Hi, there! Thank you for stopping by to check out my Oslage lineage, which is centralized in Southwestern Indiana. My direct line began with Heinrich Rudolph Jacob Oslage, who immigrated to the United States in 1843 from Lengerich, Prussia, Germany. On December 17, 1848, Jacob (as he was known) married Dorcas Clark in Dearborn County, Indiana. They had three sons: George H., Francis Marion, and Rudolph Frederick W. Oslage. I have been able to track George to Arkansas. Francis died in October 1875 and is buried with his cousins in OakHill Cemetery in Evansville, Indiana. I am descended from Jacob and Dorcas' youngest son, Rudolph. On April 23, 1885, Rudolph (he was known as Fred within our family) married Ella Vandiver, daughter of Indiana Walker & Harvey Vandiver. They settled in Huntingburg, Dubois County, Indiana and had three sons: William Edcher, Ora Edward, and Rudolph Oslage. William & Ora both died before they were two years old. My great-grandfather, Rudolph Oslage (a.k.a, Rufus) was born on May 5, 1889 in Huntingburg. On March 18, 1914, he married my great-grandmother, Laura Viola Rader. She was the daughter of Conrad Rader & Elizabeth Kruse of Gibson County, Indiana. Rufus & Laura had seven children. Their 3rd oldest child, Charlotte Marie Oslage, was my grandmother.
I have run into several stumbling blocks in the five years I have been doing research on this family full time, but they are finally starting to fall down brick by brick. I wish to thank everyone for helping me in this research. Most of my sources are secondary, coming from interviews within the family, family bibles, or documents that have been passed down from generation to generation. Ancestry and Heritage Quest have aided me in this search. I also give thanks to the Browning family of Evansville, Indiana - owners and operators of Browning Funeral Home. They have contributed a lot to this community for genealogy and were it not for them, I would not have even found a 1/4 of what I have. A link to their site is listed below.
The only request I have is that if you need information from my page, please contact me first and request permission. You must also give me the credit when posting it to your own page. I have spent an awful lot of time, effort, and money into this "hobby" of mine and not doing so would be disrespectful. Thank you again for coming by.
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- Oslage Family Plot; Oakhill Cemetery; Evansville (41 KB)
This photo is of one of the three Oslage family plots located in OakHill Cemetery. All headstones immediately surrounding the main stone are family members. Note that the stone in the back left appears to be glowing. That's Francis' stone.
- Rufus Fred Oslage, Sr. (21 KB)
Age Unkown
- Berniece (Oslage) Moore (33 KB)
Berniece (Oslage) Moore, daughter of Rudolph "Rufus" Oslage and Laura Rader
- Oslage Family Plot # 2 (25 KB)
This photograph is of the 2nd Oslage family plot I found in Oakhill Cemetery. Located inches behind this main stone are Edward B., his wife Nell, and Dorthea, who was Edward's mother.
- Rufus Jr. (18 KB)
Photo Taken abt. 1955
- Caroline R. Fenneman (211 KB)
Headstone of Caroline R. Fenneman, daughter of Julia (Oslage) Fenneman.
- Ernst Frederich Oslage & Dorethea Sickemier (22 KB)
This zoomed in photo of the main headstone is of E.F. Oslage & his wife, Dorethea Sieckmier. E.F. was the brother to Jacob.
- A piece of Jacob Oslage's military file (93 KB)
This is an image of what might be included in Jacob Oslage's military file. I found this file on NARA and will have the file itself in my hands in three months! Yay!
- Ernst F. Oslage (22 KB)
Son of John H. Oslage & Catherine Grese
- Dorothea (Paul) Oslage (40 KB)
Dorothea was the wife of Ernst Fred Oslage.
- Edward B. Oslage (27 KB)
Prominent Evansville area business man; son of Ernst Frederich Oslage & Dorothea Sieckmier
- Karen Oslage Brooks Tickle McGuinness (19 KB)
Photo taken about 1989
- Albert J. Becker (375 KB)
Headstone of Albert J. Becker, husband of Clara Irene Fenneman.
- Charlotte Marie Oslage Brooks White (15 KB)
Photo taken about 1990
- Annette L. Fenneman (212 KB)
Headstone of Annette L. Fenneman, sister to Clara Irene Fenneman.
- Laura Viola Rader Oslage (12 KB)
Photograph of my great-grandmother
- Clara I. (Fenneman) Becker (365 KB)
Headstone of Clara I. (Fenneman) Becker, wife of Albert J. & daughter of Julia (Oslage) Fenneman.
- Francis Oslage (38 KB)
I apologize for the blurriness of this photo. It is difficult to read to begin with (with parts being engraved in German), but the way it turns out astounds me. Every other picture came out absolutely clear.
- Becker Family (254 KB)
The Becker Family headstone
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