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Marie Wittwer

Female 1860 - 1928  (67 years)


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  • Name Marie Wittwer  [1, 2
    Birth 12 Dec 1860  Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 17 Aug 1928  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 20 Aug 1928  Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [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)
    Person ID I30314  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family William Akerman,   b. 6 May 1858, Stuttgart, Neckarkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1941, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1884  Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mollie M. Ackerman,   b. 18 Sep 1885, Minden City, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1965, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     2. Esther Selma Ackerman,   b. 12 Feb 1888, Minden City, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1980, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     3. Marie M. Ackerman,   b. 19 Jul 1889, Minden City, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1977, Hartford City, Blackford County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F9774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Dec 1860 - Bern, Switzerland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Oct 1884 - Sanilac County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Aug 1928 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 20 Aug 1928 - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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).

    2. [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).