Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Corda
• Occupation: Keeping House
• Census: 12 Aug 1850, Livingston County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 25 Jun 1860, Jackson Township, Livingston, Missouri, USA
• Census: 6 Aug 1870, Boise, Ada, Idaho, USA

Notes:

Died:
headstone: 4 Nov 1878

Buried:
Block 4 Lot 61 Space 1

Cordelia married Dr. John Livingston STEPHENS on 7 Nov 1867 in Boise, Ada, Idaho, USA. John was born about 1834 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Episcopalian
• Occupation: Housewife
• Cause of death: Cerebral Vascular Accident
• Census: 4 Jun 1880, Ada County, Idaho, USA
• Confirmation: 18 Apr 1886, Boise, Ada, Idaho, USA
• Census: 2 Jun 1900, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
• Census: 29 Apr 1910, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
• Census: 14 Jan 1920, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
• Census: 14 Apr 1930, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA

Notes:

“Nina Electa Stephens-von Rosenberg possessed something of the spirit of her pioneer parents and grandparents, for when she was only nineteen she married and left her home in the far northwest to begin life in Austin, Texas, as the beautiful and charming young wife of Frederick Charles von Rosenberg. Her quiet charm, gentleness of character and agreeable personality soon won for her a warm place in the large family connections of her husband.

“Her father was Dr. John Livingston Stephens, who moved from his home state of Pennsylvania to begin a medical career in the progressive western town of Boise, Idaho. He became a prosperous and eminent physician, establishing a sanatorium at Warm Springs, Idaho. He maintained a beautiful home in the city, which was furnished in the manner of his ancestral home in Pennsylvania.

“Her mother’s parents were pioneers, also of the west. For, although they had been prosperous plantation owners in Louisiana and Alabama before the Civil War, cultured and educated in the professions-they moved to Idaho after the close of the war. Her maternal grandfather, John Hoyt Taylor Greene, supported the Confederacy and was a blood cousin of General Nathaniel Greene of American Revolutionary War fame. Her maternal grandmother was a Wilcox, descended from some of the distinguished old families of Alabama and South Carolina.

“When her mother died, Nina was only five years old. From that time until she was about thirteen, when her father remarried, she made her home with her grandparents. She was confirmed in the Episcopal Church at the age of fourteen. About the time she was sixteen her stepmother, of whom she was very fond, took her to Washington, D. C., to place her in school. It was there in 1888 that Nina met her future husband.

“Perhaps her most outstanding characteristics are her cheerfulness and kindness. Her soft brown eyes, delicate, regular features and lovely wavy hair seem to suit perfectly her small stature. The atmosphere of her home reflects this cheerfulness and even temper, tact and hospitality. Her son and daughter, Frederick and Esther, live with her in the family home.”

Census:
with her grandmother, Milbry Green

Confirmation:
on Palm Sunday

Census:
204 West 17th

Census:
2510 Whitis Ave.

Census:
2510 Whitis Ave.

Census:
1300 Lorrain St.

Died:
at 7:30 p.m. at her residence, 1500 Lorrain St.

Nina married Frederick Charles VON ROSENBERG on 19 Dec 1892 in Boise, Ada, Idaho, USA. Frederick (son of Carl Wilhelm VON ROSENBERG and Auguste Franziska ANDERS) was born on 3 Nov 1866 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; died on 14 Nov 1931 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; was buried on 15 Nov 1931 in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Episcopalian
• Education: Newcomb College
• Education: The University of Texas
• Census: 3 Jun 1900, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
• Census: 29 Apr 1910, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
• Census: 14 Jan 1920, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
• Census: 14 Apr 1930, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA

Notes:

“Esther was born in Austin, baptized there in St. David’s Episcopal Church and confirmed in All Saints’ Chapel some years later. She learned her A B C’s at the private kindergarten and primary school of Miss Numbers. In 1904 she entered the private Whitis Prepatory School, affiliated with the University of Texas, and graduated in Jun 1911. She entered the University of Texas that fall and was soon initiated into the National Sorority, Pi Beta Phi.

“In September 1913 she entered the Domestic Science Department of Newcomb College, the co-ed division of Tulane University in New Orleans, La. There she affiliated with the Newcomb chapter of Pi Beta Phi. Weekends were for social life and taking advantage of the cultural side of that historical city, such as attending the French Opera, concerts, ballets, and the theater.

“The next year Esther elected to stay at home to join in the social life of young ladies. In 1916 she was a charter member of the Settlement Club, a charitable organization composed of her friends, that is still in existence. World War I found her helping with Red Cross work and other activities associated with the war effort and later taking part in civic and cultural projects. She is still an active member of the Austin Art League, Group II, organized in 1925, a small social and study group of old-time friends.

“From 1943 through 1947 she held a War Service position in the Austin Post Office. During the Korean War she was called back on War Service, remaining until 1963. The year 1973 finds her and her single brother living in the family home in Austin.”

Census:
204 West 17th

Census:
2510 Whitis Ave.

Census:
2510 Whitis Ave.

Census:
1300 Lorrain St.

Buried:
Sec 3, Lot 1160

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Episcopalian
• Education: The University of Texas
• Occupation: Law Clerk
• Military: Frederick enlisted in the U.S. Army on 29 Aug 1942 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, with the rank of Private.
• Census: 29 Apr 1910, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
• Confirmation: 6 May 1917, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
• Census: 14 Jan 1920, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
• Census: 14 Apr 1930, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
• Residence: 14 Nov 1931, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
• Residence: 29 Aug 1942, Travis County, Texas, USA
• Residence: 14 Mar 1988, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA

Notes:

“Frederick was christened in the Episcopal church and confirmed in All Saints’ Chapel on May 6, 1917. He started his school days in the private Whitis School in 1911. In September 1920, he entered the Junior Class of the private Terrill School of Dallas. His vacation was spent at the summer school camp of the Terrill School in the Muskokas Lake region in Canada. This experience he remembers as one of the highlights of his school days. In Jun 1922 he graduated from the Terrill School and entered the University of Texas that fall and was initiated into the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.

“After attending the University for four years, he entered his father’s law office as a law clerk in 1927. After the death of his father, Frederick managed his father’s estate.

“In 1942 he was inducted into the United States Army to serve in World War II. After basic training, he was assigned to Army Ordnance attached to the Air Corps. Soon thereafter, he was sent to the South Pacific where he served for twenty months — the whole time in a combat area. Since his discharge he has resided in the family home in Austin.”

Census:
2510 Whitis Ave.

Confirmation:
at All Saints’ Chapel

Census:
2510 Whitis Ave.

Census:
1300 Lorrain St.

Buried:
Sect 3, Lot 1160