Marie L (Meisner) Waag (1887 - 1975)

Born 23 Apr 1887 in Grimm, Saratov, Volga, Russia

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Died 11 Jun 1975 at age 88 in Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, United States

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Biography

Mary (Meisner) Waag was a Volga German.

Marie "Mary" Meisner was born 23 Apr 1887 to Christian Jacob Meisner and Eva Katharina Zulauf.^[1]

She married Carl Waag on 17 Jan 1907 in Grimm, Russia.

They came to America departing Hamburg on 24 Jan 1912 via S.S. Prinz Oskar arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Feb 1912.^[2][3]

Passengers:

Karl Wach (Waag), age 32, woodcutter, father Phillip Wach in Grimm, bound to father-in-law Christian Meisner in Fort Collins, Colorado, born Grimm

Maria Wach, age 22/27, wife

Frieda, age 4, child

Elisabeth, age nine months, infant

Mary Waag passed away at age 88 on 11 Jun 1975 in Fort Collins, Colorado.^[4][5]

Obituary

With the death of Mrs. Mary Waag, 88, mother of three Windsorites, another of the Russian-German Poudre Valley pioneers is gone. Funeral services were held Saturday in Fort Collins. She had died Wednesday. Mrs. Waag was born April 23, 1887, in Grimm, Russia, and married Carl Waag on Jan. 17, 1907, there. They came to Fort Collins in 1912. Her husband died in 1949. Survivors here are Frieda Strohman and Mrs. Dave (Leah) Claus, her daughters; and Harry Waag, her son. Other sons and daughters are Fred, Alexander and Victor Waag, Elizabeth Kalt-enberger and Lorraine Vermilya of Larimer County, and Carl Waag of Riverside, Calif. There are 31 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.^[6]

Mrs. Mary Waag, 88, of Fort Collins and formerly of Grimm, Russia, died Wednesday at Poudre Valley Memorial Hospital following a serious illness.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Russell Funeral Chapel with the Rev. R.O. Nelson of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be at Grandview Cemetery.

She was born in Grimm, Russia, on April 23, 1887, and was married to Carl Waag on Jan. 17, 1907, in Grimm. He died in December 1949.

She moved from Grimm, to Fort Collins in 1912 and attended the Fort Collins Trinity Lutheran Church.

Mrs. Waag is survived by five sons, Fred, and Alexander of Larimer County, Victor of Fort Collins, Harry of Windsor, and Carl of Riverside, Calif. ; four daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Kaltenberger and Mrs. Lorraine Vermilya both of Fort Collins and Mrs. Frieda Strohman and Mrs. Leah Claus both of Windsor; 31 grandchildren, 49 greatgrandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ 23 Apr 1887:"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLBS-J6G : 11 January 2021), Mary Waag, Jun 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1883-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23QY-H2D : 2 March 2021), Maria Wach, 1912; citing Immigration, NARA microfilm publication T840 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,402,599.
3. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger List Index Cards, 1883-1948," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF6M-PND : 23 February 2021), Maria Wach, 1912; citing Immigration, NARA microfilm publication T526 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,380,312.
4. ↑ Death Wednesday 11 Jun Newspapers.com, Fort Collins Coloradoan, Fort Collins, Colorado,12 Jun 1975, Thu • Page 28
5. ↑ Funeral Notice Newspapers.com, Fort Collins Coloradoan, Fort Collins, Colorado,13 Jun 1975, Fri • Page 40
6. ↑ Obit Clipping Newspapers.com, Windsor Beacon, Windsor, Colorado, 19 Jun 1975, Thu • Page 13
7. ↑ Obit Clipping Newspapers.com, Fort Collins Coloradoan, Fort Collins, Colorado, 13 Jun 1975, Fri • Page 3

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• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR6F-166 : 4 January 2021), Mary Waag in household of Carl Waag, Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35-46, sheet 9A, line 4, family 188, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 467.

• Child:"United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS9-JKZV : 6 November 2021), Mary Meisner in entry for Elizabeth Kaltenberger, .

• Child:"United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS7-8HCG : 5 November 2021), Mary Miesner in entry for Victor Waag, 27 Dec 1995.