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Anna Maria Foerster Mihm

Birth
Neidenstein, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death
4 Mar 1881 (aged 47)
Grey Township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Cranbrook, Huron County, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
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Parents: Balthasar Foerster & Catharina Schneider. Family came to Waterloo County, Ontario abt 1834

Husband: Elias Mihm (abt 1831 Saxe Weimar, Germany-1 May 1901 Poole ON), married 1856. His burial location tbd (probably Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery, Poole ON, as he was Lutheran and a resident of Poole when he died, and where daughter Barbara Forbeck is buried. But also possible that he is buried in Knox Presbyterian Cemetery, Cranbrook ON, with his wife. Since his grave in not marked in either cemetery, church or cemetery records will need to be consulted).

Surname spelled Mihm on Anna Maria's stone, but records also use Meihm and Miehm.
Family was enumerated in Wellesley Township, Waterloo County in 1861 and 1871. Recently-widowed Elias and the unmarried children were enumerated in Grey Township, Huron County in 1881 and 1891. According to her obituary, youngest daughter Anna was born in Milverton ON, which is mid-way between Wellesley and Grey Townships.

Elias and Anna Maria had at least 9 children, these all linked below:
• Mary Mihm Weber (1857-1948), buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver BC, married Christian Lehman Weber
• Solomon Miehm (1858-1942), buried in Avondale Section 7, married (1) Marian (or Mary Ann) Henry and (2) Margaret Brandau and (3) Margaret Klein
• Elias Meihm (1859-1932), buried in Avondale Section Q, married Augusta Brandt
• Henry Miehm (1863-1950), buried in Avondale Section Q (East)
• John Meihm (1864-1908), buried in Avondale Section Q (West)
• Barbara Miehm Forbeck (1866-1951), buried in Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery, Poole ON, married William G. Forbeck
• Christian Meihm [aka Christopher] (1868-1958), buried in Avondale Section Q (East), married Catherine Ratz
• Charles R. Miehm (1873-1947), buried in Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener ON, married May Cruikshank Thomson Miehm
• Annie Amelia Mihm Zang (1872 [1877]-1936), buried in Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary AB, married Henry Zang. Her gravestone has birthyear 1872 but 1881 census has her 4y old, the youngest child in the family
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Parents: Balthasar Foerster & Catharina Schneider. Family came to Waterloo County, Ontario abt 1834

Husband: Elias Mihm (abt 1831 Saxe Weimar, Germany-1 May 1901 Poole ON), married 1856. His burial location tbd (probably Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery, Poole ON, as he was Lutheran and a resident of Poole when he died, and where daughter Barbara Forbeck is buried. But also possible that he is buried in Knox Presbyterian Cemetery, Cranbrook ON, with his wife. Since his grave in not marked in either cemetery, church or cemetery records will need to be consulted).

Surname spelled Mihm on Anna Maria's stone, but records also use Meihm and Miehm.
Family was enumerated in Wellesley Township, Waterloo County in 1861 and 1871. Recently-widowed Elias and the unmarried children were enumerated in Grey Township, Huron County in 1881 and 1891. According to her obituary, youngest daughter Anna was born in Milverton ON, which is mid-way between Wellesley and Grey Townships.

Elias and Anna Maria had at least 9 children, these all linked below:
• Mary Mihm Weber (1857-1948), buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver BC, married Christian Lehman Weber
• Solomon Miehm (1858-1942), buried in Avondale Section 7, married (1) Marian (or Mary Ann) Henry and (2) Margaret Brandau and (3) Margaret Klein
• Elias Meihm (1859-1932), buried in Avondale Section Q, married Augusta Brandt
• Henry Miehm (1863-1950), buried in Avondale Section Q (East)
• John Meihm (1864-1908), buried in Avondale Section Q (West)
• Barbara Miehm Forbeck (1866-1951), buried in Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery, Poole ON, married William G. Forbeck
• Christian Meihm [aka Christopher] (1868-1958), buried in Avondale Section Q (East), married Catherine Ratz
• Charles R. Miehm (1873-1947), buried in Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener ON, married May Cruikshank Thomson Miehm
• Annie Amelia Mihm Zang (1872 [1877]-1936), buried in Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary AB, married Henry Zang. Her gravestone has birthyear 1872 but 1881 census has her 4y old, the youngest child in the family
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Inscription

Zum Andenken an / Anna Maria / Frau von / Elias Mihm / Geboren 1834 / Verheirathet 1856 / Starb den 4. März 1881 / Alter 47 Jahre / In Memory of / Anna Maria / Wife of / Elias Mihm. / Born 1834 / Married 1856. / Died Mar. 4, 1881 / Aged 47 Years. /

Gravesite Details

White marble slab, broken pieces held upright in metal frame. Inscription consists of German text followed by English equivalent



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  • Created by: B.G. Wiehle
  • Added: Mar 5, 2021
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223908825/anna_maria-mihm: accessed ), memorial page for Anna Maria Foerster Mihm (12 Mar 1833–4 Mar 1881), Find a Grave Memorial ID 223908825, citing Knox Presbyterian Cemetery, Cranbrook, Huron County, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by B.G. Wiehle (contributor 47113682).