Margaretha
Blum
Born in Switzerland
Daughter of John Jacob Blum
and Agnes (Greuthman) Blum
Sister of
Michael Garrett Blum and Barbara Agnes (Blum) Prager
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 23
in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
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Biography
Margaretha Blum was born to John Jacob Blum and Agnes Greutman Blum. She was the 8th of ten children.
Margaretha emigrated to the US arriving on March 21, 1887 at 22 years of age on the ship La Bourgogne. Her departure port was Havre and her arrival was New York.
She never married. She passed away in Chicago, Illinois at 24 years of age in 1889. She is buried at Graceland. Her occupation was listed as a servant girl.
Sources
- Illinois, Cook County Deaths 1878–1922.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health. “Birth and Death Records, 1916–present." Division of Vital Records, Springfield, Illinois.
"United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDST-QPJ : accessed 8 January 2016), Margaretha Blum, 21 Mar 1887; citing Germans to America Passenger Data file, 1850-1897, Ship La Bourgogne
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPF-J57L Blum, Margaretha--New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaretha by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaretha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaretha by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaretha:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Vicki (Ackerson) Kramer 
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~6.25%
~12.50%
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