Individual Details

2 September 2010. I want to mark this date as this was the day I found the ship's passenger list for Emilie Schniebs and her three daughters. I was able to then connect Mathilde with the Mattie who had written to her brother Otto - an old letter in my files which came from Hallsville [Boone Co], MO.

In one of letters that came to Otto from Mattie and I. B. Stevinson was the note to tell his sister [Ida McKim] that Aunt Crotia Haggard had died and been buried at Red Top Cemetery. I have no idea how she may have been an aunt, but possibly an aunt to Mattie, Ida & Otto. Was she a sibling of their mother or their father? I found the following graves on FindAGrave at Red Top Cemetery, Hallsville, MO:
Grotia A. Haggard, b. 30 Nov 1836, d. 7 Jan 1905. Wife of Alvin B.
Alvin B. Haggard, b. 16 Oct 1830, d. 14 Oct 1890. Husband of Grotia A.
Willie R. Haggard, b. 11 Dec 1868, d. 5 Feb 1869. Son of AB & GA.
Eventually I found in earlier censuses that Crotia Stevinson Haggard was a sister to Samuel Milton Stevinson, so was an aunt of Israel B. Stevinson, not kin to the Schniebs siblings at all.

Mathilde later adopted the name Mattie; her name was given as Martha Maria on her death certificate. Family tradition is that Mattie met Israel Stevinson who was visiting his brother in Ft Smith - Mattie was working as the housekeeper for the brother. Mattie told her children that she was born in Leipzig, Saxony.

1900 Census; Rocky Fork Twp, Boone Co, MO. Hh 142
I. B. Stevinson, b. Oct 1858, age 41, married 4 years. Born MO, parents b. KY, Farmer
Mattie, wife, b. Nov 1874, age 25, b. Germany as were her parents; immigrated 1878, has been in this country 21 years [Actually she came in 1883, age 8, see her mother's notes]
Hughes, son, b. Nov 1896, age 3, b. MO
I. B., son, b. Feb 1899, age 7 months, b. MO

1910 Census: Rocky Fork Twp, Boone Co, MO Hh 138
Israel B. Stevinson, age 52, married 1 time for 14 years, b. MO, parents b. KY
Mattie, wife, age 34, 4 children, 3 are living, b. Germany as were her parents; immigrated 1878
Charles H., son, age 13. Israel B., son age 10. Helen G., dau, age 6

The missing child was Emma Amelia, buried Red Top Cemetery, with an angel marking her grave. Emma Amelia, Dau. of I. B. & Mattie Stevinson. Mar 28, 1901- Oct 26, 1906.
Fell out of wagon & run over.

I found the Death Certificate for Israel B. Stevinson, from Rocky Fork, Boone Co., #29746. His birth given as 1 Oct 1959, death 6 Oct 1910. He was 50 years, 11 months and 25 days. Cause of death was inanition, or simple starvation, with the contributory cause as Delusional Insanity. He was listed as a Farmer, Married, but no wife named. His father was Milton Stevinson, mother Edith Burton, both born in Kentucky. R. F. Hulet of Hallsville was the informant and the undertaker. Israel was buried Red Top Cemetery on October 8th.

Mattie married a second time to Henry H. Burks, 18 Oct 1915. The marriage record was indexed as H. H. "Surks" but the License reads:
H H. Burks, of Hallville, Boone Co, MO to Mattie M. Stevinson of the same place. They were married by J. D. Prigmore, Clergyman, at Sedalia, Pettis Co, MO

1920 Census. South part of Rocky Fork Twp, Boone Co, MO, Hh 39
Burks, Henry H., age 43, b. MO, parents b. KY, Retail Dealer; Hardware & Lumber Co
Mattie M., wife, age 42, immigrated 1884, naturlized 1885, b. Germany
Helen G. Stevinson, stepdaughter, age 15, b. MO.

1930 Census. Rocky Fork Twp, Boone Co MO, Hh 1
William H. H. Burks, age 53, married at age 28, 1st marriage, b. MO, parents b. KY, lumber business
Mattie M., wife, age 52, married at age 19, 1st marriage, b. Germany, parents b. Germany, Naturalized in 1885.

1940 Census. Rocky Fork Twp, Boone, MO, Hh 93
Same house in 1935
Harry R Burks, 62, b. MO, Farmer
Martha M., wife, 16, b. Germany, Naturalized

There is a joint marker in Red Top Cemetery, Hallsville.
I. B. Stevinson, Oct 25, 1858 - Oct 6, 1910
Mattie, Nov 1, 1877 - June 11, 1952
a note on FindAGrave says that Mattie was wife of IB Stevinson & Harry Burks.

Mattie's Death Certificate, Missouri #19397.
Martha Maria Burks, died Hallsville, Boone Co. She was born 1 Nov 1877, died Jun 11, 1952. A widow. Birthplace Germany, Citizen of U.S. The informant was C. H. Stevinson of Kansas City, MO [probably her son Charles Hughes]. She died of an aneurysm of the aorta. Her father's name was August Schnebs; her mother's name unknown. Her husband listed as Harry H. Burks. She was buried Red Top Cemetery, on June 13th.

Birth	1 Nov 1874	Germany
Marriage	1 Apr 1896	Columbia, Boone County, Missouri - Israel Bruton Stevinson
Marriage	18 Oct 1915	Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri - William Henry Harrison Burks
Death	11 Jun 1952	Hallsville, Boone County, Missouri

Spouse	Israel Bruton Stevinson (1858 - 1910)
Child	Charles Hughes Stevinson (1896 - 1977)
Child	Israel Bruton Stevinson Jr. (1899 - 1970)
Child	Emma Amelia Stevinson (1901 - 1906)
Child	Helen G. Stevinson (1904 - 1993)

Spouse

William Henry Harrison Burks (1876 - 1948)

Father	August Schniebs (1841 - 1890)
Mother	Emilie Berthold (1845 - 1934)
Sibling	Anna Selma "Annie" Schniebs (1873 - 1946)
Sibling	Mary Ida Schniebs (1878 - 1964)
Sibling	Otto John Schniebs (1888 - 1945)