Verderbers from Kerndorf

Jeanmarie Andrews, State of New York, United States of America, 10/12/2004

English original message (with little modifications):

Hello from New York!

My great-grandmother emigrated from Kerndorf, Austria to Brooklyn, New York in the year 1900. She joined many family members who had already emigrated from Kerndorf, and most of the family then moved on to Cleveland, Ohio USA. She stayed in New York and raised a family. Here are the family members we have confirmed are related to us:

• Magdalena Verderber, born 1885, died 1923 – emigrated to USA in 1900.
• Mary Verderber, born 1869 (Magdalena’s aunt).
• Helena Verderber, born 1881 (Magdalena’s aunt).

There are more (Georg, Alois, Josefina, Maria, Franz, Josef, Hermann, Frieda, Johann) that we know are related but we haven’t yet established the exact relationship to Magdalena.

If anyone can make a connection from Kerndorf we would be very happy! You may post this in English, please – I do not speak German well. Thank you!

Regards,

Jeanmarie Andrews (Andres – von Plana, Boehm), New York.

Electronic mail: jandrews225 under verizon in net.

Comment:

Kerndorf belonged to the Mitterdorf parish in the Gottschee region.

About Verderbers from Kerndorf there is only known here what is written in the registration card-index of the former imperial-royal police direction of the city Graz (Styria) in Austria for the years 1892–1925 (see About the origin of the family). There are registered the following four men who were born in Kerndorf:

• Alois Verderber, born 1895 in Kerndorf, catholic, unmarried, joiner and foot-boy, domiciled in Graz from 17/3/1914 to 9/7/1914.
• Johann Verderber, born 1874 in Kerndorf, catholic, married, pedlar with Italian fruits, domiciled during the time from 18/10/1907 to 5/3/1912 only with breaks in Graz and elsewhere in the Gottschee.
• Josef Verderber, born 1872 in Kerndorf, catholic, married, pedlar with Italian fruits, domiciled during the time from 18/10/1907 to 4/2/1910 only with breaks in Graz and elsewhere in the Gottschee. Presumably he was a brother of Johann, because both repeatedly used the same residence at Graz.
• Mathias Verderber, born 1885 in Kerndorf, catholic, unmarried, journeyman chimney-sweeper, died on 12/8/1911 (month is not sure), domiciled in Graz from 28/3/1904 to 29/4/1909.

Furthermore the file-card of a Verderber born in Brooklyn possibly concerns a related person:

• Josef Verderber, born 1901 in Brooklyn (but commune of competence is Gottschee), catholic, unmarried, railroad servant and trade employee, domiciled in Graz from 3/10/1919 to 28/5/1923. Parents: Johann and Gertrud.

Of course Brooklyn was a popular emigration destination for people from the Gottschee, so there need not exist any provable relation.

If you know more about the Verderbers from Kerndorf, tell it also to us in order that we can complete this statements.

Electronic mail: Briefkasten under Verderber in org.