Moritz Arnold (Schultz) Schultz-Trinius (1862 - 1941)

Born 9 Aug 1862 in Dresden, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Johanna Elsa Hedwig (Hanf) Schultz-Trinius — married 22 Nov 1910 in Leipzig-Gohlis

Descendants

Died 17 Feb 1941 at age 78 in Leipzig, Germany

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Biography

He was born in Dresden on August 9, 1862, and died in Leipzig on February 17, 1941. The only child of Woldemar Adolf Schultz and Louise Emilie Trinius, he changed his last name from "Schultz" to "Schultz-Trinius". He joined the Imperial German army and rose to Colonel, earning the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry, and the Officer's Cross (with swords) of the Albert Order. He later took on deep and extensive research into the history of the Trinius family.

He and his first wife divorced in 1910; he remarried shortly afterward.

(The genealogist specifically says that Moritz himself made that change in his last name, but not why – was it to honor his widowed single mother? Did she revert back to her maiden name after her husband's death?)

"einziges Kind von Woldemar Adolf Schultz und Louise Emilie Trinius. Änderte den Namen "Schultz" in "Schultz-Trinius", geb. Dresden 9.8.1862 † Leipzig 17.2.1941, Oberst a. D. in Leipzig, Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes d. St. Heinrichsordens, d. Offiziers-Kreuzes d. Albrechtsordens mit Schwerten. Unternahm ausgedehnte Forschungen zur Geschichte der Familie Trinius, die hier mit verarbeitet wurden [...] (geschieden 27.9.1910)."

Sources

• Translation and notes by Michael Meurer
• von Schroeder, Felix: Die Familie Schröder - v. Schroeder aus Königsberg i. Pr., Band 2: Die Geschwister Felix, Heinrich, Irene v. Schroeder: Ahnenlisten, Stammlisten, Nachfahrenlisten (Krailing, Germany, 1989), p. 350, 338
• Wikipedia article, Oberst
• Wikipedia article, Military Order of St. Henry
• Wikipedia article, Albert Order