Marie (Merten) Mueller (1892 - 1968)

Ancestors

Wife of Adolph Charles Fries — married 12 Sep 1911 (to 1918) in Slinger, Washington County, Wisconsin, United States

Wife of Edward H. Mueller Jr. — married about 1925 in Slinger, Washington County, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

The 1900 Federal Census shows that she was with her parents in her Grandmother's house in Schleisingerville. Household members included: ^[1]

• Joseph Merten, 34, b. May 1866, father, married about 1888, worked as a machinery agent
• Anna Merten, 33, b. Dec 1866, mother, married about 1888
• Lizzie Merten, 12, b. Nov 1887, daughter
• Marie Merten, 8, b. Jan 1892, daughter (in the state census she was Mamie
• Peter Merten, 2, b. Oct 1897, son

From a local history published by the Slinger Advancement Association in 1994, we learn that Marie worked as a clerk in the Lehman Rosenheimer Store. She later married Adolph Fries. Adolf ran the hotel and saloon at the corner of E. Washington and Kettle Moraine Drive North. Adoph died in an oil truck accident in 1918. Marie continued to live in the original Merten house until around 1923 when she remarried Edward Mueller. Marie and Edward had one child, Mary Ann Goetz, who is a long-time Slinger resident. After her marriage, Marie rented out the old homestead until her son Richard purchased it from her in August 1951. Richard Fries and his wife Florence continue to occupy the house at 111 Buchanan Street, a house whose age equals that of the village. ^[2]

From the jackbushong family tree on Ancestry.com, we can see that:^[3]

• On September 12, 1911 she married Adolph Fries in Slinger, WI
• Adolf Fries died in 1918.
• In 1923 she married Edward Mueller.
• She worked as a clerk in the L. Rosenheimer Store.

In the 1930 Federal Census, we find the family in Polk Township, Washington County, Wisconsin as farmers. The family included: ^[4]

Household, Role, Sex, Age, Birthplace

Edward Mueller, Head, Male, 35, Wisconsin

Marie Mueller, Wife, Female, 38, Wisconsin

Norman Mueller, Son, Male, 16, Wisconsin

Richard Mueller, Son, Male, 12, Wisconsin

Edward Mueller, Father, Male, 68, Wisconsin

The 1940 Federal Census shows the family living in Slinger Wisconsin. Marie was married to Edward H. Mueller. Both were listed as 48 years old, and having completed 3rd grade at school. The were farmers. The family included: ^[5]

Household, Role, Sex, Age, Birthplace

Ed H Mueller, Head, M, 48, Wisconsin

Marie Mueller, Wife, F, 48, Wisconsin

Mary Ann Mueller, Daughter, F, 9, Wisconsin

Norman Fries, Stepson, M, 27, Wisconsin

Richard Fries, Stepson, M, 22, Wisconsin

John Hauser, Boarder, M, 75, Wisconsin

Marie died on January 16, 1968 at the age of 76. She was buried in the old Saint Peters Catholic Cemetery in Slinger Wisconsin. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ 1900 Federal Census for Schleisingerville, Polk Township, Washington County, WI.
2. ↑ From a booklet produced by the Slinger Advancement Association in 1994 celebrating 125 years of the town. It featured older prominent families of the village: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=turn&entity=WI.SLH125Years.p0029&id=WI.SLH125Years&isize=text
3. ↑ Jackbushong Family tree on Ancestry.com. Accessed on 24 Dec 2016.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X93Z-3NB : accessed 16 May 2019), Edward Mueller, Polk, Washington, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 3B, line 63, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2618; FHL microfilm 2,342,352.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7K7-ZML : 14 March 2018), Richard Fries in household of Ed H Mueller, Polk Town, Washington, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 66-19, sheet 1B, line 48, family 12, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4532.
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140509108