Emma and Lydia are apparently children from a previous marriage of John Straub. They are 18 years old on the 1900 census. John and Charlotte have only been married 12 years.
Lydia is a twin with Emma.
Emma is a twin with Lydia.
Wasem/Block gives birthdate of Mar 1843
From "The Britzius Story" by Dianne Z. Stevens, 2013:
6 – Margaret Britzius (1851 Ohio – 1879 Iowa) married Peter Von Lackum, a physian from Prussia. He was a widower that brought 4 children to the marriage. Maggie and Peter had at least two children. They lived in Minnesota, Nebraska, and Iowa. Then Maggie died in childbirth at the age of 28. The 1880 census shows H. Von Lakum, Maggie’s 8 year old son, living with the family of Theobald and Christina Maurer Britzius.Per E Walker 12Jul2016--Margaret lost her third baby in a carriage accident and probably died then herself. "I was told many times that she died in a carriage accident and
therefore lost the baby she was carrying. I imagine that the event probably was
a cause for the loss of them both."
The person count in the 1800 census matches the children attributed to Thomas at this point in his life by Bev McConnell.
This person is dead.
This person is dead.