Marie J. Klatt

Marie J. Klatt

• Father: William Klatt
• Mother: Johanna Muller

• Marie J. Klatt was born in March 1866 in Germany.
• Her name was recorded as Mary Miller in the record of her marriage to George Lyman.
• Marie J. Klatt arrived circa 1881, according to the 1900 census.
• She married George Liman on 2 April 1886 in Manhattan, New York.
• Marie J. Klatt became a widow at the 23 July 1899 death of her husband George Liman.
• Marie J. Klatt appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in New York City, New York, at 122 19th Street living in a boarding house.
• She married Oskar Richard Schwamberger, son of Franz Joseph Schwamberger and Auguste Amalie Schwab, on 15 January 1902 in Manhattan, New York, with Alderman Leopold W. Harburger officiating.
• Marie J. Klatt became a widow at the 4 June 1930 death of her husband Oskar Richard Schwamberger.
• The following appeared on 13 July 1930 in The New York Times: The ashes of Captain Oskar Schwamberger, late master of the Hamburg-American liner Hamburg, who dropped dead of apoplexy on June 5 [sic] as he was going on board his ship at Hamburg, will be buried tomorrow at 3:30 P.M. in the family plot in the Lutheran Cemetery at Middle Village, Queens. The Rev. Dr. H. Brueckner of the German Seamen's Home in Hoboken will conduct the services. Mrs. Schwamberger, her relatives and the officers and members of the ship's crew, representatives of the office and pier staffs of the line and many other friends will attend the burial.
• The following appeared on 15 July 1930 in The New York Times: More than seventy-five officers and members of the crew of the Hamburg-American liner Hamburg, officials of the company and representatives of the pier staff, with Mrs. Schwamberger and her immediate family, paid their last respects yesterday to Captain Oskar Schwamberger, late master of the Hamburg, when his ashes were buried in the Lutheran Cemetery at Middle Village, Queens. The ceremony was conducted in German by the Rev. Dr. H. Brueckner of the German Seaman's Home, Hoboken.
       Captain Schwamberger's ashes were brought to this country by his widow on July 5, aboard the Deutschland, in fulfillment of his last wishes that he be buried "in his second fatherland."
       "No praises need to be worded at the grave of Captain Schwamberger," the Rev. Dr. Brueckner said, as the ashes were lowered, draped in the house flag of the line. "His kindness, honor and courage while alive will serve to keep his memory living when dead. He was a brave man and a gentleman; he could wish for no finer eulogy, and a finer one could not be given."
       The only words spoken in English at the simple ceremony were those of Stevenson's "Requiem": "Here he lies where he longed to be, / Home is the sailor, home from the sea, / And the hunter home from the hill."
       At the conclusion of the ceremony Captain Theodor Koch, successor to Captain Schwamberger, advanced to the open grave and stood at salute while the ship's band played a dirge.
       Captain Schwamberger was born in Baden-Baden, the Black Forest country, in 1868. He was the only son of a high official of the Ministry of Interior of the Grand Duchy of Baden. He went to sea at the age of 15.
       In 1894 he was graduated with honors from the Hamburg School of Navigation and joined the service of the Hamburg-American Line. His advancement was rapid, and in 1903, at the age of 35, he was placed in command of the steamship Parthia.
       Captain Schwamberger took an active part in the World War and won distinguished honors in the rank of lieutenant commander and commander in the Imperial German Navy. He died of apoplexy aboard his ship, the Hamburg, on June 4.
• Marie J. Klatt died on 23 May 1932 at age 66 in Germany at Hamburg.
• She was interred on 20 June 1932 at Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Long Island, Queens County, New York.

• Last Edited: 20 Jun 2014