Elizabeth Wilkins

Elizabeth Wilkins
Born 19 OCT 1863 in Berlin, Germany
Died 28 DEC 1925 in Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, USA

This is my great great grandmother on my dad’s side. Most of the old photos I have been posting for Throwback Thursday are on my mom’s side because I have more scanned photos of them.

Elizabeth came to the US with a married aunt around 1877. Her first husband died early (possibly heart attack). She married Joseph Schiefer in 1884. Their daughter Valley Johanna Schiefer [Fox] is Charlotte “Rita” Fox [Connors]’s mother.

Her children were:
Charles Schiefer (1888–1952)
Valley Johanna Schiefer (1892–1966)
(Austina Flora) Marie Schiefer (1894–1980)

According to her granddaughter, Rita, she had diabetes and it contributed to her death.

I Googled to see when the first treatments were available. I don’t know what type she had, but on January 11, 1922 insulin was first successfully used in the treatment of Type 1 diabetes. Before that, it was exceptional for people with Type 1 diabetes to live more than a year or two after diagnosis.