Mary was born Maria Catherine Gernand in Elsoff, Wittgenstein, Germany, to Johan Jost "Joseph" Gernand and Philippine Meusse (or Meise/Miese) Gernand.
Her parents and two sisters immigrated in 1836 to Baltimore MD, then Allegheny County PA and then Marietta, and she likely came with them to at least some point, but no records are known yet to confirm that. She went to Cincinnati, sometime before 1840.
She was married in Cincinnati twice, in 1840 and 1850. Civil records were destroyed and only "restored" as estimates that cited those years. However, the records of her marriages and the births, baptisms and deaths of her children and first husband all were recorded in German St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church records. At the time that she was there, that church was at 6th and Lodge streets. (The congregation later moved to 12th and Elm streets, where the church building later became home to a Unitarian congregation. The 1839+ German congregation's records are available online from FamilySearch film # 007857128.)
Those records show she first married Heinrich Schmidt on 30 June 1840 at that Cincinnati church, and that she had five Smith children baptized there between 1841 and 1849. Fourth child, daughter Katharina, lived only from January to July of 1848; the others are linked, below.
The records also show that her then-unmarried sister Louisa was present in Cincinnati for the baptism of Maria's oldest daughter, and that their parents (who first settled in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio in 1840) were present in Cincinnati for the baptism of Maria's fourth child, Katharina.
Maria's first husband, Heinrich Schmidt, died of cholera when she was eight-months pregnant with her final Schmidt/Smith child. He was 38, she was 26. Within a few months of 1848-1849, Maria's daughter, mother, then husband and then father all died in Cincinnati.
A year later, Maria remarried at the same German church, on 25 Aug. 1850, to Wilhelm Mueller, who had been a baptismal sponsor for her youngest son, born when she was a new widow. The couple and her "Smith" children came to Marietta in time for them to show in the Marietta census four days after the wedding. Wilhelm "William" is missing in the census list, but Maria as "May" shows as living next to her Gernand sisters, Catherine Beltz, erroneously called Bolch in the census, and now-married Louise Theis. (Maria's parents had been living in the Beltz home from 1840 until traveling to Cincinnati in March 1848 for the baptism of Heinrich and Maria's daughter Katharina.)
It is difficult to tell from the periodic event records whether this family zigzagged by steamboat between Marietta and Cincinnati frequently or moved residences. And it is unclear whether Maria's sister Louise lived the whole time in Cincinnati or went back and forth with the parents. It seems most likely that the group had immigrated together, but so far no records are known to exist for proving that in either direction.
In 1851, soon after getting to Marietta, William and Maria "Miller" added a son of their own, William Beltz Miller. His middle name was the married name of his mother's sister Catherine. He is buried in a nearby section of this same cemetery, with his wife Anna Schmidt. It is yet not clear whether his Schmidts and her Schmidts relate in any way or not.
Also buried under this stone with William and Mary, but unmarked, apart from burial records: Mary's grandson William Schlaubach by her daughter Louise Smith Schlaubach. Louise was the executor for widowed Mary Gernand Schmidt Mueller/Miller. That grandson William Schlaubach (spelled Slaubaugh in the records) was buried with his wife Cora Kinnaird Slaubaugh/Schlaubach). Louise and her husband are elsewhere in the same cemetery, unmarked.
Translated records from St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Marietta show that the Smith (Schmith) and Mueller/Miller families, as well as her sisters' Beltz and Theis households, were charter members in that church group, which started in 1858.
Her sister Catherine Gernand Beltz is buried in Putnam Cemetery (# 15095408) while her sister Louise Gernand Deihs/Theis is buried in Harmar Cemetery (# 11530294).
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Marietta Leader, Friday, Jan. 24, 1896 obituary for Maria/Mary:
Mrs. Mary Miller, widow of the late William Miller, died at three o'clock Thursday afternoon of diseases incident to old age. She was in her 74th year and had resided in this city the greater part of her life. Recently she had been living with her daughter, Mrs. Peter Schlaubach, besides whom four sons, William, Louis, Henry and John are left. The funeral will take place Saturday afternoon at an hour to be announced later.
Mary's will left all of her property to her daughter, credited with her comfort in her old age, and a dollar each to of her sons by either husband.
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Shortly after Mary's death, the younger Smith children sued eldest child Louise over the dispensation of Mary's estate. A jury trial settled the dispute in favor of Louise. (See Louise and Louis' memorials for more details.)
