GERMAN ANCESTORS

US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main





MARIA LEDERER

(1852-1923)

17 December 1852 Maria is born in Stockstadt am Main.

Father: Johann Lederer (1807-1877))
Mother: Maria Anna Linden (1815-1867)

Godmother: Maria Anna Linden
20 August 1867 Maria is godmother to Maria Kneisel.
14 November 1868 Maria is godmother to Anna Maria Deckert.
28 November 1872 Maria marries Rudolf Franz in Stockstadt am Main.
They are related (identical great-grandparents).

Best men are:
Ignaz Lederer
Johann Lederer
24 Juli 1873 The son Valentin Franz is born in Stockstadt am Main.
12 November 1874 The daughter Eva Franz is born in Stockstadt am Main.
She dies on 23 January 1875 from severe diarrhoe.
26 June 1876 The son Karl Franz is born in Stockstadt am Main.

He is not listed in Census 1880!
He must have passed away between 1878 and 1880.
1877 Rudolf Franz arrives in America.

Source: United States Census 1900
EMIGRATION

1878

Maria and two children arrive in America.

Port: Bremen
Ship: Neckar
Arrival: New York
Date: 11 May 1878

Family members (as noted in passenger list):

Franz Maria, female, 25
Franz Valentin, son, 4
Franz Karl, son, 12 months

Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 
13 October 1879 The daughter Eva Franz is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

She marries William Brown in 1900.
They have four children.
CENSUS 1880 Residence:
1010, Washington Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Family members:

Franz Rudolf, head, male, 33, laborer
Franz Mary, wife, 26
Franz Valentin, son, 7
Franz Eva, 7 months

Source: United States Census 1880
November 1882 The daughter Mary Franz is born in Pittsburgh.

She dies on 4 July 1883 (9 months old) and is buried at Saint Michaels Cemetery on 6 July 1883.
11 September 1886 The daughter Mary Thekla Franz is born in Pittsburgh.

She marries Easter Bertram Scaff (Scharf?) in Marshall, West Virginia. The couple has five children.
CENSUS 1900 Residence:
86, 11th Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Family members:

Franz Rudolf, head, male, 54, laborer
Franz Mary, wife, 46
Franz Valentin, son, 25, laborer
Franz Mary, daughter, 13, at school

Brown Eva, daughter, 21
Brown Willliam, grandson, 0

Hagan James, roomer, 37

John, Nicholas, roomer, 28
Haine August, roomer, 42

Source: United States Census 1900
CENSUS 1910 Residence:
814, Carson Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Family members:

Franz Rudolf, head, male, 64, laborer, mill
Franz Mary, wife, 56

Scaff Easter, son-in-law, 26, laborer, mill
Scaff Mary, daughter, 24
Scaff Grace, granddaughter, 4
Scaff M Alice, granddaughter, 2


Source: United States Census 1910
15 October 1912 Maria's husband Rudolf dies in Pittsburgh and is buried at
St Michaels Cemetery
on 18 October 1912.

Death cause: Heart exhaustion in combination with sclerosis

Source: Death Certificate Pittsburgh, file no. 98337
8 January 1923 Maria dies in Pittsburgh and is buried at St Michaels Cemetery on 11 January 1923.

Death cause: Senile dementia

Source: Death Certificate Pittsburgh, file no. 303
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