Mary (Snoblen) Greiner (1830 - 1893)

Born 4 Mar 1830 in Fenbus, Lorraine, France

Wife of Andrew Greiner — married 2 Sep 1852 in Ishpeming, Marquette, MI

Descendants

Died 24 Dec 1893 at age 63 in Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Mary was born in Fenbus, France on 4 March 1830. Before 1852, she came to be in Ishpeming, Michigan (about ten miles west of Marquette in the Upper Penninsula) where there was a good deal of mining going on at the time.

She was living in a boarding house in Ishpeming and met her "soon to be" husband, Andrew, also living in the boarding house.

Mary married Andrew Greiner in Ishpeming on 2 September 1852 by (then) Father Frederic Baraga^[1].

Mary and Andrew's first three children were born in Ishpeming and were:

Mary (b.1853)

Caroline (b.1855)

George Marie (b.1856)

After their first son, George was born, Mary and Andrew moved the family back to Andrew's birthplace in Mt. Clemens (in the Lower Penninsula near the northern end of Lake St. Clair). The remainder of their twelve children would be born in Mt. Clemens and were:

Josephine (b.1857)

John A. (b.1859)

Peter Severin (b.1860)

Elizabeth Caroline (b.1862)

Andrew (b.1864)

Charles Marie (b.1866)

Rose Catherine (b.1868)

Amelia Mary (b.1870)

Margaret (Sister Eleanor I.H.M.) (b.1872)

In 1860, Mary, Andrew, and their first five children are living on the family farm in Mt. Clemens^[2].

Mary went to be with The Lord on Christmas Eve, 1893. She was laid to rest in St. Peter Cemetery in Mt. Clemens^[3].

Loose Ends

Where in the World is Fenbus?

Art clearly indicates Mary was born in Fenbus, Lorraine, France in 1830. Two problems with that...

1) Lorraine was not part of France in 1830 (it was part of Germany) and,

2) Fenbus doesn't seem to exist... In Lorraine, in Alsace, or in France.

James R. Greiner, 2/19/18

Sources

1. ↑ Flemming, Arthur J., “A Guide to Greiner Ancestry in America 1831 – 1983”, 1983, photocopy in possession of James Greiner, 12511 Weeping Branch Circle, Jacksonville, Florida 32218-9605, 107-109. Photocopy may be requested at JRGreiner@yahoo.com.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW67-Q12 : 14 December 2017), Mary Griner in entry for Andrew Griner, 1860.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #108779232