, died last night at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Dersch was in her ninety-first year, having been born in Hesse Cassel, Germany, August 13, 1818. She came to America sixty years ago, locating in Indiana, where she resided only a few months, and then removed to St. Joseph, where she had lived continuously since. Mrs. Dersch was of a family whose longevity is unusual, of seven children she is the second to die. Her two surviving sisters are also past eighty years of age. She was the oldest of the children. The other members of the family are all residents of St. Joseph: Mrs. Katharine Wild, Mrs. Gertrude Stradler, Mrs. Agnes Bauer, and two brothers, John and Christopher Jessberg. It was at Mr. Jessberg's home, 1601 North Second street, that she died. Two children survive her, Mrs. William Schrage of Orlando, Okla., and Mrs. Emma Vennekohl of Cosby, Mo. Mrs. Dersch was a member of the German Methodist Episcopal church at Third and Robidoux streets. And the funeral service will be conducted by her pastor, the Rev. Gustavo Becker.
- [S3] Sonstiges, http://www.drapers.us/Jesberg/, 1857.
Jacob Dersch und Elisabeth (Jesberg) Dersch sind 1857 in die USA immigriert.
Sie kamen aus Hessen (Marburg) mit 4 in Hessen geborenen Kindern. 2 Töchter (Luisa und Emma) sind in den USA geboren worden.
- [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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1818 - 1908 (89 Jahre)