My name is Juanita Coy. I am running into walls and I need help connecting the dots.

Question

My mother's name was Martha Berg (1922-2010) Her grandfather was Johann Goosen Nov 23, 1848 in Russia. I have several names of his ancestors but I am not sure which names and dates are correct.

Answer 1

John Goossen, birth 1848, residence 1885 Grant Twp., Gage Nebraska

Johann Goossen, Naturalization 1 Dec 1887, York Nebraska

Comments

Unfortunately wrong Johann Goosen. The one who had a granddaughter Martha Berg is this one: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9JMG-GRV

Living 1910 in Washita County, OK, with wife whom he had married in 1880; daughter Sarah (mother of Martha Berg) in adjacent family. Familysearch has a marriage record for 1880 in Korn/Corn, Washita County; however, that county was not formed until 1892, and it is apparently in that year that the Mennonite community of Korn (settled by Germans from Russia) was established. Daughter Sarah, age 26 in 1910, in that census stated she had been born in "Russ German".