Person:Maria Baier (3)

From the research of Charles Schretzmann found at: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/c/h/Charles-F-Schretzmann/GENE1-0020.html

"Baptism Certificate from Most Holy Redeemer RC Church gives DOB as Dec 10, 1865; baptized on Dec 24, 1865; name is Maria Josephina Baier; mother is Elisabetha Staud (from Saulgau, Wurt); father is August Baier (from Buchau, Wurt); sponsors were Josepha Staud and Aloys Baier. (There is a Josephine Feuss interred in the Baier grave. Could this be Josepha Staud, ie. the sister of Elisabeth (Staud) Baier? Per cemetery records, Josephine was born in 1829, ie. she is 7 yrs older than Elisabeth.)

"Marriage Certificate (Bklyn, 1895, #3395) lists her parents as Frank August Baier and Elisabetha Staud; Josephina (Baier) Menges resided at 113 Powers Street.

"1900 Census indicates she was born in Dec 1866 (sic) in New York; her parents were both born in Germany. Also indicates she and Franz had been married 5 years, ie. about 1895. Their first child was Josephine in May 1896.

"Died of throat cancer (CFS conversation with Harriet Stokes on 9/14/96). Interred on Jul 16, 1934 at St. John's Cemetery, Middle Village, NY; age 69, per letter from Catholic Cemeteries. Tombstone gives dob (12/10/65) and dod (7/12/34). "