Justine (Schultz) Sprenger (1836 - 1917)

Born 20 May 1836 in Kulm, Bessarabia, Russia

Ancestors

Wife of Martin Sprenger — married 3 Mar 1857 in Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia

Descendants

Died 8 Jul 1917 at age 81 in Leipzig, North, Grant, North Dakota

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Biography

Justine (Schultz) Sprenger was a Black Sea German.

Justine was born in 1836. Justine Schulz was born 20 May 1836 Kulm,, Bessarabia, Russia to Christian Schulz and Susanna Sperling.^[1][2]

Justine Schultz married Martin Sprenger on 3 March 1857 in Tarutino, Bessarabia, Russia.^[3]

Justina Sprenger died at the age of 81 years, 1 month, 18 days on 8 July 1917 near Leipzig, Bessarabia, Russia. ^[4]

Translation of German Obituary

Justina Sprenger, nee Schultz, was born 20 May 1836 in Kulm, Bessarabia, South Russia, and died 8 July 1917 near Leipzig, N. Dak. She thus brought her age to 81 years, 1 month, 18 days. Notable aspects of her life are that she was happily married for 60 years and 4 months less 4 days; that she had a living connection to the Lord for 40 years, and for 8 years hosted the [parish] assembly in her home. In the last years of her life the deceased was heavily plagued by weakness due to old age, but she remained in possession of her faculties and could console herself with her accumulated treasure of bible sayings and songs. After a hard struggle she went in peace. Her burial was attended by a large crowd of members of our community and many strangers. Looking forward to a reunion in our home above [i.e., heaven] are the husband (aged 83 years), 2 sons, 1 daughter, 40 grandchildren, and 23 great-grandchildren.

Paul Krumbein, Minister^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Drefs, R., Bessarabian Village Birth Records, 183x Published by Odessa Digital Library - 19 Nov 1998. Film # 1882646/2 page 145 reg. 172 Bap: May 30
2. ↑ Justine Birth location is indexed wrong at Family Search. She is birth 172 on page 145. If you clicks back one page to 144, the section her birth is recorded in, is headed Kulm. Family Search. Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 Justine Schulz, 30 May 1836, Baptism; citing p. 145, volume 828-14/13, Klöstitz, (sic) Akkerman, Bessarabia, Russia, Russland Historischen Staatsarchiv, St. Petersburg (Russian State Historical Archive, St. Petersburg); FHL microfilm 1,882,646.
3. ↑ Drefs, R., ‘’Bessarabian Village Marriage Records, 185x’’ published by the Odessa Digital Library - 20 Sep 1997. Film # 1884103/2 page 368 reg. 32
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Family Search. United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012 database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHS-L43W : 11 September 2020), Justina Schultz Sprenger, .

• "World Miscellaneous Marriages, 1662-1945", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLGP-S5L : 10 February 2020), Justina Schulz in entry for Martin Sprenger, 1857.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLP9-NYB : accessed 3 October 2021), Justina Sprenger in household of Martin Sprenger, Township 135, Morton, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 128, sheet 27A, family 459, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1144; FHL microfilm 1,375,157.