Mathias Joseph Hilger (1808 - 1878)

Born 21 Sep 1808 in Hannebach, , Rhineland, Prussia

Ancestors

Died 29 May 1878 at age 69 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America

Biography

When Mathias Joseph Hilger was born on 21 September 1808 in Hannebach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, his father, Martin, was 27 and his mother, Maria, was 30. He married Maria Anna Fuhrmann on 5 August 1847 in Kempenich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. They had one child during their marriage and she died in childbirth, the baby shortly afterward. He emigrated with the family of his sister, Christina Hilger Ullenboch, and arrived 15 NOV 1871 in New York; settled in Michigan. He died on 29 May 1878 in Detroit, Michigan, USA, at the age of 69. His sister administered his probate, which distributed his property to siblings in America and Germany.

Sources

• Source: S1406 Ancestry.com Michigan, Wills and Probate Records, 1784-1980 Publication: Michigan. Probate Court (Wayne County); 9 JUL 1878.

Wayne, Michigan, USA.

• Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014; NOTEGermany, Marriages, 1558-1929. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 November 2018), memorial page for Mathias Joseph Hilger (1808–29 May 1878), Find A Grave Memorial no. 80817229, citing Mount Elliott Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Sue (contributor 46523854) .