Maria Anna Theresia Laurier

Maria Anna Theresia Laurier

• Father: Franz Peter Laurier b. 8 July 1828, d. 31 October 1891
• Mother: Luisa Hofstetter b. 18 July 1833, d. 5 April 1910

• Maria Anna Theresia Laurier was born on 18 March 1860 in Speyer, Rheinpfalz.
• She was baptized/christened on 10 April 1860 at Sankt Georgium Evangelisch (now Trinity) in Speyer, Rheinpfalz.
• She was known as Anna.
• Edward Ludwig August Schwabe and Maria Anna Theresia Laurier arrived in the Port of New York on 12 August 1882, aboard the Norddeutscher Lloyd Steamship Elbe from Bremen, traveling in steerage class.
• She married Edward Ludwig August Schwabe, son of Heinrich Friedrich Christoph Schwabe and Malchen Fricken, circa 1884.
• Edward Ludwig August Schwabe and Maria Anna Theresia Laurier appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1905 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 364 Elm Street. Other members of the household included Anna Schwabe, Frank A. Schwabe, Edward Ludwig Schwabe, Louise A. Schwabe and Luisa Hofstetter.
• The following appeared on 5 April 1910 in the Buffalo Evening News: [Died] April 5, 1910, Louise Laurier (nee Hostetter), widow of Franz Laurier; mother of Fritz Laurier of Newport, Ky; Mrs. Edward L. A. Schwabe, Mrs. E. T. Becker of Holder, Fla; Eugene Laurier, Niagara Falls, N. Y; Mrs. Theodore Mulz, Brooklyn, N. Y; Ludwig Laurier, New York city; aged 76 years. Funeral from the residence of her son-in-law, Dr. Edward L. A. Schwabe, 417 Swan street, Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial at the convenience of the family.
• Edward Ludwig August Schwabe and Maria Anna Theresia Laurier appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 417 Swan. Other members of the household included Anna Schwabe, Frank A. Schwabe, Edward Ludwig Schwabe and Louise A. Schwabe.
• Edward Ludwig August Schwabe and Maria Anna Theresia Laurier appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1915 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 417 Swan Street. Other members of the household included Anna Schwabe, Frank A. Schwabe, Edward Ludwig Schwabe and Louise A. Schwabe.
• At the time of her death Maria Anna Theresia Laurier was living in Buffalo, New York, at 417 Swan Street.
• Maria Anna Theresia Laurier died on 22 January 1918 at age 57 in New York.
• Edward Ludwig August Schwabe became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
• The following appeared on 30 June 1926 in the Buffalo Evening News: [Died] Suddenly in this city, June 28, 1926, Dr. Edward L. A. Schwabe, husband of the late Anna Schwabe (nee Laurier), father of Mrs. Anna L. Cook, Frank Schwabe of Pocatella, Idaho, Edward L. Schwabe of McCannonon, Idaho , and Louise L. Schwabe. Funeral from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Anna L. Cook, 628 East Delavan avenue, Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Firends are invited to attend. Deceased was a member of Concordia Lodge No. 143, F. & A. M. Burial under the auspices of Concordia Lodge.
• Photographs of present-day Speyer.

• Last Edited: 30 Jun 2013