Emma and Emil were engaged for about five years, and Emma taught school while waiting for Emil to finish his course of study at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. The marriage was witnessed by at least one of his fellow students, Herman Kellermann, who later married Emma’s sister Wilhelmina. The other witnesses were Adelbert Karstaedt and ? Hudtloff.
The marriage was conducted by Rev. Theodore Nickel, pastor of the Lutheran church in Shawano, Wisconsin. Like Emil, Theodore Nickel later “accepted a call” to serve as a minister in Australia.
Marriage registration, Emma Bertha Eberlein and Emil Paul Gerhard Kriewaldt, 1895.
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Thank you for uploading this fascinating information. Wilhelm Emil Kriewaldt and Henrietta Gerbitz are my 2nd Great Grandparents. Paul Emil G. Kriewaldt’s brother, Ferdinandt moved to Langenburg, Saskatchewan c.1896 to be with his only sister Ida.