Individual Details
Elisabeth Gross
(July 17, 1827 - April 26, 1904)
Her baptism sponsors were Elisabeth Fuchs and Michael Gross.
Sometime before her 14th birthday she emigrated with her parents to the United States of America and settled in the vicinity of Westphalia, Michigan. And six years after arriving in Saint Mary's parish, 20-year-old Elisabeth Gross married Johann Peter Schneider, a native of Prussia and either 13 or 16 years her senior.
At the time that the 1850 Federal census was taken, they were living in Lyons township, Ionia county, Michigan, where her husband worked as a potash boiler. However, the family still attended church at Saint Mary's in Westphalia.
By the time that the 1860 Federal census was taken, Johann Peter Schneider and Elisabeth Gross had moved to a farm in Dallas township.
Approximately three years after the birth of their youngest son, Johann Peter died and Elisabeth raised their 6 surviving children by herself.
Sometime before her 14th birthday she emigrated with her parents to the United States of America and settled in the vicinity of Westphalia, Michigan. And six years after arriving in Saint Mary's parish, 20-year-old Elisabeth Gross married Johann Peter Schneider, a native of Prussia and either 13 or 16 years her senior.
At the time that the 1850 Federal census was taken, they were living in Lyons township, Ionia county, Michigan, where her husband worked as a potash boiler. However, the family still attended church at Saint Mary's in Westphalia.
By the time that the 1860 Federal census was taken, Johann Peter Schneider and Elisabeth Gross had moved to a farm in Dallas township.
Approximately three years after the birth of their youngest son, Johann Peter died and Elisabeth raised their 6 surviving children by herself.
Events
| Birth | July 17, 1827 | ||||
| Marriage | May 30, 1848 | Westphalia, MI - Johann Peter Schneider | |||
| Death | April 26, 1904 | Dallas Twp., Clinton Co., MI | |||
| Cause of death (Facts Pg) | Valvular disease of the heart |
Families
| Spouse | Johann Peter Schneider (1811 - 1870) |
| Child | Peter Schneider (1849 - ) |
| Child | Mathias Schneider (1851 - 1931) |
| Child | Joseph Schneider (1854 - ) |
| Child | Johann P. Schneider (1857 - 1930) |
| Child | Michael Schneider (1860 - ) |
| Child | Jacob Schneider (1862 - ) |
| Child | Peter Schneider (1867 - ) |
| Father | Peter Gross (1801 - 1887) |
| Mother | Maria Fuchs (1806 - 1881) |
| Sibling | Johann Michael Gross (1829 - ) |
| Sibling | Anna Maria Gross (1832 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Anna Gross (1835 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Johann Peter Gross (1837 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Maria Gross (1840 - ) |
| Sibling | Anna Sophia Gross (1842 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Catharina Gross (1846 - ) |