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Personal data Mary Elisabeth Schiess 

  • She was born on April 20, 1862 in Sils, Kanton Graubünden.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Sources: Elizabeth Bingham, Sandra Jan Lewis, & Loa Lee Hatch
  • She died on August 3, 1923 in Logan, Cache Co.,, Utrecht, Nederland, she was 61 years old.
  • She is buried after August 2, 1923 in Logan, Cache Co.,, Utrecht, Nederland.
  • This information was last updated on February 15, 2020.

Household of Mary Elisabeth Schiess

She is married to John C Widmer.

They got married on January 6, 1886 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten, she was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Markus Widmer  1897-1938 


Notes about Mary Elisabeth Schiess

Marie (Maria) (Mary) Elisabeth Schiess

Sources: Author: Bingham, Elizabeth, Bingham, Marybeth, & Hatch, Loa Lee, Title: "Mary Elisabeth Schiess," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: FamilySearch, Publication date: ii Mar MMXII), Repository: The
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Link: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2HD-QBC

"... Mary Elisabeth Schiess Sex Female Birth 20 April 1862 Sils, Graubünden, Switzerland Death 3 August 1923 Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Burial Logan, Cache, Utah, United States

Other Information

Alternate Name Birth Name Maria Elizabeth Schiess Widmer [now how can a married name be a birth name?] Last Changed: June 9, 2013 by marybeth bingham1
Alternate Name Birth Name Maria Schiess Last Changed: June 9, 2013 by marybeth bingham1
Alternate Name Birth Name Mary Schiess Last Changed: June 9, 2013 by marybeth bingham1
Alternate Name Birth Name Marie Schiess Last Changed: June 25, 2013 by FamilySearch
Alternate Name Married Name Marie Wietmer Last Changed: June 25, 2013 by FamilySearch

Immigration 1883 Reason This Information Is Correct: added immigration and residence Last Changed: August 18, 2014 by marybeth bingham1
Residence 1900 ED 81 Mt. Sterling, Wellsville Precincts Wellville, Cache, Utah, United States Reason This Information Is Correct: added immigration and residence Last Changed: August 18, 2014 by marybeth bingham1
Residence 1910 Logan Ward 4, , Utah Reason This Information Is Correct: added residence 1910 Last Changed: August 23, 2014 by marybeth bingham1
Residence 1920 Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Last Changed: March 22, 2017 by LewisSandraJan1

Children of Mary Elisabeth Schiess and John C Widmer (8)

[1 m] John Conrad Widmer 1886-1977
[2 m] Thomas Edmund Widmer 1887-1889
[3 m] Joseph Widmer 1889-1889
[4 f] Mary Widmer 1890-1920
[5 f] Clara Widmer 1892-1964
[6 m] David Widmer 1893-1946
[7 m] Markus Widmer 1897-1938
[8 m] Fredrich Widmer 1903-1929

Parents and Siblings

Johann Michael Schiess 1813-1882
Marriage: 12 August 1849 Tamins, Graubünden, Switzerland
Ursula Elizabeth Zellweger 1823-1904

Children of Ursula Elizabeth Zellweger and Johann Michael Schiess (6)

[1 m] Caspar Schiess 1849-1922
[2 f] Christina Schiess 1851-1866
[3 m] Johann Michael Schiess 1855-1932
[4 m] Jacob Schiess 1859-1934
[5 f] Mary Elisabeth Schiess 1862-1923
[6 f] Anna Schiess 1866-1925"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Elisabeth Schiess

Mary Elisabeth Schiess
1862-1923

1886

John C Widmer
1857-1944

Markus Widmer
1897-1938

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Historical events

Birthday April 20, 1862

  • The temperature on April 20, 1862 was about 11.1 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 7 » American Civil War: Union forces engage Confederate troops at the Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas.
    • May 13 » The USSPlanter, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines and is passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship.
    • July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the last of the Seven Days Battles, part of George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.
    • September 1 » American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
    • September 13 » American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
    • September 15 » American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia).

Day of marriage January 6, 1886

  • The temperature on January 6, 1886 was about 1.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
    • June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
    • June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
    • June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
    • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
    • November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

Day of death August 3, 1923

  • The temperature on August 3, 1923 was between 13.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
    • March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
    • April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
    • August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
    • September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
    • October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.


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