Her parents and two sisters immigrated in 1836 to Baltimore MD, then Allegheny County PA and then Marietta, and she likely came with them to at least some point, but no records are known yet to confirm that. She went to Cincinnati, sometime before 1840.
She was married in Cincinnati twice, in 1840 and 1850. Civil records were destroyed and only "restored" as estimates that cited those years. However, the records of her marriages and the births, baptisms and deaths of her children and first husband all were recorded in German St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church records. At the time that she was there, that church was at 6th and Lodge streets. (The congregation later moved to 12th and Elm streets, where the church building later became home to a Unitarian congregation. The 1839+ German congregation's records are available online from FamilySearch film # 007857128.)
Those records show she first married Heinrich Schmidt on 30 June 1840 at that Cincinnati church, and that she had five Smith children baptized there between 1841 and 1849. Fourth child, daughter Katharina, lived only from January to July of 1848; the others are linked, below.
The records also show that her then-unmarried sister Louisa was present in Cincinnati for the baptism of Maria's oldest daughter, and that their parents (who first settled in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio in 1840) were present in Cincinnati for the baptism of Maria's fourth child, Katharina.
Maria's first husband, Heinrich Schmidt, died of cholera when she was eight-months pregnant with her final Schmidt/Smith child. He was 38, she was 26. Within a few months of 1848-1849, Maria's daughter, mother, then husband and then father all died in Cincinnati.
A year later, Maria remarried at the same German church, on 25 Aug. 1850, to Wilhelm Mueller, who had been a baptismal sponsor for her youngest son, born when she was a new widow. The couple and her "Smith" children came to Marietta in time for them to show in the Marietta census four days after the wedding. Wilhelm "William" is missing in the census list, but Maria as "May" shows as living next to her Gernand sisters, Catherine Beltz, erroneously called Bolch in the census, and now-married Louise Theis. (Maria's parents had been living in the Beltz home from 1840 until traveling to Cincinnati in March 1848 for the baptism of Heinrich and Maria's daughter Katharina.)
It is difficult to tell from the periodic event records whether this family zigzagged by steamboat between Marietta and Cincinnati frequently or moved residences. And it is unclear whether Maria's sister Louise lived the whole time in Cincinnati or went back and forth with the parents. It seems most likely that the group had immigrated together, but so far no records are known to exist for proving that in either direction.
In 1851, soon after getting to Marietta, William and Maria "Miller" added a son of their own, William Beltz Miller. His middle name was the married name of his mother's sister Catherine. He is buried in a nearby section of this same cemetery, with his wife Anna Schmidt. It is yet not clear whether his Schmidts and her Schmidts relate in any way or not.
Also buried under this stone with William and Mary, but unmarked, apart from burial records: Mary's grandson William Schlaubach by her daughter Louise Smith Schlaubach. Louise was the executor for widowed Mary Gernand Schmidt Mueller/Miller. That grandson William Schlaubach (spelled Slaubaugh in the records) was buried with his wife Cora Kinnaird Slaubaugh/Schlaubach). Louise and her husband are elsewhere in the same cemetery, unmarked.
Translated records from St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Marietta show that the Smith (Schmith) and Mueller/Miller families, as well as her sisters' Beltz and Theis households, were charter members in that church group, which started in 1858.
Her sister Catherine Gernand Beltz is buried in Putnam Cemetery (# 15095408) while her sister Louise Gernand Deihs/Theis is buried in Harmar Cemetery (# 11530294).
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Marietta Leader, Friday, Jan. 24, 1896 obituary for Maria/Mary:
Mrs. Mary Miller, widow of the late William Miller, died at three o'clock Thursday afternoon of diseases incident to old age. She was in her 74th year and had resided in this city the greater part of her life. Recently she had been living with her daughter, Mrs. Peter Schlaubach, besides whom four sons, William, Louis, Henry and John are left. The funeral will take place Saturday afternoon at an hour to be announced later.
Mary's will left all of her property to her daughter, credited with her comfort in her old age, and a dollar each to of her sons by either husband.
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Shortly after Mary's death, the younger Smith children sued eldest child Louise over the dispensation of Mary's estate. A jury trial settled the dispute in favor of Louise. (See Louise and Louis' memorials for more details.)
