Maria was born on December 22, 1863 in the village of Johannestal in the Beresan district of the Odessa area and Black Sea region of South Russia to Matthaeus Ulmer and Katharina (Delzer) Ulmer. She was the fourth of her father's 11 children and the fourth of her mother's 5 children. Maria was baptized on December 26, 1863.[1]
Immigration
On September 1, 1874, at the age of 10, Maria, along with her parents and their blended family, made the journey to America. They departed from Hamburg, Germany aboard the S.S. Schiller and arrived in New York, NY.[2]
Family
In 1885, at the age of 22, Maria married Friedrich Schatz (1861-1924).
Children:
Charles William (1886-1953)
Bertha (1888-1975)
Anna (1889-unknown)
Martha (1891-1981)
Henry (1893-1947)
Nathaniel (1896-unknown)
Elizabeth (1899-unknown)
Death
On February 3, 1920, at the age of 56, Maria passed away in Spokane, WA. She is buried in Greenwood Memorial Terrace
in Spokane.[3][4]
Census Data
1880 U.S. Census: Age 17, living in Yankton County, Dakota Territory with her father, step-mother and 8 siblings/step-siblings.[5]
1900 U.S. Census: Age 36, living in Tualatin, Clackamas, OR with her husband of 15 years and 7 children.[6]
1910 U.S. Census: Age 46, living in Spokane, Spokane, WA with her husband of 25 years and 7 children.[7]
1920 U.S. Census: Age 56, living in Spokane, Spokane, WA with her husband and 4 children.[8]
Sources
↑ "Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-678S-6LT : 21 May 2014), Kherson > Odessa > Johannestal: Johannestal > 1864: Births, marriages, deaths ( 828-14/134) > image 3 of 12; Russland Historischen Staatsarchiv, St. Petersburg (Russian State Historical Archive, St. Petersburg). Entry #11
↑ "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR3-54Y5 : 11 March 2018), Marie Ullmer, 1874; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm.
↑ "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3G8-MQD : 10 March 2018), Marie Schatz, 03 Feb 1920; citing Spokane, Spokane, Washington, reference 174, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 1,992,759.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCVH-Q66 : 19 February 2021), Maria Ulmer in household of Mathias Ulmer, Township 96 Range 57, Yankton, Dakota Territory, United States; citing enumeration district ED 110, sheet 520C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,115.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDC-DZS : accessed 3 October 2021), Mary Shatz in household of Fred Shatz, Barlow, Pleasant Hill, Tualatin, and Union Precincts, Clackamas, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 79, sheet 14B, family 300, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,345.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJ5-GHK : accessed 3 October 2021), Mary Schatz in household of Fred Schatz, Spokane Ward 1, Spokane, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 152, sheet 4B, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1670; FHL microfilm 1,375,683.
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