1868–1895
Wife of my great granduncle (great great uncle)
Maria Hantz (who took the name “Mary” after arriving in the United States) was the daughter of Mathias Hantz (born 1836) and his wife Elisabeth Presser (1835–1919). She was born in Kollerbach, Germany on April 20, 1868 and baptized there on April 26 of that year. In 1881, she immigrated to the US with her parents, who settled in New York City.
She married Thomas Benson Warner in Manhattan on December 31, 1991. She was 23 and he was 27. For more information, please refer to his page.
Maria died of tuberculosis, in New York City, on December 7, 1895, at the age of 27. She was buried the next day at the Most Holy Trinity Cemetery in Brooklyn.