Mary was born Maria Catherine Gernand in Elsoff, Wittgenstein, Germany, to Johan Jost "Joseph" Gernand and Philippine Meusse (or Meise/Miese) Gernand.
Her parents and two sisters immigrated in 1836 to Baltimore MD, then Allegheny County PA and then Marietta, and she likely came with them to at least some point, but no records are known yet to confirm that. She went to Cincinnati, sometime before 1840.
She was married in Cincinnati twice, in 1840 and 1850. Civil records were destroyed and only "restored" as estimates that cited those years. However, the records of her marriages and the births, baptisms and deaths of her children and first husband all were recorded in German St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church records. At the time that she was there, that church was at 6th and Lodge streets. (The congregation later moved to 12th and Elm streets, where the church building later became home to a Unitarian congregation. The 1839+ German congregation's records are available online from FamilySearch film # 007857128.)
Those records show she first married Heinrich Schmidt on 30 June 1840 at that Cincinnati church, and that she had five Smith children baptized there between 1841 and 1849. Fourth child, daughter Katharina, lived only from January to July of 1848; the others are linked, below.
The records also show that her then-unmarried sister Louisa was present in Cincinnati for the baptism of Maria's oldest daughter, and that their parents (who first settled in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio in 1840) were present in Cincinnati for the baptism of Maria's fourth child, Katharina.
Maria's first husband, Heinrich Schmidt, died of cholera when she was eight-months pregnant with her final Schmidt/Smith child. He was 38, she was 26. Within a few months of 1848-1849, Maria's daughter, mother, then husband and then father all died in Cincinnati.
A year later, Maria remarried at the same German church, on 25 Aug. 1850, to Wilhelm Mueller, who had been a baptismal sponsor for her youngest son, born when she was a new widow. The couple and her "Smith" children came to Marietta in time for them to show in the Marietta census four days after the wedding. Wilhelm "William" is missing in the census list, but Maria as "May" shows as living next to her Gernand sisters, Catherine Beltz, erroneously called Bolch in the census, and now-married Louise Theis. (Maria's parents had been living in the Beltz home from 1840 until traveling to Cincinnati in March 1848 for the baptism of Heinrich and Maria's daughter Katharina.)
It is difficult to tell from the periodic event records whether this family zigzagged by steamboat between Marietta and Cincinnati frequently or moved residences. And it is unclear whether Maria's sister Louise lived the whole time in Cincinnati or went back and forth with the parents. It seems most likely that the group had immigrated together, but so far no records are known to exist for proving that in either direction.
In 1851, soon after getting to Marietta, William and Maria "Miller" added a son of their own, William Beltz Miller. His middle name was the married name of his mother's sister Catherine. He is buried in a nearby section of this same cemetery, with his wife Anna Schmidt. It is yet not clear whether his Schmidts and her Schmidts relate in any way or not.
Also buried under this stone with William and Mary, but unmarked, apart from burial records: Mary's grandson William Schlaubach by her daughter Louise Smith Schlaubach. Louise was the executor for widowed Mary Gernand Schmidt Mueller/Miller. That grandson William Schlaubach (spelled Slaubaugh in the records) was buried with his wife Cora Kinnaird Slaubaugh/Schlaubach). Louise and her husband are elsewhere in the same cemetery, unmarked.
Translated records from St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Marietta show that the Smith (Schmith) and Mueller/Miller families, as well as her sisters' Beltz and Theis households, were charter members in that church group, which started in 1858.
Her sister Catherine Gernand Beltz is buried in Putnam Cemetery (# 15095408) while her sister Louise Gernand Deihs/Theis is buried in Harmar Cemetery (# 11530294).
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Marietta Leader, Friday, Jan. 24, 1896 obituary for Maria/Mary:
Mrs. Mary Miller, widow of the late William Miller, died at three o'clock Thursday afternoon of diseases incident to old age. She was in her 74th year and had resided in this city the greater part of her life. Recently she had been living with her daughter, Mrs. Peter Schlaubach, besides whom four sons, William, Louis, Henry and John are left. The funeral will take place Saturday afternoon at an hour to be announced later.
Mary's will left all of her property to her daughter, credited with her comfort in her old age, and a dollar each to of her sons by either husband.
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Shortly after Mary's death, the younger Smith children sued eldest child Louise over the dispensation of Mary's estate. A jury trial settled the dispute in favor of Louise. (See Louise and Louis' memorials for more details.)
