Anna Margaretha Müller - Schwartz Family History

Anna Margaretha Müller1839-1906Spouse:William Schwartz 1831-88Children:Rudolph Schwartz Sr. 1863-1946Parents:Heinrich Müller 1794Catharine 1810Siblings:Peter 1837Louisa 1842Half brother:Georg 1826Born 4 April 1839 in the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, AnnaMargaretha was the daughter of Heinrich and Catherine Müller.Anna’s older brother, Peter, was two when she was born. When Annawas three her sister, Louisa, was born.Youngsters Peter, Anna, and Louisa emigrated from Germany to theUnited States with their parents about 1845. Anna’s half brother fromher father’s first marriage also emigrated and they all settled in the“Germantown” neighborhood of Newark, NJ.Henry Müller worked as a stone mason to support his family.Research is ongoing and this section of Anna’s chapter will grow asmore becomes known. Finding the village where Anna was born isnecessary in order to locate all her siblings and find where her parentswere born and married.© www.historywriter.netChapter Four • Anna Müller page 1

The Schwartz Family HistoryGrand Duchy of BadenModern-dayGermanyThe former Grand Duchy ofBaden was bordered by Switzerlandon the south and France on the west.On the east was the Kingdom ofWürttemberg, which united with Badenin 1951, creating the modern Germanstate of Baden-Württemberg.MARRIAGE21 year-old Anna Müller and 29 year-oldWilliam Schwartz were married inNewark’s First German PresbyterianChurch on 28 August 1860. Anna’sbrother, Peter Müller, witnessed themarriage as did William’s brother, KarlSchwarz. The newlyweds made theirhome on South Orange Avenue in“Germantown” Newark where Williamworked as a grocer.William Schwartz emigrated fromGermany six years before his marriage toAnna and became a U.S. citizen in 1864,at which time he changed his name fromWilhelm Schwarz to William Schwartz.© www.historywriter.netChapter Four • Anna Müller page 2

The Schwartz Family History29 year-old Anna and 37 year-oldWilliam Schwartz photographed in1868 in Newark, NJ.Anna and William’s only child,Rudolph, photographed inNewark in 1868.Above is the 1860marriage certificate forthe Newark, NJwedding of WilhelmSchwarz and AnnaMüller. Witnesses tothe marriage wereKarl Schwarz,William’s brother andPeter Müller, brotherof the bride. The preprintedportion of thisdocument is written inOld German script.The Certificate wasprinted in Philadelphiafor the many Germanspeakingcommunitiesin the U.S.© www.historywriter.netChapter Four • Anna Müller page 3

The Schwartz Family HistoryAnna Muller’s only child, Rudolph,married Minnie Mönighoff in 1884 andthey had six children, four of whomlived to adulthood. See the RudolphSchwartz biography, Chapter One.49 year-old Anna was widowed in 1888when William, her husband of 28 years,died at age 57. Anna lived an additional18 years and died at age 66 on Feb 131906. She was buried three days later inWoodland Cemetery in Newark, NJ.Anna’s two infant grandsons and herhusband were also buried in the familyplot, purchased by her husband in 1867for $60.Anna Müller Schwartz photographed in herlater years in Newark, NJ.Anna and William’s only child wasborn 17 September 1863 in Newark,NJ, and baptized Rudolph Schwarz on11 August 1864 in Newark’s GermanEvangelical Protestant Church.Anna’s brother, grocer Peter Müller,married Maria Fandree on 20November 1861 in Newark. Witnessesto the marriage were Anna’s husband,William Schwartz, and Anna’s sister,Louisa Müller. Peter and Maria had sixchildren from 1862 to 1879. Morechildren may have been born later.Peter’s descendants later changed thefamily name to Miller.Anna’s sister, Louisa, married LudwigDilly in Newark on 16 November 1862.Louisa and Ludwig’s four childrenwere born between 1864 and 1874.According to her death certificate, Annawas ill for five days before her death,which was caused by a strangulatedfemoral hernia.Shortly after Anna’s death, sonRudolph Schwartz moved his familyto California.SCHWARTZ – On Tuesday, February 13, 1906,Anna M., widow of William Schwartz (neeMuller), aged 66 years 9 months 9 days. Relativesand friends are most respectfully invitedto attend the funeral from the residence ofher son, Mr. Rudolph Schwartz, No. 50 HunterdonStreet, on Friday, February 16, at 9:30A. M. Interment at Woodland Cemetery.Anna Müller’s 1906 obituary.Entrance toWoodland Cemeteryin Newark, NJ, whereAnna Müller wasburied in 1906.© www.historywriter.netChapter Four • Anna Müller page 4