Apparently, folks in the Stuebinger family liked the name, Anna. These Stuebinger’s also liked the name Barbara. A few times, the names Anna and Barbara were both given to girls in this family. Anna is a common German name, but I think Barbara is a name especially one favored by those of Bavarian descent. If that is not enough, there was an Anna Barbara who married a Stuebinger, so her married name was Anna Barbara Stuebinger. I have already written the story of one of the girls who was born as Anna Barbara Stuebinger, and I have already written the story of the Anna Barbara who married a Stuebinger. Today, you will read the story of another girl who was born as Anna Barbara Stuebinger. Below are two Anna Barbara Stuebinger girls who can be found on Ancestry.com. As you can see, these two were born just a matter of a few years apart from one another, which presents some potential confusion when doing family research.

Today, you will read about the Anna Barbara Stuebinger who was born in 1861. That Anna Barbara was born on April 28, 1861, the daughter of George and Katherine (Graff) Stuebinger. This girl was mostly called Barbara during her life, so that is what I will use. Barbara was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, so I am unable to display a baptism record for her. Barbara is found in the 1870 census at the age of 9. Her father was a farmer in the Brazeau Township.

The Stuebinger’s are found in the 1880 census living in the Salem Township. I think the Salem Township was established in the previous decade, so this does not necessarily mean that the Stuebinger’s had moved. Barbara was 19 years old at the time.

Barbara would get married before we can view another census entry for her, so we will now take a look at the man who would become her husband. His name was Phillip Poehner, who was born on August 20, 1862. Phillip was the son of John and Anna (Schneider) Poehner. He also was baptized at Peace, Friedenberg. In the 1870 census, Phillip was listed as being 6 years old, but I think he was 7 or 8. His father was a farmer in the Bois Brule Township.

I was unsuccessful at finding a census entry for Phillip in the 1880 census. I even checked the long-lost pages of the 1880 Union Township pages, but failed. Then, on September 24, 1895, Phillip Poehner married Anna Barbara Stuebinger. At that time a new Lutheran congregation had been formed between Longtown and Crosstown called Cross Congregation. It was there that this wedding took place, and because Ancestry.com now has a collection of Missouri Synod records that includes some from Cross, I am able to show you their church marriage record.

The Missouri marriage license for this couple is shown below.

Phillip and Barbara had just one child, a daughter named Augusta, who was born in 1897. She was baptized at Cross Congregation, and you can see her baptism record here.

In the 1900 census, the Poehner household can be found living in the Salem Township where Phillip was a farmer. In addition to their daughter, their household also included Barbara’s mother and Arch Hager, a widowed farm laborer.

Barbara Stuebinger died in 1907 at the age of 45. The only thing I can say about a cause of death is that the church death record has been partially translated and it mentions the word, lung. An obituary for Barbara was published in the Perry County Republican. It does not mention a cause of death.

So, when the 1910 census was taken, we find Phillip as a widower and still farming. His mother-in-law was still living with him, as well as a farm laborer named John Hanson.

By this time, Cross Congregation had discontinued, and a new Lutheran church had been established in Crosstown called Zion Lutheran Church. That was where Augusta Poehner was confirmed in 1911. An atlas of plat maps was produced in 1915, and we find Phillip’s farm located south and west of Crosstown. You can also see several Stuebinger farms on this map.

Phillip did not marry again. Next, we find Phillip still farming in the Salem Township. His daughter, Augusta, his mother-in-law, Katherine, and a hired man named Elmer Cox were living with him.

The last census in which we find Phillip was the one taken in 1930. Just he and his single daughter were living together.

Phillip Poehner died in 1938 at the age of 76. His death certificate below says that he died of prostate cancer. The informant on this form was his daughter, Augusta. She never married.

We can also read an obituary for Phillip that was printed in the Perry County Republican.

The funerals for both Phillip and Barbara took place at Zion Lutheran Church in Crosstown, but they were buried together in the Cross Congregation Cemetery. That cemetery is also sometimes called the Holy Cross, the Dry Fork, or the Stumpf Cemetery. Barbara’s mother, Katherine Stuebinger, is also buried with them.

Now there is yet another story on this blog about a person named Anna Barbara Stuebinger.