Maria (Simmer) Luksik (1876 - 1939)

Born 11 Jan 1876 in Helena, Scott, Minnesota, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph (Lukshik) Luksik — married 22 Oct 1896 in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States

Died 16 Jan 1939 at age 63 in Comfrey, Brown, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Maria (or Mary) was born in 1876 in Scott County, MN, the daughter of immigrants Michael (from _____ )and Gertrude (Schiltz) Simmer (from Luxembourg). ^[1]

In 1896, in Ramsey County, MN, Mary wed Joseph Luksik, who was also from Scott County. ^[2]

In 1900, Joseph and Mary had two children, Eddie and Ida, and were living in the village of Olivia in Renville County, MN, where Joseph worked as a liquor dealer. ^[3] By 1910, the family had another child, Beatrice, and had moved to Brown County, MN, where Joseph ran a saloon in Comfrey. ^[4] Joseph died in 1915.

In 1930, Mary was living in Comfrey with her mother Gertrude and her daughters Ida and Beatrice. Her listed occupation was that of proprietress of a general store, while the daughters worked as salesladies. ^[5]

Mary passed away in 1939. ^[6] She is buried in St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery in Comfrey, Minnesota. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F81D-K4W : 5 February 2020), Maria Simmer, 1876.
2. ↑ "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M5-8VRK : 15 May 2020), Joseph W Luksik and Mary Simmen, 1896.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M932-XNY : accessed 17 December 2020), Mary C Luksik in household of Joeseph Luksik, Bird Island Township Olivia village, Renville, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 123, sheet 5A, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,787.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2LF-KTJ : accessed 17 December 2020), Mary Luksik in household of Joseph W Luksik, Bashaw, Brown, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 1A, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 691; FHL microfilm 1,374,704
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3CV-76F : accessed 16 December 2020), Mary Luksik, Comfrey, Brown, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 5B, line 51, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1081; FHL microfilm 2,340,816.
6. ↑ "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZZDD-9P6Z : 7 July 2020), Mary Luksik, 16 Jan 1939; citing Death, Minnesota State Department of Health, St. Paul.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215251418/mary-luksik: accessed 06 December 2022), memorial page for Mary Luksik (10 Jan 1877–16 Jan 1939), Find a Grave Memorial ID 215251418, citing Saint Paul's Catholic Cemetery, Comfrey, Brown County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by CSW (contributor 48244739) .

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ9P-WKT : 26 August 2017), Mary Simer in household of Michael Simer, New Prague, Scott, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district ED 116, sheet 126A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,633.

• "Minnesota State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQDQ-8CG : 28 November 2020), Mary Simmer in household of Michel Simmer, Minnesota, United States; citing p. 4, line 4, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,810.