Born about in Klöstitz, Bessarabia, Russia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Johann Dietrich Engel
and Wilhelmina (Bich) Engel
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Daniel Schulz
— married
1912 in Russia
Mother of
Godfrey Schulz and Waldemar Schulz
Died
at about age 39
in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Jun 2014
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Sophie (Engel) Schulz migrated from Russia to Canada.
Biography
Sophie (Engel) Schulz was a Black Sea German.
Sophie Engel was born 23 March 1885 Klöstitz, Bessarabia, Russia to Johann Engel and Wilhelmina Bich.[1]
Current "last" record for her is immigration to Canada on December 24, 1921. Her husband Daniel remarried, however I haven't any details at present.
Sophia Schulz is buried in Section C, Block 127B Lot-14-N in the Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.[2]
Medicine Hat Daily News, Monday, June 16, 1924, page 4: "FUNERAL OF THE LATE MRS. D. SCHULZ. The funeral service of Mrs. D. Schulz, 236 Braemar Street, was held at Johnson's undertaking parlors on Saturday, internment at Hillside cemetery. Mrs. Schulz was 38 years of age and leaves a husband and two children. She died at the hospital on Saturday after a long illness."
Sources
- ↑ Drefs, R., Bessarabian Village Birth Records, 1881-85 Published by the Odessa Digital Library 17 May 1998 Film # 1897695/1 page 551 reg. 25
- ↑ City of Medicine Hat, Hillside Cemetery, Burial Listing: Sophia Schulz, died 1924-06-14, Section C, Block 127B, Lot 14. Memorial.
- Canadian Immigration Record, 24 December 1921.
- Kloestitz Bessarabia - a Koblenz Extraction (E. Wise), Extracts from films held by the GRHS in Bismarck, ND. Published by the Odessa Digital Library - 24 Jul 2002; Revised 3 Nov 2003. http://www.odessa3.org [Extract]. Information: Film 9 R57neu/1383: Sofie Engel was one of six children born to Johann Dietrich Engel (male, b. 10 Jun 1851 in Kloestitz; d. 1906 in Kloestitz) and Wilhelmina Biech (b. 5 Dec 1855 in Kulm; d. 1925 in Kloestitz). She married Daniel Schulz. In 1918 they moved to Canada.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sophie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sophie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sophie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sophie:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Artur Flato 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M132312 [compare]
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~0.39%
Victoria Fachner :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LV9053219 [compare], Ancestry member vfachner
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