Her parents and two sisters immigrated in 1836 to Baltimore MD, then Allegheny County PA and then Marietta, and she likely came with them to at least some point, but no records are known yet to confirm that. She went to Cincinnati, sometime before 1840.
She was married in Cincinnati twice, in 1840 and 1850. Civil records were destroyed and only "restored" as estimates that cited those years. However, the records of her marriages and the births, baptisms and deaths of her children and first husband all were recorded in German St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church records. At the time that she was there, that church was at 6th and Lodge streets. (The congregation later moved to 12th and Elm streets, where the church building later became home to a Unitarian congregation. The 1839+ German congregation's records are available online from FamilySearch film # 007857128.)
Those records show she first married Heinrich Schmidt on 30 June 1840 at that Cincinnati church, and that she had five Smith children baptized there between 1841 and 1849. Fourth child, daughter Katharina, lived only from January to July of 1848; the others are linked, below.
The records also show that her then-unmarried sister Louisa was present in Cincinnati for the baptism of Maria's oldest daughter, and that their parents (who first settled in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio in 1840) were present in Cincinnati for the baptism of Maria's fourth child, Katharina.
Maria's first husband, Heinrich Schmidt, died of cholera when she was eight-months pregnant with her final Schmidt/Smith child. He was 38, she was 26. Within a few months of 1848-1849, Maria's daughter, mother, then husband and then father all died in Cincinnati.
A year later, Maria remarried at the same German church, on 25 Aug. 1850, to Wilhelm Mueller, who had been a baptismal sponsor for her youngest son, born when she was a new widow. The couple and her "Smith" children came to Marietta in time for them to show in the Marietta census four days after the wedding. Wilhelm "William" is missing in the census list, but Maria as "May" shows as living next to her Gernand sisters, Catherine Beltz, erroneously called Bolch in the census, and now-married Louise Theis. (Maria's parents had been living in the Beltz home from 1840 until traveling to Cincinnati in March 1848 for the baptism of Heinrich and Maria's daughter Katharina.)
It is difficult to tell from the periodic event records whether this family zigzagged by steamboat between Marietta and Cincinnati frequently or moved residences. And it is unclear whether Maria's sister Louise lived the whole time in Cincinnati or went back and forth with the parents. It seems most likely that the group had immigrated together, but so far no records are known to exist for proving that in either direction.
In 1851, soon after getting to Marietta, William and Maria "Miller" added a son of their own, William Beltz Miller. His middle name was the married name of his mother's sister Catherine. He is buried in a nearby section of this same cemetery, with his wife Anna Schmidt. It is yet not clear whether his Schmidts and her Schmidts relate in any way or not.
Also buried under this stone with William and Mary, but unmarked, apart from burial records: Mary's grandson William Schlaubach by her daughter Louise Smith Schlaubach. Louise was the executor for widowed Mary Gernand Schmidt Mueller/Miller. That grandson William Schlaubach (spelled Slaubaugh in the records) was buried with his wife Cora Kinnaird Slaubaugh/Schlaubach). Louise and her husband are elsewhere in the same cemetery, unmarked.
Translated records from St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Marietta show that the Smith (Schmith) and Mueller/Miller families, as well as her sisters' Beltz and Theis households, were charter members in that church group, which started in 1858.
Her sister Catherine Gernand Beltz is buried in Putnam Cemetery (# 15095408) while her sister Louise Gernand Deihs/Theis is buried in Harmar Cemetery (# 11530294).
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Marietta Leader, Friday, Jan. 24, 1896 obituary for Maria/Mary:
Mrs. Mary Miller, widow of the late William Miller, died at three o'clock Thursday afternoon of diseases incident to old age. She was in her 74th year and had resided in this city the greater part of her life. Recently she had been living with her daughter, Mrs. Peter Schlaubach, besides whom four sons, William, Louis, Henry and John are left. The funeral will take place Saturday afternoon at an hour to be announced later.
Mary's will left all of her property to her daughter, credited with her comfort in her old age, and a dollar each to of her sons by either husband.
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Shortly after Mary's death, the younger Smith children sued eldest child Louise over the dispensation of Mary's estate. A jury trial settled the dispute in favor of Louise. (See Louise and Louis' memorials for more details.)
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