Maria Erlenbach

Maria Erlenbach

• Father: Anton Erlenbach b. circa 1808, d. between 1860 and 1866
• Mother: Catharina Kissinger b. 13 December 1813, d. 10 April 1887

• Maria Erlenbach was born on 10 April 1844 in Hessen-Darmstadt.
• The Erlenbach family has yet to be found in the 1850 census.
• Anton Erlenbach and Catharina Kissinger appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Rhine, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Other members of the household included Maria Erlenbach, Paul Erlenbach, Anna Erlenbach and Katharine Ehrlenbach.
• She married Johann Georg Mueller, son of Jacob Mueller and Anna E. (?), on 17 November 1861 in Rhine, Wisconsin.
• Maria Erlenbach died on 8 October 1864 at age 20.
• Johann Georg Mueller became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at Liberty Cemetery, Franklin, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
• The following appeared in the Kiel Record: In his home on Fourth Street, on Sunday morning at about 4:00 o'clock, Mr. Georg Mueller, a long time and well known resident of Kiel, died after a six month long illness with heart fluctuations. The deceased was born on October 20, 1836 in Neiderfaulheim, Hessen-Darmstad, Germany and came to America at the age of 17 years with his parents. They settled in the Town of Rhine, where Mr. Mueller married Maria Ellebach in 1860, but she died two years later. The marriage produced one child. On May 20, 1867 he married a second time, to Wilhelmina Schmidt and the pair moved to a farm in the Town of Schleswig. This marriage produced just one child.
  For the past 22 years Mr. Mueller has lived with his wife in Kiel. The deceased leaves behind, besides his wife, one daughter, one stepdaughter, two sisters, 14 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. The burial took place on Tuesday afternoon from the home of the deceased to the Kiel Cemetery. Pastor Rech (St. Peter's) officiated.

• Last Edited: 4 Jun 2012