Victor Schultz

Notes:

The following two articles appeared in the October 20, 1961 Michigan City (Indiana) News Dispatch:

SEVENTH OCTOBER VICTIM

Victor C. Schultz, 49, R. R. 2, Box 91, was fatally injured in a one car accident in Trail Creek at 4:50 yesterday afternoon.

Schultz became the 31st person to die in LaPorte County traffic fatalities this year and the seventh this month.

Police said Schultz suffered a crushed chest when the front bumper of his car land on him after he had been thrown out.

Before Schultz was tossed from the vehicle, it knocked down a Nothern Indiana Public Service Co., utility pole and lines. Much of the area was temporarilty withought electrical power part of the evening as a result of the accident.

The crash was heard and sparks from the felled wires (were) observed several blocks from the accident scene--E. Michigan Street just west of Warnke Road. The mishap occured just a few feet outside Michigan City's limits. At the location, the center of Michigan Street is the boundary line between Trail Creek and Michigan City.

Patrolman Jack Wilson of the Michigan City police department investigated the accident. He said Schultz's eastbound auto went off the right side of the highway, travelled about 25 feet, knocked down the utility pole, traveled another 50 feet, rolled over throwing the driver out, and came to a rest on its wheels facing the highway.

The read of the car was on an incline, police said, and the front bumper pinned the driver to the ground. He could not be removed until a tow truck arrived and the bumper was lifted off him.

Schultz was pronounced dead on arrival at Doctors Hospital.

The victim was the father of three boys and one girl. One of his sons came upon the accident and was a witness to the attempted rescue operatio

The county's fatality toll for 1961 is rapidly approaching the total for 1960 at the same date. At this time last year, 33 persons had been killed in county traffice accidents.

With 19 days elapsed, October already has equalled the total for the previous worth traffic month in the county---August when seven persons were killed. More than half to the county's traffice fatalities for 1961---16 of them----have occurred since August 1.


VICTOR C. SCHULTZ

Funeral services for Victor Charles Schultz, 49, R.R. 3, Box 91, who was injured fatally in an auto accident on Michigan Road last evening, will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow at hte Carlisle Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Baker, assistant pastor at the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home this evening.

Mr. Schultz was born here April 23, 1912, the son of Henry F. and Anna Machalleck Schultz. On Aug. 29, 1952, in Chicago, he was married to Bernice Grieger, who survives.

Also surviving are a son, Craig, and a daughter, Sharon, both of this city, and two sons, Victor and Keith, both of Pasedena, California, and a sister, Mrs. Juanita Biederstadt of this city. His mother died March 12 of this year.

Mr. Schultz was a member of St. Joseph Young men's Society.

Victor married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1920 Census Indiana, La Porte, Michigan City, District #155 201 1/2-59-70 Schutz (sic), Harry 41 Indiana Indiana Germany
" , Anna 32 Wisc Germany Germany
" , Juanita 9 Indiana Indiana Wisconsin
" , Victor 7 Indiana Indiana Wisconsin


1930 Census Indiana, La Porte, Michigan City, District 27 411-169-178 Schultz, Harry F age 52 Married at 29 Indiana Indiana Germany Machinist Power House Schultz, Anna age 43 Married at 21 Wisconsin Germany Germany Laundress Private Houses Schultz, Victor age 17 Single Indiana Indiana Wisconsin

Obituary

Harry E. Schultz, age 52, 411 Dixon Street, died at St. Anthony's hospital at 6 o'clock Monday evening after a lingering illness. Death was pronounced due to diabetes.

Born Aug. 10, 1878, in LaPorte, Ind. the son of Charles and Louise (TROY) SCHULTZ. Harry E. Schultz came to Michigan City early in his youth. For the past 12 years he has been employed as a machinist at the Hays Corp.

On July 25, 1908, he was married to Anna MACHALLECK in Michigan City. Besides the widow, a son Victor Schultz, living at home, and a daughter Mrs. Ralph GAST of Laporte; three sisters, Miss Linda SCHULTZ of LaPorte, Mrs. James DEVOE of Weberville, Mich. and Mrs. Stewart BADGER of LaPorte; three brothers, Fred SCHULTZ of Battle Creek, Michigan, and Benjamin and Julius SCHULTZ of LaPorte, and one grandson, survive him.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock in the Hummer mortuary. The Rev. Donald C. Ford, pastor of the First Christian Church will officiated.

Friends may call at the Hummer mortuary Wednesday evening and Thursday.

Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Source: Schultz, Harry E. Mar 31, 1931 Mich City Evening Disp pg 2 col 4

Harry married Anna Machalleck on 25 Jul 1908 in Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana. Anna (daughter of Peter Belen Machalleck and Mildred Amelia Jesse) was born on 28 Jan 1887 in Cassville, Grant County, Wisconsin; died on 22 Mar 1961 in Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Anna Schultz, 74, 1616 1/2 Washington St., died at her home at 9:50 p.m. yesterday after an illness of three weeks.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Root Funeral Home with the Rev. Leonard A. Ziemer, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, officiating. burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow and Saturday.

A resident of the city for 50 years, Mrs. Schultz was born in Cassville, Wis., Jan. 28, 1887, the daughter of Peter and Amelia Jessup (sic) Machalleck. On June 20, 1908 (sic), she was married here to Harry F. Schultz, who preceded her in death. She was a cook and packer at Smith Bros. Cough Drop factory for 23 years.

Surviving are a son, Victor C., this city; a daughter, Mrs. Juanita Biederstadt, this city; six grandchildren; a brother, George Machalleck, this city, and a sister, Mrs. Barbara Everett, Niles, Mich.

