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Female Mary Mathilda Meints (Mereka) Click to view Mary Mathilda Meints in the family tree View timeline for this person's branch of the family tree

Mary was born on September 1st, 1894 in Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska.1   Mary's father was Henry C. Meints and her mother was Abbie Zimmerman.  Her maternal grandparents were Tamme Renken Zimmermann and Katherine Miller. She had four brothers and three sisters, named Christian, Thomas, Ollie, John, Tena, Maggie and Etta.  She was the fourth youngest of the eight children.  She died at the age of 88 on April 26th, 1983.  She was buried at the Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Pickrell, Gage County, Nebraska.2 




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Taken at Zion Lutheran Church, Pickrell, Gage County, Nebraska and sourced from http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/gage/cemeteries/zionlutheranlogan/photos.htm.
Gravestone of Fred and Mary M Schuster
Mary and Fred were married in a religious ceremony on May 2nd, 1915 at Zion Lutheran Church, Pickrell, Gage County, Nebraska.1   They had two sons and five daughters, named Ernest, Arnold, Eveline, Alvina, Abbie, Freda and Viola.


1 Kerry Tupper
2 www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/gage/cemeteries/zionlutheranlogan/photos.htm
3 "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3B3-MDS : accessed 16 Oct 2012), Mereka Meints in household of Henry C Meints, ED 58 Logan Township, Gage, Nebraska, United States; citing sheet 5A, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240928.
4 "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/ML46-M4V : accessed 17 Oct 2012), Mary Meints in household of Henry Meints, Logan, Gage, Nebraska; citing sheet 6B, family 115, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374859.
5 "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCVT-7MC : accessed 18 Oct 2012), Mary M Schuster in household of Fred Schuster, , Gage, Nebraska; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 3A, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820986.
6 "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K9MW-KTF : accessed 18 Oct 2012), Mary Shuster in household of Fred Shuster, Logan Township, Gage, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34-39, sheet 4B, family 64, NARA digital publication T627, roll 2247.
7 "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQKV-5HQ : accessed 18 Oct 2012), Mareck Schuster in household of Fred Schuster, Logan, Gage, Nebraska; citing enumeration district (ED) 0034, sheet 2A, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1281.
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