Maria (Rohde) Suhr (1880 - 1952)

Born 11 Sep 1880 in Germany

Ancestors

Wife of Johannes Suhr — married [date unknown] in Germany

Died 6 Sep 1952 at age 71 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA

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Biography

Maria (Rohde) Suhr has roots in the region now known as Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Maria (Mary) Rohde was born September 11, 1880 in Germany. There she met and married John Suhr. They had their first child Annie in Germany in 1908.

John, Mary and Annie immigrated to America at the same time as the rest of the the HD Rohde Sr. family. They sailed from Cuxhaven arriving March 12, 1911 on the ship "President Lincoln". The Passenger Arrival List in New York, lists Mary (30), John (28), and 3 year old child "Anny".

Ship Manifest for President Lincoln, March, 1911

The arrival list also states both John and Mary could read and write, that John was a carpenter and states his father's name is Henrich Suhr of Herrenstraße, Rendsburg.

H.D. Sr and Antje Hennings Rohde family in 1915

Their second child, Carl Suhr was born on September 16, 1916 in Yutan, Nebraska.

The 1920 Census for Saunders, Nebraska confirms Annie was born in Germany and Carl was born in Nebraska. ^[1]

The 1930 Census shows them still living in Nebraska. Interestingly, it shows Henry Stange (aged 16) living with them. He was their nephew, the son of Herman and sister Alvina Rohde Stange. ^[2]

The 1940 Census shows the family in Omaha, Nebraska with only son Carl living with them.^[3]

"Mary was a talented seamstress and hand-made many dresses for her family" according to an email sent from Wanda Messinger (granddaughter to Mary's sister Agnes) to Patti Richey on March 26, 2013. Wanda said, "Mary was much loved by grandmother and when she died both my mother (Alice Henningsen Johnson) and grandmother traveled to Omaha, NE for her funeral. I remember that time well, because at the time my sister and I had to stay at a Day Care after school for the first time in our lives."

Mary Rohde Suhr died of cancer in September 6, 1952 and is buried in Graceland Park Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. Find A Grave: Memorial #154730766.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCK1-TSQ : 2 February 2021), Mary Suhr in entry for John C F Suhr, 1920.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ2D-YY7 : accessed 18 September 2022), Mary Suhr in household of John Suhr, Union, Saunders, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 2A, line 6, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1292; FHL microfilm 2,341,027.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-SXP3?cc=2000219&wc=QZXY-NKD%3A790104401%2C790250901%2C792240301%2C792259001 : accessed 18 September 2022), Nebraska > Douglas > Omaha City, Omaha, Ward 5 > 94-66 Omaha City Ward 5 (Area D - part) > image 12 of 22; citing 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.
4. ↑ Memorial: "Find a Grave", database with images
   Find A Grave: Memorial #154730766 (accessed 21 March 2023)
   Memorial page for Maria Rohde Suhr (11 Sep 1880-6 Sep 1952), citing Graceland Park Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA (plot: Section 14, Row 9); Maintained by SRGF (contributor 47487065).

See Also:

• "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TQ-XZQ5?cc=1368704&wc=4X1L-QZN%3A1600412449 : 26 January 2018), Roll 1645, vol 3624-3626, 22 Mar 1911 > image 693 of 1276; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).