1860 - 1928 (67 years)
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Name |
Marie Wittwer [1, 2] |
Birth |
12 Dec 1860 |
Bern, Switzerland [1, 2] |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
17 Aug 1928 |
Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan [1] |
Burial |
20 Aug 1928 |
Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan [1] |
Notes |
- Cass City Chronicle
Friday, August 24, 1928
Vol. 24, No. 5
Mrs. Akerman Passed Away Friday
Mrs. Wm. Akerman passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H.F. Lenzner, shortly before midnight on Friday, Aug. 17, following an illness with cancer. Funeral services were conducted at the Lenzner home on Monday afternoon by Rev. C.Fl. Smith, and interment was made in the Elkland cemetery.
Marie Wittwer was born in Bern, Switzerland, on Dec. 12, 1860. She came to the United States at the age of 21 and was united in marriage with Wm. Akerman at Forestville, Michigan, on Oct. 27, 1884. They resided on a farm near Forestville until 1905 when the family moved to Cass City in order to give the children the advantage of a High School education. Mrs. Akerman had formerly been affiliated with the Evangelical church at Forestville and Cass City but at the time of her death was a member of the Simpson Avenue Methodist Church in Kalamazoo with which she united during her residence in that city. She was always very interested in all matters of religious nature and passed very peacefully into the life beyond.
Besides her husband and three daughters, Mrs. Herbert Blodgett of Hartford City, Ind., Mrs. Joseph A. Benkelman and Mrs. H.F. Lenzner, both of Cass City, she leaves four brothers, Dr. E. A. Wittwer of Bay City and John, Fred and Edward Wittwer, who reside in Germany, and three grandchildren, Andrene Blodgett and Phyllis and Shirley Lenzner.
Relatives and friends from a distance who attended the funeral services were Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Blodgett and daughter, Andrene, of Hartford City, Ind., Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Wittwer and daughter, Miss Henrietta of Bay City, Mrs. Fred Sullwold of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. John Wagester of Pigeon, Rev. J. J. Hommel of Saginaw, Fred Hirzel of Gutherie, Oklahoma, Mrs. Wm. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Staudaker and Mrs. G. Staudaker, all of Croswell, Mr. and Mrs. George Mast and Mr. and Mrs. John Schwalm, all of Sebewaing, Albert and Miss Bertha Yietter, Mrs. G. Koahn and Anna Saumseillor, all of Harbor Beach, Albert Hirzel, Alva and Fred Harnish, all of Forestville.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)
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Person ID |
I30314 |
Strong Family Tree |
Last Modified |
17 Aug 2014 |
Family |
William Akerman, b. 6 May 1858, Stuttgart, Neckarkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 26 Sep 1941, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 83 years) |
Marriage |
27 Oct 1884 |
Sanilac County, Michigan |
Children |
| 1. Mollie M. Ackerman, b. 18 Sep 1885, Minden City, Sanilac County, Michigan d. 20 May 1965, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 79 years) |
| 2. Esther Selma Ackerman, b. 12 Feb 1888, Minden City, Sanilac County, Michigan d. 9 Feb 1980, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 91 years) |
| 3. Marie M. Ackerman, b. 19 Jul 1889, Minden City, Sanilac County, Michigan d. Dec 1977, Hartford City, Blackford County, Indiana (Age 88 years) |
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Family ID |
F9774 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
31 Jan 2008 |
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Sources |
- [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Friday, August 24, 1928 (Reliability: 3).
- [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Sanilac County, Michigan (Reliability: 3).
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