Individual Details
Anna Brenner
(June 13, 1891 - September 14, 1971)
Immigration - Anna Kap - husband Nickolaus Kapp, 15 Oliver St., New Brunswick, NJ
NICKOLAUS AND ANNA
In 1908, when Anna was 17 she had her first child, Katherine, in Backi Brestovac in Austria-Hungary. She said the young girls would work in the fields, and when their baby would come they would lay down in the field, deliver their baby, and get up to continue working in the field.
Anna came to America in 1910 and Nickolaus came in 1909. They left their daughter Katherine in Austria-Hungary with Nickolaus's mother, Magdalena. They thought they would go back for her when they were settled in this country. They came to New Brunswick, NJ and lived with Marianbaesel, Nick's aunt. Another daughter, Mary, was born in 1912 in a house next to St. John's Church.
After Mary was born she was not expected to live and her mother laid out clothes to bury her in.
In despiration Anna took her to a faith healer. She was told to put Mary in a carriage and walk her across the Raritan River Bridge, between New Brunswick and Highland Park, every day.
In time Mary got better but she still had physical problems as a youngster. During her early years she had to sit in a special chair which forced her legs outward. Her mother never let her ride a bicycle or roller stake for fear she might injure her hip.
While Nick & Anna were caring for one child in the US their other daughter, Katherine, was forced to remain behind in Austria-Hungry until afer World War I ended.
In 1921, Katherine could finally come to the United States at the age of 12 to be with her parents and sister. Mary met her sister for the first time when she was 9 years old. During this time, Nick and Anna bought a house in Highland Park, New Jersey on Harper Street.
HISTORY
On Sunday, June 28, 1914, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary and his wife Sophie, were shot to death in Sarajevo, the capital of the Austrian province of Bosnia. This started World War I. That same day Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
On Aug. 1, Germany declared war on Russia.
On Aug. 3, Germany declared war on France.
On Aug. 4, Germany invaded Belgium.
Great Britain declared war on Germany.
1915
On May 7, A German submarine sank the liner Lusitania.
On May 23, Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary.
1916
On Aug 27, Italy declared war on Germany.
1917
On Feb. 1, Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare.
On Aug 6, The United States declared war on Germany.
On Dec 15, Russia signed an armistice with Germany.
1918
On Nov 11, Germany signed the armistice.
1919
President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 as Armistice Day to remind Americans of the trade dies of war. A law adopted in 1938 made the day a federal holiday. In 1954, Congress changed the name to Veterans Day to honor all United States veterans.
The number of civilian deaths in areas of actual war totaled about 5,000,000. 80% of these deaths were from starvation, disease, and exposure. Spanish influenza, which some blamed on the war, caused tens of millions of other deaths.
After the war, the southern part of Austria-Hungary went to Yugoslavia. This is where Nickolaus and Anna's family lived.
Nickolaus and Anna spent a lot of time at the German-American Club in New Brunswick. They had dinners of sauerkraut and vorsht and potatoes. After dinner there would be dancing, polkas, & some waltzes, and one lady would carry an armful of evergreens. Each branch had a ribbon tied to it, and when each person there danced with the lady they were given a branch to take home. The people would give the lady a dollar to dance with her, and this helped raised money for the club.
On the weekends when the Kapp's weren't at the club, they enjoyed playing cards with other German-American friends. The men played Pinochle and the women played Fantan or Michigan Rummy.
During the summer months, they spent their evenings sitting on the front porch and talking. Most of their neighbors also sat on their front porches. They also had a garden in the back, which is where you could always find Anna.
At other times, Anna was always baking something in the kitchen. Her strudel and baked goods were the best you could find. She did all her cooking on a coal stove. Their furnace in the basement was also fired by coal, and each day Nickolaus had to shovel coal into the furnace.
Nickolaus worked at the Paulus Dairy loading milk & dairy products onto the milk truck and wagons. In some towns farther from the dairy in New Brunswick, milk was delivered to each home by a milk truck. In other areas closer to the dairy, a milk wagon was pulled through the streets by a white horse.
PS During these times there was also a bread man who delivered bakery products to each home. And there was an ice man who delivered ice for the icebox before people had refrigerators.
ANNA KAPP, 80, of Highland Park
HIGHLAND PARK -- Mrs. Anna Kapp, 80 of 220 Harper St., died yesterday, Sept. 14, 1971, at St. Peter's General Hospital, New Brunswick. She was the widow of Nickolaus Kapp, who died in 1965.
Mrs. Kapp was born in Austria-Hungary. She was a retired knitting machine operator for Johnson & Johnson, and was a communicant of St. Paul's Church. She also was a member of the United Sick and Death Benefit Society of New Brunswick.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Katherine Fulton of Highland Park and Mrs. Mary Stamm of Edison; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Quackenboss Funeral Home, 156 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, followed by a 10 a.m. Mass of the Resurrection at St. Paul's Church. Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery, New Brunswick.
NICKOLAUS AND ANNA
In 1908, when Anna was 17 she had her first child, Katherine, in Backi Brestovac in Austria-Hungary. She said the young girls would work in the fields, and when their baby would come they would lay down in the field, deliver their baby, and get up to continue working in the field.
