Marie Regina Ross (1910 - 1993)

Born 29 Mar 1910 in Baraga, Baraga, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Jan 1993 at age 82 in Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Marie Regina "Gina" Ross was born in Baraga, Michigan on 29 March 1910, the daughter of Adolph Ross and Clara Cadeau.^[1] She lived her early life in Baraga with her parents.^[2][3][4] On 27 November Gina married Joseph Sterbenz, the son of Joseph Sterbenz Sr. and Annie Fisher, at Holy Name Church in Assinins.^[5][6] The couple were living in Marquette, Michigan (where Joseph was employed as a tractor mechanic) with their two sons as of 1940.^[7] They lived in the same place in 1950.^[8] Later she lived in Lake Linden.^[9][1] Joseph died in 1972.^[1] Marie passed away on 3 January 1993 at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock, Michigan following a lengthy illness. She was buried on January 5th at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Lake Linden.^[1][10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Obituary of Marie R. Sterbenz, L'Anse Sentinel, 6 January 1993, pg. 10; accessed 15 July 2021 via microfilm at the Van Pelt/Opie library on the campus of Michigan Tech University in Houghton, Michigan.
2. ↑ 1910 U.S. census, Baraga, Baraga County, Michigan, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 10A, dwelling 197, family 209, Regina Ross in the household of Adolph Ross; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRNY-TR?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMLPC-4LC&action=view: accessed 16 September 2023); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.
3. ↑ 1920 U.S. census, Baraga, Baraga County, Michigan, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 8B, dwelling 134, family 138, Virginia [Regina] Ross in the household of Adolph Ross; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRX2-6CW?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZSH-38Y&action=view: accessed 16 September 2023); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.
4. ↑ 1930 U.S. census, Baraga, Baraga County, Michigan, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 7-2, sheet 7A, dwelling 132, family 141, Marie V[irginia]/Regina Ross in the household of Adolph Ross; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR4H-JVQ?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXQTJ-YMT&action=view: accessed 16 September 2023); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626.
5. ↑ Baraga County, Michigan, Certificate and License of Marriage, Local Certificate No. 43, State Certificate No. 7-276; Joseph Sterbenz to Marie Ross; 27 November 1930, Baraga, Michigan; image copy, accessed online at Ancestry.com (Michigan Marriage Records, 1867-1952; www.ancestry.com) on 13 April 2018.
6. ↑ Marriage Notice for Joseph Sterbentz [sic] and Mamie [sic] Ross, "Baraga Couple Are Married Saturday," L'Anse Sentinel, 5 December 1930, pg. 1; image copy, Central Michigan University Digital Michigan Newspapers Collection (https://https://digmichnews.cmich.edu; accessed 16 September 2023.)
7. ↑ 1940 U.S. census, Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 52-21, sheet 4A, dwelling 65R, family 25, Marie in the household of Joe Sterbenz; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-KVGJ?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AK4G2-FLB&action=view: accessed 16 September 2023); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627.
8. ↑ 1950 U.S. census, Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 52-26, sheet 25, dwelling 502, family 217, Marie in the household of Joseph C Sterbenz; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-SQHW-529G?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6FS2-D586&action=view: accessed 16 September 2023); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628.
9. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJNV-HR5S : 10 June 2020; accessed 16 September 2023), Marie R. Sterbenz, 1998-2004.
10. ↑ "Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZRT-QQJ : 10 August 2022; accessed 16 September 2023), Marie R. Sterbenz, 3 January 1993.