Hubert and Mary were frequently visited by bears, so they kept a loaded gun near the cabin door. Mary carded her own wool as did most of the other pioneer women and would knit socks and mittens late at night for use the next day. Hubert walked a lot, again, as did most of the other farmers. He at one time carried a sack of grain on his back to Minneapolis to have it milled, walking both ways. He and his family walked to church also, first in the morning to High Mass and returning in the afternoon for Vespers. This was a day of rest? It probably ended with a ball game! How tired they must have been! Another story is related about the huge "ceremonial rock" in a pasture near the homestead that drew a crowd of Indians late each summer for a pow-wow. One year the surrounding farmers, tired of their crops being destroyed at this event, dug a hole and buried the rock. The suspicious Indians took this as a sign of evil spirits and never returned again. The family of Hubert was musically talented and had their own band using the barn for practicing. Music was important to many pioneer families and most of them could handle a musical instrument. It was a good source of entertainment, especially in the days of little and difficult to travel
copied from roots web.com

Mary's first husband was Albert Ratz, they had one child together, Elizabeth Ratz, whom was married to Andrew Erkins.
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A note regarding Mary from Michael Wiest:Marry Remer was born 22 Nov 1851 in Harmelsdorf, West Prussia/Rutwica, Poland daughter of Franz 'Frank' Remer and Friedereka 'Fredrike' 'Fredike' Kreuser 1831 - 1925 she came over in 1872 2 with her other sister Mary Remer (ironically) to Winsted, Minnesota she married Adelbert Albert Reetz 1843 - 1877 in 1874 in Winsted, Minnesota Albert died in a hunting accident then she married Hubert in Glencoe, McLeod County, Minnesota .... her mother went to MI in 1882 and died there in Montrose, MI other sibblings went to Minnesota and Michigan as well