Elisabeth (Kaufman) Schirmer (1872 - 1934)

Born 29 Jan 1872 in Binzen, Baden, Germany

Wife of John Mueller — married 10 Nov 1893 in Harvey, Kansas, United States

Died 18 Aug 1934 at age 62 in Kansas, United States

Biography

Elisabeth (Kaufman) Schirmer has German Roots.

Immigration Year 1886

John and Elisabeth married 10 Nov 1893^[1].

A few years after Johns death she remarried^[2] to Richard Schirmer (1870 - 1940) on 8 Nov 1902 in Harvey, Kansas, United States. They have a daughter Linda and adopted son Benjamin.

Elisabeth (Kaufman) Schirmer was born January 29, 1872 in Binzen, Baden, Germany, daughter of Johann and Maria Kaufman, (born Egle). She reached an age of 62 years, 6 months and 19 days. - She died 18 August, 1934.

At the age of 20 she came to America with her parents. They lived for a while at the Wirkler family, where Frau Kaufman was ill six weeks. Then the family lived in their own home.

The following year Elizabeth married John Mueller, who died and died four and a half years later. 4 years later, she joined Richard Schirmer (1870 - 1940) for the second time, which she now survived with the children. A sister, Mrs. A. Schowalter, preceded her in 1926 and another sister, Frieda Kaufman is traveling in Germany. They survive, in addition to the three own children, An adoptive son, 2 nephews and 2 nieces and 6 grandchildren.

In 1906 she was 6 months of trauma and 3 times of the doctors; But with God's help she was restored. And in this difficult time, when she lay in the hospital, she made a true experience of salvation, and could, in blissful certainty, say: As true as the sun is in the heavens, so I have forgiven sinners. She has done what she could and has kept her faith until the end (CBB 11 Sep 1934 p. 13) ^[3]

She is buried in the Swiss Cemetery, Whitewater, Butler, Kansas, United States of America.

Census

1900 Halstead Township Halstead city (part), Harvey, Kansas, United States^[4]

1910 Lakin, Harvey, Kansas, United States^[5]

1920 Sedgwick, Harvey, Kansas, United States^[6]

1930 Sedgwick, Harvey, Kansas, United States ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q293-GL9F : 10 February 2016), John Mueller and Elisabeth Kaufman, 10 Nov 1893; citing Marriage, Harvey, Kansas, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,363,150.
2. ↑ Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q293-P986 : 10 February 2016), Richard Schimer and Elizabeth Mueller, 08 Nov 1902; citing Marriage, Harvey, Kansas, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,363,152.
3. ↑ Translated from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54992335/elizabeth-k_-schirmer
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMTG-7JJ : accessed 6 May 2017), Lizzie Miller, Halstead Township Halstead city (part), Harvey, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 80, sheet 11A, family 202, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,482.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2CD-9Z1 : accessed 6 May 2017), Elizabeth Schumer in household of Richard Schumer, Lakin, Harvey, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 38, sheet 3A, family 51, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 441; FHL microfilm 1,374,454.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF6X-DZN : accessed 6 May 2017), Elizabeth Schirmer in household of Richard Schirmer, Sedgwick, Harvey, Kansas, United States; citing ED 64, sheet 5A, line 24, family 100, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 534; FHL microfilm 1,820,534.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7QH-FWB : accessed 6 May 2017), Elizabeth Schirmer in household of Richard Schirmer, Sedgwick, Harvey, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 1B, line 60, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 705; FHL microfilm 2,340,440.

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