Mary Martha Zuraff (1876

Born : 04 Jul 1876

Died : 21 Mar 1920
Independence, IA
Age:43y 8m 17d

Father :

Constantine Zuraff (1842-1879)
Mother :

Jennie Burke (1852-1943)

Married :

Jacob Fuchs (b. 1879)
on 12 Feb 1901
in Waterloo, IA

Children :

Dolorosa Fox (1901-1987)

Paul Fox (1903-1953)

Carmelita Fox (b. 1905)

Ancestors of...

Descendants of...

Siblings :

John Zuraff (b. 1873)

Mary Zuraff (b. 1874)

Conrad Zuraff (1879-1951)

Henry Koester (1882-1950)

Moritz Koester (1882-1884)

Pauline Koester (1884-1957)

Mike Koester (1887-1964)

Elizabeth Koester (1888-1985)

August Koester (1891-1959)

Record Owner : rudy.r
Rel. to Owner : 1st Cousin (3x rem)
Database ID : 1600
Date Created : 20 Feb 2011
Last Updated : 11 Dec 2016

Burial/Funeral
Documents (5)
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Timeline

Date : 24 Mar 1920
Location :

DEWAR

Mrs. Jake Fuchs died at Independence Sunday. The funeral will be in Barclay Catholic cemetery Wednesday evening. Mrs. Fuchs was born and reared near here.

Waterloo Evening Courier - Mar 24, 1920

No headstone photos

Andrew Kaskie - line 25

Paulina Spevicko - line 47

Source - Year: 1880; Census Place: Perry, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: 329; Family History Film: 1254329; Page: 574A; Enumeration District: 94; Image: 0449.

Conrad Zuraff - line 39

Peter Burke - line 40

Mary Zuraff - line 48

Pauline Koester - line 49

Source - Year: 1900; Census Place: East Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa; Roll: T623_418; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 13.

Source - Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937

Jacob Fuchs - line 75

Source - Year: 1910; Census Place: Dubuque Ward 3, Dubuque, Iowa; Roll: T624_401; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0123; Image: 1179; FHL Number: 1374414.

DEWAR

Mrs. Jake Fuchs died at Independence Sunday. The funeral will be in Barclay Catholic cemetery Wednesday evening. Mrs. Fuchs was born and reared near here.

Source - Waterloo Evening Courier - Mar 24, 1920

Research notes for Mary

From Waterloo Daily Courier - Jul 25, 1894
Miss Mary Zuraff has gone to St. Louis to enter a convent.

From Waterloo Daily Courier - Apr 19, 1900
Miss Mary Zuraff is home from St.
Louie, Mo. Miss Zuraff was a sister of
the Carmelite order, and on account of
her health failing she was released from
further obligation as a sister. We hope
she will recover her former health.

From Semi Weekly Iowa State Reporter - May 29, 1900
Miss May Zuraff went to Waterloo
Friday to accept a position as chief
cook in ber brother's restaurant. She
will be assisted by Misses Pauline
Koester and Sophia Schmitt.

From Waterloo Daily Courier - Feb 12, 1901
At tie 6erinari Catholic church at
9 o'clock this morning occurred the
marriage of Mr. Jacob C. Fuchs and
Miss Mary Zuraff, both of Barclay
township. Rev. Hemesath officiated.
After the ceremony the party proceeded
to Jo. Friedl's cafe, where a wedding
dinner had been prepared for 12. The
young couple left on the Great West-:
erri at 12:40 for Dubuque, where they
will visit for a few- days.

Waterloo Daily Courier - Sep 3, 1901
The young folks of H.Trebon's family
visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Fuchs near Dewar.
[Henry L. Trebon (son of Henry G.) is 1st cousin to Mary Zuraff]

Semi Weekly Reporter - Jan 1, 1909
Mrs. Jacob Fuchs of Dubuque visited
at the Koester home.

Probable 1920 Census Record

Jul 04 1876 Birth		Birth of Mary Zuraff
Feb 15 1879 Age 2		Death of father, Constantine Zuraff
Jun 1880 Age 3		Lived in Perry, Buchanan, Iowa (Census)
Jun 1900 Age 23		Lived in East Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa (Census)
Feb 12 1901 Age 24		Married to Jacob Fuchs
Dec 05 1901 Age 25		Birth of child, Dolorosa Fox
May 02 1903 Age 26		Birth of child, Paul Fox
1905 Age 28		Birth of child, Carmelita Fox
Apr 1910 Age 33		Lived in Dubuque Ward 3, Dubuque, Iowa (Census)
Mar 21 1920 Age 43		Death of Mary Zuraff