On this past February 12th, I wrote a post about one of the pair of twins that were born on that date back in 1886. That post was Schamburg Filling Station in Perryville. Today, because his wife is today’s birthday girl, you will read the story of the other Schamburg twin.

The last February 12th was the 140th birthday of the Schamburg twins. They were the sons of Traugott and Elizabeth (Hoeckel) Schamburg. In the previous post, this pair of baptism records for these twins was displayed. Today’s main character is the one found in the bottom record, Albert Johann Schamburg.

In the case of Albert, he is seen in only one census as a single man. The 1900 census says the twins were 14 years old. They had been confirmed in 1899. Their father was a farmer in the Salem Township.

Since Albert would get married prior to the next census in 1910, we will now take a look at the woman who would become his bride. Her name was Louise Mathilde Ochs, who was born on February 25, 1892, so today would be her 134th birthday. Louise was the daughter of Henry and Josephine (Rauh) Ochs. Clayton Erdmann wrote a story about his great great grandparents and Louise’s parents titled Junior, Judge, and Representative back in 2016. Louise was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, so we are unable to view an image of her baptism record. She is found in the 1900 census at the age of 8. Her father was a farmer in the Central Township.

Albert Schamburg married Louise Ochs on October 17, 1909 at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg. Since we cannot view Freidenberg’s records, I can only show this Missouri marriage license for this pair.

Our German Family Tree lists 9 children for this couple, but for some reason, the last child, a son named Paul born in 1929 is not listed. So, there were 10 Schamburg children in this family. The 1910 census shows just a one month old baby in their household. Albert was a house carpenter in the Central Township.

Albert had his World War I draft registration completed in 1918. He is given a Menfro address because that is where his mail originated. He is called a farmer and carpenter employed by Louis Oswald.

In the plat maps produced in 1915, we find a parcel of land with the name Schamburg located not far from Crosstown.

Four more children were added to this family prior to the 1920 census.

Next, we find the Schamburg’s in the 1930 census with all 10 of their children. Albert was still a carpenter.

The 1940 census shows the list of children living with their parents was down to 8. Several of those children were part of the work force. Three of them were working at the shoe factory in Perryville.

The last census the public can view is the one taken in 1950. Because one of his sons was also named Albert, the elder Albert is called Albert, Sr. Two of the children were working at the shoe factory, and their youngest son, Paul, was following in his father’s footsteps and working for him as a carpenter.

I am guessing that the photo below of Albert and Louise was taken on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary in 1959. I do not know if the Schamburg twins were identical, but if they were, then Armin must have looked much like his brother as he is shown here. I was unable to display a photo of Armin when I wrote his story.

It may have been on the same occasion that this photo of the 10 Schamburg children was taken. You can see that 7 of their 10 children were women.

Louise Schamburg died in 1963 at the age of 71. Her death certificate below says that she died at the Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville.

Albert Schamburg died in 1970 at the age of 84. He also died at the hospital in Perryville.

Albert and Louise Schamburg are buried together in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Perryville.

The stories of the Schamburg twins gives a sharp contrast between the two. Armin had just 2 children, one of which died as an infant, so they only had one child who lived to adulthood. Albert had 10 children, and, as you can see in the photo shown above, all of them lived to adulthood. Also, Armin ran a filling station while Albert was a carpenter. Both of the twins are buried in the same cemetery.