Anna came to America in 1910 and Nickolaus came in 1909. They left their daughter Katherine in Austria-Hungary with Nickolaus's mother, Magdalena. They thought they would go back for her when they were settled in this country. They came to New Brunswick, NJ and lived with Marianbaesel, Nick's aunt. Another daughter, Mary, was born in 1912 in a house next to St. John's Church.
After Mary was born she was not expected to live and her mother laid out clothes to bury her in.
In despiration Anna took her to a faith healer. She was told to put Mary in a carriage and walk her across the Raritan River Bridge, between New Brunswick and Highland Park, every day.
In time Mary got better but she still had physical problems as a youngster. During her early years she had to sit in a special chair which forced her legs outward. Her mother never let her ride a bicycle or roller stake for fear she might injure her hip.
While Nick & Anna were caring for one child in the US their other daughter, Katherine, was forced to remain behind in Austria-Hungry until afer World War I ended.
In 1921, Katherine could finally come to the United States at the age of 12 to be with her parents and sister. Mary met her sister for the first time when she was 9 years old. During this time, Nick and Anna bought a house in Highland Park, New Jersey on Harper Street.
HISTORY
On Sunday, June 28, 1914, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary and his wife Sophie, were shot to death in Sarajevo, the capital of the Austrian province of Bosnia. This started World War I. That same day Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
On Aug. 1, Germany declared war on Russia.
On Aug. 3, Germany declared war on France.
On Aug. 4, Germany invaded Belgium.
Great Britain declared war on Germany.
1915
On May 7, A German submarine sank the liner Lusitania.
On May 23, Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary.
1916
On Aug 27, Italy declared war on Germany.
1917
On Feb. 1, Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare.
On Aug 6, The United States declared war on Germany.
On Dec 15, Russia signed an armistice with Germany.
1918
On Nov 11, Germany signed the armistice.
1919
President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 as Armistice Day to remind Americans of the trade dies of war. A law adopted in 1938 made the day a federal holiday. In 1954, Congress changed the name to Veterans Day to honor all United States veterans.
The number of civilian deaths in areas of actual war totaled about 5,000,000. 80% of these deaths were from starvation, disease, and exposure. Spanish influenza, which some blamed on the war, caused tens of millions of other deaths.
After the war, the southern part of Austria-Hungary went to Yugoslavia. This is where Nickolaus and Anna's family lived.
Nickolaus and Anna spent a lot of time at the German-American Club in New Brunswick. They had dinners of sauerkraut and vorsht and potatoes. After dinner there would be dancing, polkas, & some waltzes, and one lady would carry an armful of evergreens. Each branch had a ribbon tied to it, and when each person there danced with the lady they were given a branch to take home. The people would give the lady a dollar to dance with her, and this helped raised money for the club.
On the weekends when the Kapp's weren't at the club, they enjoyed playing cards with other German-American friends. The men played Pinochle and the women played Fantan or Michigan Rummy.
During the summer months, they spent their evenings sitting on the front porch and talking. Most of their neighbors also sat on their front porches. They also had a garden in the back, which is where you could always find Anna.
At other times, Anna was always baking something in the kitchen. Her strudel and baked goods were the best you could find. She did all her cooking on a coal stove. Their furnace in the basement was also fired by coal, and each day Nickolaus had to shovel coal into the furnace.
Nickolaus worked at the Paulus Dairy loading milk & dairy products onto the milk truck and wagons. In some towns farther from the dairy in New Brunswick, milk was delivered to each home by a milk truck. In other areas closer to the dairy, a milk wagon was pulled through the streets by a white horse.
PS During these times there was also a bread man who delivered bakery products to each home. And there was an ice man who delivered ice for the icebox before people had refrigerators.
ANNA KAPP, 80, of Highland Park
HIGHLAND PARK -- Mrs. Anna Kapp, 80 of 220 Harper St., died yesterday, Sept. 14, 1971, at St. Peter's General Hospital, New Brunswick. She was the widow of Nickolaus Kapp, who died in 1965.
Mrs. Kapp was born in Austria-Hungary. She was a retired knitting machine operator for Johnson & Johnson, and was a communicant of St. Paul's Church. She also was a member of the United Sick and Death Benefit Society of New Brunswick.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Katherine Fulton of Highland Park and Mrs. Mary Stamm of Edison; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Quackenboss Funeral Home, 156 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, followed by a 10 a.m. Mass of the Resurrection at St. Paul's Church. Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery, New Brunswick.
Events
| Birth | June 13, 1891 | Backi Brestovac, Austria-Hungary, Yugoslavia | |||
| Death | September 14, 1971 | New Brunswick, New Jersey | |||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
| Burial | St. Peter's Cemetery | ||||
| Emigration | Austria-Hungry | ||||
| Residence | 220 Harper St, Highland Park, NJ | ||||
| Occupation | Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick | ||||
| Nationality | German |
Families
| Spouse | Nickolaus Kapp (1887 - 1965) |
| Child | Katherine Kapp (1908 - 1996) |
| Child | Mary Kapp (1912 - 1998) |