Posts Tagged ‘Kwart’

1906 – Daniel Grimes (24) married Rosa Chesney (26) in Saginaw, Michigan 106 years ago.

1912 – Anton Kwart died of pneumonia 100 years ago in Detroit, Michigan.  He was 44 years old.  (2nd great-granduncle)

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1911 – Edmund Blank was born 101 years ago.  (husband of Clara Hallman, 1st cousin 2x removed)

1908 – Elizabeth Kwart died of typhoid fever 104 years ago in Detroit, Michigan at 5 years old.  Her grieving parents are Anton Kwart & Rose Reinhaardt.  (1st cousin 3x removed)

1913 – Robert Reinhart died 99 years ago in Ypsilanti, Michigan.  He was 72 years old.  (husband of Ida Hoeninghausen, 2nd cousin 3x removed)

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1866 – Margaret Bittles was born in Illinois 146 years ago to James Bittles & Margaret Reid.  (1st cousin 4x removed)

1871 – Joseph & Julianna Hallman were born in Prussia 141 years ago to Anton Hallman & Henrietta Kreft.  (great-granduncle & aunt)

1893 – Annie Kwart was born in Detroit, Michigan 119 years ago to John Kwart Jr. & Martha Kraus.  (1st cousin 3x removed)

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Name:  Johann Kwart (Quart)

Birthday:  about 1818

Parents:  unknown

Siblings:  unknown

Relationship:  married 1.) Eva Boyke, 9 children – 4 daughters living
2.) Rosalie Bolde, 6 children – 5 sons living

Hometown:  Oslanin, Prussia

Immigration:  1876 aboard “Celtic”

Last Known Residence:  Detroit, Michigan

Education:  not able to read or write

Occupation:  farmer in Prussia, laborer in Detroit

Church:  St. Albertus Catholic Church, Detroit, Michigan

Death: November 19, 1891 – age 73, meningitis

Cemetery:  Mt. Elliott Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan – single grave

Relationship to Me:  3rd great-grandfather

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Rosa Bolde Kwart died April 10, 1909 in Detroit, Michigan of heart disease at 75 years of age.  She was the 2nd wife of John Kwart, and she is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan.  (wife of 3rd great-grandfather)

 

 

 

John Kwart (Quart) Jr. (22) married Martha Kraus (18) on May 19, 1892 in Detroit, Michigan.  (clicking on the photo makes it larger.)

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Anton Hallman was born in Prussia in 1834.  He married Henrietta Elizabeth Kreft in 1870, and they had 3 children.  Anton sailed to America in 1873, and at some point Henrietta followed shortly behind with their 3 children.  She died in 1875 and is buried in an unmarked grave in the poor grounds of Mt. Elliott Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan.  Two months later Anton married Katherine Kwart, also of Prussia, and they were married in St. Albertus Church in Detroit, Michigan.  In 1880 he and his family showed up in Metz, Presque Isle, Michigan were he worked as a farmer and resided the rest of his life.  Anton and Katherine had 6 more children.  He is buried in the Old Metz Cemetery (aka St. Dominic Catholic Cemetery) in Metz, Presque Isle, Michigan.