(Schultz, Anna Mar 23, 1961 Mich City News Disp pg 7 col 1)

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Married:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XF41-7NP
Name: Harry F. Schultz
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1878
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Spouse's Name: Anna Machalleck
Spouse's Birth Date: 28 Jan 1887
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Event Date: 25 Jul 1908
Event Place: , La Porte, Indiana
Father's Name: Charles F. Schultz
Mother's Name: Louise Treu
Spouse's Father's Name: Peter Machalleck
Spouse's Mother's Name: Amelia Gesse
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01158-0
System Origin: Indiana-EASy
GS Film number: 1673885
Reference ID: rn528
Collection: Anna Machalleck, "Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992"

Notes:

Peter MACHALLECK, formerly a resident of Cassville, died at the Grant county asylum August 21, after a week's illness. Deceased's wife and daughters Mary, Ann and Barbara, and sons Joe and George live at Michigan City, Ind. One daughter, Mrs. Claude Dietrich lives in Cassville; she and her husband and Mrs. Alfred Dietrich and Miss Millie Bossert went to Lancaster Thursday to attend the funeral held that afternoon. Interment was in the asylum cemetery. (Cassville Index, 8-21-1907: Obituary and Index information courtesy of Mrs. LaVon Hall).

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Wisconsin, Grant County, Cassville Town
Enumerated 15 Jun 1900
SD 2 ED 26 Sheet 12A
245-247
Machalleck, Belin Head W M May 1854 46 M 20 Germany Germany Germany 1885 15 Wood Chopper
Machalleck, Mildred Wf W F Jun 1852 48 M 20 7/6 Germany Germany Germany 1885 15
Machalleck, Agusta Dtr W F Nov 1884 15 S Germany Germany Germany 1885 15
Machalleck, Anna Dtr W F Jan 1887 13 S Wisc Germany Germany At School
Machalleck, Joseph Son W M Oct 1889 10 S Wisc Germany Germany At School
Machalleck, Barbara Dtr W F Nov 1890 9 S Wisc Germany Germany At School
Machalleck, George Son W M Sept 1893 6 S Wisc Germany Germany At School

Peter married Mildred Amelia Jesse about 1880 in Germany. Mildred (daughter of Andrew Jesse and Mary Bajrovik) was born on 10 Jun 1852 in Strelitz, Kreis Kolmar, Posen, Prussia; died on 18 Jan 1930 in Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana; was buried on 21 Jan 1930 in Greenwood Cemetery, Michigan City, Laporte County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Augusta Jesse Buchholz, Amelia married a Macholic (sic). Jo Peck indicates that they lived in Cassville, Wisconsin. Sandra Everett Sauceda, Amelia's great granddaughter, writes that "every MACHALLECK in this country is desended from them . The only member of my immediate family left that I could ask questions of married into the family and doesn't have any answers either. She did remember visiting the Bossert's in Wisconsin however." [Email from: sandrasauceda@yahoo.com to Melinda Strong, August, 2003]

At the time of the 1920 census, Amelia was living with her daughter and son-in-law, Augusta and Claude Dietrich.

Sandra also provided the following obituary that was published in the Michigan City (Indiana) News-Dispatch on January 17, 1930:

Mrs. Amelia Machalleck, 1121 Cedar Street, passed away at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, following a few hours illness. Death was due to apoplexy. She was born in Wisconsin (sic) on June 10, 1852, and had lived in Michigan City for many years. Her husband died several years ago. She is survived by two sons, Joseph Machalleck, Niles, Mich., and George of this city and four daughters, Mrs. Joseph Kamm, Buena Vista, Ia., Mrs. Claude Dietrich and Mrs. Harry Schultz, this city and Mrs. Barbara Everett, Niles, Mich., and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dietrich, 119 East Ninth street with the Rev. Lawrence Weber officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may view the body any time up to the hour of the service.

Additionally, the following cemetery records was found online:

M - Surnames at Greenwood Michigan Township 153 Tilden Avenue Phone (219) 873-1521 La Porte County, Indiana

MACHALLECK Amelia Jesse 76 01/18/1930 01/21/1930 O 2 16 1

(Research):
Census Listings:

1920 Census
INDIANA LA PORTE MICHIGAN CITY
ED#151 818-36-45
Dietrich, Claude Head of Househould 33 M Wisc PA Wisc Decor
ating Contractor
Dietrich, Augusta Wife 36 M 1884 (year of emigration) Nov 1904 (year of naturalization) Po-G (Posen) German Germany German Germany German
Dietrich, Bernice Daughter 9 S Indiana Wisconsin Germany
Machalleck, Amelia Mother in Law 67 Widowed 1884 (year of emigration) Nov 1904 (year of naturalization) Po-G (Posen) German Germany German Germany German

Notes:

AKA Andrew GESSE.

Andrew married Mary Bajrovik in Prussia. Mary was born before 1815 in Prussia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara LaChance [lachance@ccis.com] notes that "in a lot of the slavic names many of the letters are either not pronounced or are pronounced like an entirely different letter. I tried looking up your name "BAJROVIK" and the closest I could get in my books was: BAJOREK (Pol.) Dweller by the slough or muddy place. (Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by E.C. Smith).

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Married:
The names of the children Mary and Andrew JESSE, are based on list prepared by their granddaughter, Augusta Jesse Buchholz. Augusta's granddaughter, Fern Falkenstein Bengelsdorf, has the original list, and gave a copy of it to Dorothy Ball Williams. It APPEARS that George and Anna were the oldest children, and Amelia the youngest. This seems logical since George and Anna appear to have been the first to emigrate. The birthdates of the other children are ESTIMATED based on this assumption. If they were not listed in birth order, this is likely incorrect.