Louisa Elizabeth "Eliza" Matt was born in Farmersburg Twp, Clayton Co., Iowa, on 9 Oct 1862, the third of five children that would bless the home of Mathias and Elizabeth Louisa (Potes) Matt. Her father had emigrated when he was twenty-seven and single from Mauren, Liechtenstein, and settled in the area north of Garnavillo, Iowa. Eliza's mother was a native of Mecklenburg-Schwerein, Germany, and had emigrated from Germany with her parents in the early 1850s as well. Her parents were married in about 1854, and began having a family the following year. Eliza's two older siblings were Joseph Matt (b. 15 Apr 1855), and Anna Matt (b. 15 May 1858). Two younger siblings would soon follow: Amelia "Minnie" Matt (about 1863/64), and Louis Matt (b. 10 Aug 1866).
Eliza was age seventeen when she and Frederick Wilhelm Stickfort were married on 13 January 1880 in Clayton Co., Iowa. They settled on a farm near Garnavillo, Iowa, and in late November of that year, Eliza gave birth to their daughter, Hedwick. Tragically, their infant daughter lived for only fifteen days, dying on 15 Dec 1880. She was interred in the Garnavillo Community Cemetery. The next November, Eliza gave birth to a son, Arthur Herman, on 4 Nov 1881. William Waldi Stickfort joined the family on 22 July 1883.
During the Spring of 1890 Eliza's husband had been suffering from what was then called "lung fever" (perhaps pneumonia), and just when it seemed that he would recover, he turned for the worst and died on 20 April 1890. Eliza was thus widowed at age twenty-eight, with two small children and a farm to care for.
Later on Eliza married Benjamin Johnson, and together they had a daughter Ruth. Eliza lost her second husband, however, in 1906. She continued living in the Garnavillo area until her own death at age seventy-five on 12 Sep 1938.
Eliza was age seventeen when she and Frederick Wilhelm Stickfort were married on 13 January 1880 in Clayton Co., Iowa. They settled on a farm near Garnavillo, Iowa, and in late November of that year, Eliza gave birth to their daughter, Hedwick. Tragically, their infant daughter lived for only fifteen days, dying on 15 Dec 1880. She was interred in the Garnavillo Community Cemetery. The next November, Eliza gave birth to a son, Arthur Herman, on 4 Nov 1881. William Waldi Stickfort joined the family on 22 July 1883.
During the Spring of 1890 Eliza's husband had been suffering from what was then called "lung fever" (perhaps pneumonia), and just when it seemed that he would recover, he turned for the worst and died on 20 April 1890. Eliza was thus widowed at age twenty-eight, with two small children and a farm to care for.
Later on Eliza married Benjamin Johnson, and together they had a daughter Ruth. Eliza lost her second husband, however, in 1906. She continued living in the Garnavillo area until her own death at age seventy-five on 12 Sep 1938.
Louisa Elizabeth "Eliza" Matt was born in Farmersburg Twp, Clayton Co., Iowa, on 9 Oct 1862, the third of five children that would bless the home of Mathias and Elizabeth Louisa (Potes) Matt. Her father had emigrated when he was twenty-seven and single from Mauren, Liechtenstein, and settled in the area north of Garnavillo, Iowa. Eliza's mother was a native of Mecklenburg-Schwerein, Germany, and had emigrated from Germany with her parents in the early 1850s as well. Her parents were married in about 1854, and began having a family the following year. Eliza's two older siblings were Joseph Matt (b. 15 Apr 1855), and Anna Matt (b. 15 May 1858). Two younger siblings would soon follow: Amelia "Minnie" Matt (about 1863/64), and Louis Matt (b. 10 Aug 1866).
Eliza was age seventeen when she and Frederick Wilhelm Stickfort were married on 13 January 1880 in Clayton Co., Iowa. They settled on a farm near Garnavillo, Iowa, and in late November of that year, Eliza gave birth to their daughter, Hedwick. Tragically, their infant daughter lived for only fifteen days, dying on 15 Dec 1880. She was interred in the Garnavillo Community Cemetery. The next November, Eliza gave birth to a son, Arthur Herman, on 4 Nov 1881. William Waldi Stickfort joined the family on 22 July 1883.
During the Spring of 1890 Eliza's husband had been suffering from what was then called "lung fever" (perhaps pneumonia), and just when it seemed that he would recover, he turned for the worst and died on 20 April 1890. Eliza was thus widowed at age twenty-eight, with two small children and a farm to care for.
Later on Eliza married Benjamin Johnson, and together they had a daughter Ruth. Eliza lost her second husband, however, in 1906. She continued living in the Garnavillo area until her own death at age seventy-five on 12 Sep 1938.
Eliza was age seventeen when she and Frederick Wilhelm Stickfort were married on 13 January 1880 in Clayton Co., Iowa. They settled on a farm near Garnavillo, Iowa, and in late November of that year, Eliza gave birth to their daughter, Hedwick. Tragically, their infant daughter lived for only fifteen days, dying on 15 Dec 1880. She was interred in the Garnavillo Community Cemetery. The next November, Eliza gave birth to a son, Arthur Herman, on 4 Nov 1881. William Waldi Stickfort joined the family on 22 July 1883.
During the Spring of 1890 Eliza's husband had been suffering from what was then called "lung fever" (perhaps pneumonia), and just when it seemed that he would recover, he turned for the worst and died on 20 April 1890. Eliza was thus widowed at age twenty-eight, with two small children and a farm to care for.
Later on Eliza married Benjamin Johnson, and together they had a daughter Ruth. Eliza lost her second husband, however, in 1906. She continued living in the Garnavillo area until her own death at age seventy-five on 12 Sep 1938.
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