Minnie Maas was born in Iowa in 1867. Her parents were Heinrich Friedrich Hermann (Henry) Maas and Catharina Sophia Maria (Mary) Schröder.[1]
At the time of the US 1870 census, Minnie Maass (age 3, born in Iowa) was living in Iowa with her parents (Henry and Mary Maass) and 8 siblings.[2]
Minnie may have been married to Henry Statts in West Point, Iowa on 18 May 1887. The marriage record states the bride's parents' names as Henry Maass and Maria S Luoden, however.[3]
Minnie (the wife of Henry Stolte) survived her sister Augusta, who died on 1 Jul 1939.[4]
↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJ2-CXP : 12 April 2016), Minnie Maass in household of Henry Maass, Iowa, United States; citing p. 5, family 39, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,877.
↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC49-4PC : 4 November 2017), Henry Statts and Minnie Maass, 18 May 1887, West Point, Butler, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 127, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,035,397.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Minnie 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.
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