Mary Guth

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• Religion: Mennonite

Notes:

Obit: The Milford Review - September 18, 1941

MRS. HENRY ROTH CALLED BY DEATH
Death came suddenly to Mrs. Henry Roth at her home near Beaver Crossing Saturday morning. Although Mrs. Roth had been in failing health and was under the doctor's care, her condition was not considered serious.

Funeral services were held Monday at the West Fairview Mennonite Church with Rev. Wm. Eicher officiating and Rev. J. E. Zimmerman and W. A. Eicher assisting. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Out of town members of the immediate family who came to attend the services were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Roth, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Wenger, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rensberger and families and Mrs. Emma Roth of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

OBITUARY
Mary Guth Roth was born in Tazewell County, Illinois December 9, 1871 and peacefully fell asleep at her home near Beaver Crossing on September 13, 1941 at the age of 69 years, 9 months and 4 days. In her early youth she accepted Christ as her personal Saviour and united with the Mennonite Church of which she remained a faithful member till death.

On December 14, 1893, she was united in marriage to Henry Roth. To this union, ten children, four sons and six daughters were born. They are Ben J. of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Alvin J., who passed away at Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Perry Troyer of Waterford, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Noah Graber, Mrs. W. W. Beckler and Ezra of Beaver Crossing, Clarence C. of Wayland, Ida at home, Mrs. Emery Wenger of Wayland, Iowa and Mrs. Jacob Y. Rensberger of Wellman, Iowa. She leaves to mourn her passing three sons, six daughters, two half-sisters, Mrs. Peter Riel and Mrs. Phoebe Lauber of Tofield, Alberta, thirty-two grand children, one great grand child and a host of relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband on August 27, 1932, her son Alvin on June 21, 1941, and two grandchildren.

She was a devoted companion, a loving mother, much concerned with the spiritual welfare of her children. She will be greatly missed in the place she leaves vacant.

Mary married Henry Roth on 14 Dec 1893 in Tazewell Co., IL. Henry (son of Jakob Roth and Maria Lauber) was born on 17 Mar 1869 in Baden-Württemberg, GR; died on 27 Aug 1932 in Goehner, Sewad Co., NB; was buried in Beaver Crossing, Seward Co., NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• USR1: Measles

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“Married Maria "Mary" Guth - Feb. 26, 1871 in Tazewell County, Illinois. (Maiden name was also Guth)
Joseph Guth died of measles a few months after his daughter Mary was born.
After the death of his wife Maria Guth/Stauffer in 1878, their daughter Mary would live with Joseph's brother Christian and his wife Elizabeth Guth in Tazewell County, Illinois until her marriage in 1893.

Information taken from the book "The Family History of HENRY and MARY GUTH ROTH"

Birth:
1849?

Buried:
Guth Cemetery

Joseph married Mary Guth on 26 Feb 1871 in Tazewell Co., IL. Mary (daughter of Christian Guth and Magdalena Steiner) was born on 1 Feb 1850 in Sturzelbronn, Moselle, FR; died on 26 Feb 1878 in Seward Co., NE; was buried in Milford, Seward Co., NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obit: Herald of Truth - Volume XV, Number 5 - May 1878, pages 89 and 90
STAUFFER.- Feb. 26th, in Seward Co., Neb., in childbed, Sister MARY, wife of Joseph STAUFFER, aged 28 years and 25 days. She leaves a bereaved husband and three children to mourn their loss. Her child she took with her. She was a faithful sister in the Amish church. She bore her brief sickness with great patience. A very touching sermon was delivered on the funeral occasion by Joseph Gascho and P. P. Hershberger, from Lamentations 3: and Matt. 24:42-44. This family with his parents came to this place from Livingston Co., Ill., and in less than a month the sister was called to her eternal home.

Birth:
Muhlenbach estate (Moselle?)

