Maria Luise Laurier

b. 24 September 1869, d. 17 July 1931
  • Maria Luise Laurier was born on 24 September 1869 in Speyer, Rheinpfalz.
  • She was baptized/christened on 16 October 1869 at Sankt Georgium Evangelisch (now Trinity) in Speyer, Rheinpfalz.
  • She was known as Louise.
  • Franz Peter Laurier and Luisa Hofstetter, accompanied by Maria Luise Laurier, Franz Eugen Laurier and Ludwig Friedrich Laurier, departed in June 1888 from the Port of Bremen, Bremen, aboard the Norddeutscher Lloyd SS Aller.
  • Franz Peter Laurier and Luisa Hofstetter arrived in the Port of New York on 7 July 1888, accompanied by Maria Luise Laurier, Ludwig Friedrich Laurier and Franz Eugen Laurier with mother and daughter Luise traveling 2nd cabin, and the others in steerage.
  • She married Theodore Mulz, son of Josef Mulz and Anna Schnopperich, on 26 October 1890 in Manhattan, New York.
  • Maria Luise Laurier and Theodore Mulz appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Manhattan, New York, at 84 Third Street. Other members of the household included Frank Theodore Mulz, Christina A. L. Mulz and Rose Mulz.
  • The following appeared on 5 April 1910 in the Buffalo Evening News: [Died] April 5, 1910, Louise Laurier (nee Hostetter), widow of Franz Laurier; mother of Fritz Laurier of Newport, Ky; Mrs. Edward L. A. Schwabe, Mrs. E. T. Becker of Holder, Fla; Eugene Laurier, Niagara Falls, N. Y; Mrs. Theodore Mulz, Brooklyn, N. Y; Ludwig Laurier, New York city; aged 76 years. Funeral from the residence of her son-in-law, Dr. Edward L. A. Schwabe, 417 Swan street, Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial at the convenience of the family.
  • Maria Luise Laurier and Theodore Mulz appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at 3407 Fulton Street. Other members of the household included Frank Theodore Mulz and Christina A. L. Mulz.
  • Maria Luise Laurier became a widow at the 29 September 1916 death of her husband Theodore Mulz.
  • Maria Luise Laurier appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at 242 Autumn Ave. Other members of the household included Christina A. L. Mulz.
  • Laurence S. Waterman and Christina A. L. Mulz appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Rockville Centre, Nassau County, New York, at 142 Shellbank Avenue. Other members of the household included Maria Luise Laurier.
  • Maria Luise Laurier died on 17 July 1931 at age 61.
  • She was interred at Greenfield Cemetery, Uniondale, Nassau County, New York.
  • Photographs of present-day Speyer.
  • Last Edited: 11 Apr 2014

Family: Theodore Mulz b. January 1867, d. 29 September 1916