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Laura Marguerite Maier

Female 1900 - 1982  (82 years)


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  • Name Laura Marguerite Maier  [1, 2
    Birth 21 Mar 1900  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 3 Dec 1982  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Thursday, December 9, 1982

      Miss Maier dies Friday

      Laura Maguerite Maier, 82, a lifelong resident of Cass City, died Friday at her home.

      She was born March 21, 1900, in Cass City, the daughter of Jacob and Fanny Striffler Maier. Miss Maier's family originated and operated a photography shop and a meat business in Cass City that covered a span of nearly 100 years.

      Miss Maier was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church of Cass City, the United Methodist Women and the Cass City Art Club.

      She is survived by a sister-in-law, Mrs. Fern Maier of Cass City, and one cousin, Ward Benkelman, also of Cass City. Two sisters and two brothers preceded her in death.

      Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at Little's Funeral Home, Cass City, with Rev. P. Thomas Wachterhauser of the Trinity United Methodist Church of Cass City officiating.

      Burial was in Elkland Township Cemetery.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2008)

      Laura Maier was one of the cousins of BonnieMargaret Jacobs who searched their Bibles and records and picture collections to provide information for her 1981 manuscipt about the history of the Benkelman family.

    Person ID I29055  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Jakob "Jacob" Maier,   b. Sep 1853, Kleineislingen, G?ppingen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1925, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Fannie Striffler,   b. 17 Feb 1856, Lee County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1938, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage Apr 1879  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F9380  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Mar 1900 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Dec 1982 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Michigan, Tuscola County, Cass City Enumerated 12 June 1900 by A.D. Gillis SD 8 ED 111 Sheet 8B (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Thursday, December 9, 1982 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Friday, December 9, 1938 Vol. 33, Number 37. Page One (Reliability: 3).