Maria Sievert was the fifth child and second daughter of Vincent Sievert and Susanna Raduntz. She was born on 1 April 1861 in Joliet, Will County, Illinois.[1] In 1860 Vincent said he was a farmer, so she was likely born on the farm.[2] By 1870, she was known as Mary and attended school in Joliet. Her father worked as a stone mason and owned property in the second ward in the city of Joliet.[3] On 12 September 1878, she married Carl Schultz at St. John’s German Catholic Church in Joliet. She was eighteen years old. He was twenty-seven and stated he was born in Tarkenbrugge, Prussia.[4] This town couldn’t be located in an online search. Perhaps he misremembered the town's name, or the clerk misheard the name when recording the license information. Carl was Lutheran and they needed a dispensation to be married in the Catholic Church.[5] Two years later, they were living at North Broadway in Joliet. He worked as a laborer and she kept house.[6] In March ...
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