His parents	Married 10/15/1856	Her parents
3GGF Johann Peter Korb	WI	3GGM Elizabeth Miesen-Korb
Ancestor 56 (111000) 5/04/1822 - 9/04/1905	Their ancestral child	Ancestor 57 (111001) 12/10/1834 - 4/27/1888

3GGF Korb was born as Peter Korb and baptized as Johann Peter Korb.  Some documents, including his death certificate, list his birthdate as May 10, 1826. Maybe he liked to pass himself off as younger, because this is the date that his own children believed. However, Miller & Ditter, authors of the “Korb Klan” genealogy, saw the birth certificate itself, which was dated 5/4/1822. 

Elizabeth’s maiden name is usually written as “Miesen,” but sometimes as “Meisen.” Peter and Elizabeth’s places of birth were Kettig and Bassenheim, Germany.  These are nearby villages between Bonn and Frankfurt.  I don’t know if they knew each other in Germany.

Peter and Elizabeth both migrated as young adults.  By 1856, they were married in Wisconsin. Peter made his living as a farmer and a wheelwright (I wonder if he made the wheels pictured above!)  I have records of 11 children, all born in Marytown, WI:  Egidius (b. 1858), Anna, Mary, Katherine, Gertrude, Margaretha (infant death), Christine, Lisetta, August*, Gottfried, and Anthony “Anton” (b. 1876).

Peter and Elizabeth are buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Marytown, WI.  This parish, which goes by the full name “Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary”, dates to 1849. 

Notes for the GGGT: I have not yet found out when the current church building was constructed. It is on a hilltop and is illuminated at night, so it will be good for photographing at different times of day.

Single child: Lisetta “Lizzie”

Their daughter Lisetta or “Lizzie” was a rare woman for her time. Not only was she unmarried, but she made a living as a military nurse. “The Korbs were quite proud of Lisetta because few women were as independent in those days.” ¹. She was an army nurse during WWI. Her career took her to Michigan, New Mexico, and Arizona. I don’t know if she served overseas. Lizzie spent the last four years of her life at 512 Nolden St. in the Highland Park community of Los Angeles. She died at the Compton Sanitorium, the type of hospital that was commonly used for lung ailments at the time. There are rumors that Compton Sanitorium was also an expensive drug / alcohol rehab center that treated some Hollywood stars, including Judy Garland. Neither it nor the adjoining general hospital still stand. As an army nurse, Lizzie is now buried in the L.A. National Cemetery. Her grave location is Section 127 Row D Site 10. I visited and photographed this grave once when I lived in LA.

Peter’s FindAGrave profile

Elizabeth’s FindAGrave profile

Lizzie’s Find-a-Grave profile