Maria Katharina (Lutz) Giesick (1873 - 1920)

Born 23 Dec 1873 in Frank, Atkarsky, Saratov, Russian Empire

Ancestors

Wife of Johann George Giesick — married 12 Jan 1895 in Frank, Saratov, Volga, Russia

Descendants

Died 2 Dec 1920 at age 46 in Brush, Morgan, Colorado, United States of America

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Biography

Maria Katharina (Lutz) Giesick was a Volga German.

Maria Katharina Lutz was born on 22 December 1873 to David Lutz and Maria Elisabeth Hill in the Volga German colony of Frank, in the Atkarsky district of the Saratov province in the Russian Empire. She was baptized on 25 December 1873 in Frank.^[1]

Maria Katharina married George Giesick on 12 January 1895 in Kiev, Russia.^[2][3]

Maria Katharina emigrated from the Russian Empire, via Poland and Germany. She boarded the SMS Friedrich der Grosse on 30 April 1904 in Bremen. She arrived in the United States of America on 11 May 1904 via Ellis Island with her father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, husband and three children, Katherine, Edith and Johann Joseph. They took the train from New York to Loveland, Colorado.^[3]

Maria Katharina died on 2 December 1920 in Brush, Colorado and she is buried at Brush Memorial Cemetery.^[4][5]

Memories

Memories of Suzanne Mackler^[3]

Mary was a little over five feet tall and had blue eyes and long red hair. She was on the immigrant ship S.S. Freidrich der Grosse that landed at Ellis Island on 11 May 1904. According to her daughter Katherine, she had dreamed of coming to the US and this was the dream come true.

When she arrived in Loveland, Colorado, she went to work as a practical nurse. A local doctor would call her to take care of his patients. She particularly enjoyed working with new mothers.

George and Mary rented a house at first, then he bought land and built them a brand new house. They were charter members of a new Lutheran church in Loveland. They attended night school to learn English. They insisted that their children speak English at home.

George and Mary had ten children. Those who reached adulthood were Katherine, Edith, Joe, Elvina, Esther and Clara. Two were buried in Russia, Margaret and Anna Marie, and had died of Scarlet Fever. Two are buried in Brush at Hillrose.

Mary's death certificate lists her cause of death as dropsy.

Sources

1. ↑ Maggie Hein and Doris Evans, "Ahnentafel Chart for Maria Katharina Lutz," Frank-Kolb Database, supplied by Maggie Hein, [address for private use,] 2020; citing "Frank Birth and Baptism Records," translated by Maggie Hein and Barry Heimbigner, Volograd Archives, 1873; citing "1873 Frank Birth and Baptism Records," entry no. 364 for Maria Catharina, daughter of David Lutz and Maria Elisabetha Hill, born 22 December 1873, baptized 25 December 1873; well documented with quality source for birth and baptism information.
2. ↑ Maggie Hein and Doris Evans, "Ahnentafel Chart for Maria Katharina Lutz," Frank-Kolb Database, supplied by Maggie Hein, [address for private use,] 2020; no source provided for marriage information.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Personal knowledge of Suzanne Mackler. Suzanne is the daughter of Esther (Giesick) Clark and the granddaughter of Maria Katharina.
4. ↑ "Interment Directory," PDF, The City of Brush Cemetery (http://www.brushcolo.com/government/city_departments/city_clerk/cemetery/index.php : accessed 27 August 2020), interment, Mary K. Giesick [Mrs. Geo], section N3-1, lot 035, grave 2, born 1872, deceased 02 Dec 1920.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 August 2020), memorial page for Mary K Lutz Giesick (22 Dec 1873 – 2 Dec 1920), Find a Grave Memorial no. 52534050; citing Brush Memorial Cemetery, Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, USA; Photograph uploaded by July Bowdan Taylor is materially informative.

See also:

• RoadsideThoughts, A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada, Brush Cemetery: http://roadsidethoughts.com/co/cemeteries/brush-cemetery-xx-morgan-profile.htm