Buried:
East Fairview Cemetery

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Married:
By Christian Unzicker

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• Occupation: Servant (From Ship List)
• Religion: Mennonite
• Immigration: 21 Dec 1830, NY
• Residence: 1831, Butler Co., OH
• Residence: Oct 1833, Washington, Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1850, Tazewell Co., IL
• Ordained: by 1866, Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Rannsbrunnerhof was originally established by another Cistercian monastery, Sturzelbronn. “The buildings (in 1999) were old and rustic but the Hertzler family living in them at the time had restored parts of the house. Rannsbrunnerhof translates ‘Farm of the Raven Spring.’ The original spring still trickles into a well under the house. Both the spring’s internal access in the cellar for house use and the external access outside the cellar door for farm use are framed in stone openings, the edges of which show the wear from centuries of drawing water.”

Peter was a deacon of the Evangelical Mennonite Church at Groveland. He signed the bond document for his sister-in-law, Anna’s, guardianship of her children after her husband Andrew died.

Birth:
Ransbrunnerhof (Headstone date)

Immigration:
Departed Le Havre Oct 1830, arrived 21 Dec 1830 on ship De Rham

Residence:
Purchased land while there, but sold it to move to IL

Census:
Peter Good, 40; Susan, 35: and six children

Ordained:
Deacon

Died:
(Headstone date)

Buried:
Guth Cemetery - Sunnyland, 8 Bridgate St, on Route 8. (See Mennonite Heritage December 1976 for list of interments)

Peter + Susanna Oyer. Susanna (daughter of Jacob Oyer and Suzanne Shertz) was born on 4 Apr 1808 in Niderhoff, Moselle, FR; died on 12 Dec 1888 in Sunnyland, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Sunnyland, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 1830, New Orleans, LA

Notes:

“On Sept. 13, 1808 a death entry for Susanna was placed in civil records at Niderhoff. It stated that she was born April 4, 1808 (matching her birth entry there), was a daughter of miller Jacob Oyer and his wife Susanne Charzes [Schertz], and had died at age 5 months, 6 days. It was signed by grandfather Hans Oyer, 56; father Jacob Oyer; and uncle Joseph Oyer, 32. We cannot explain the motives for this entry. Jacob brought a 22-year-old daughter Susanna with him when he sailed on the Superior; she is buried in Guth Cemetery, and a photograph of her headstone can be found in the county cemetery book. It says she died Dec. 12, 1888 or 1889, at 79 years, 8 months, and 7 days – either one year and one day, or simply one day off the civil entry birth date. “

Immigration:
Ship Superior, with parents

Died:
Or 1889., per Joseph Staker

Buried:
Guth Cemetery

Notes:

Leaseholder on the Muhlenbach estate near Sturzelbronn.

Birth:
Ransbrunnerhof

Died:
Hofgut Muhlenbach

Christian + Magdalena Steiner. Magdalena was born in 1811; died in 1857. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 159
• Religion: Amish Mennonite

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Ten known children with Anna Christner.
Two sons with Magdalena Nafziger: Valentin, b. 1815 and Josef, b. 1817.

Johannes married Anna ChristnerSulzthal, Alsace, FR. Anna (daughter of Christian Christner and Margarethe Stutz) was born about 1735 in Sulzthal, Alsace, FR; died in Ransbrunnerhof, Palatinate, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 160

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• Occupation: Miller at Hermersbergerhof farm near Landau
• Residence: Abt 1815, Turquestein, Meurthe, FR
• Immigration: 1830

Notes:

On the journey to America Jacob and his second wife were accompanied by Susanne and Anna, two daughters born to Jacob in his earlier marriage to Susanne Schertz. A son, Joseph, was born to Jacob and Elisabeth at sea, ten days before they disembarked in New Orleans. Jacob had married Elisabeth in February of 1830, only a few months before their departure. The aged Johannes lived with Jacob and Elisabeth in the community of Turquestein immediately before they emigrated. Jacob had a total of 10 children.

Peter Guth (Good) was administrator of Jacob’s estate.

Birth:
Hermersbergerhof, near Landau.

Buried:
Family plot on his farm

Jacob married Suzanne Shertz about 1807. Suzanne was born about 1780; died on 2 Jul 1829 in Turquestein, Meurthe, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]