Elizabeth Poth, first generation American, supportive sister, Stephen Poth's great aunt

 Elizabeth Poth (January 1868 - Dec. 3, 1939) 

Stephen D. Poth's great aunt. 

Elizabeth was born in Kentucky to German immigrant parents.  We do not know much about her young life, except that in 1875 when she was seven years old, she was living with her siblings and mother in Buffalo, New York, most likely in poverty.  Her father had left the family and her mother was a laborer. 

We flash forward to 1900, and we find Elizabeth living at 25 Nebraska Avenue, Chicago, Ward 15, with her husband of 12 years, Charles Cerveny, her little brother Edward Poth, and her husband's nephew.  All three of the men are engravers by trade.  The house is owned outright with no mortgage.   

We can infer that Elizabeth was supportive of her youngest brother Edward, who goes on to have a long career as a lithographer.  The two siblings had shared a difficult childhood.  

Elizabeth and Charles lived in several places in Chicago over the years, and then sometime before 1930, moved to Pasadena California.  She and Charles lived the rest of their lived in California.  

Sources: 

1875 New York state census

1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 federal censuses 

Find a Grave index