Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) FRANTZ

(b. 22 December 1867 , Hegenheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France d. 4 February 1947 , Greenville, Rhode Island, USA )

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Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) FRANTZ was born 22 December 1867 in Hegenheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) FRANTZ was the child of Chretien FRANTZ and Marie-Anne REININGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Johann Jean FRANTZ and Thérèse BECK (maternal) Johann-Jean REININGER and Françoise WALTER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) married Wilhelm August Erdman THEINERT 21 December 1892 in Rockville, Connecticut, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children. Wilhelm August Erdman THEINERT was born 29 October 1859 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville). Wilhelm August Erdman died 8 September 1930 in Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA (Albion) (Manville) (Fairlawn) (Lonsdale) (Saylesville). Wilhelm August Erdman was the child of August Karl THEUNERT (THEINERT) and Johanna Ernestine WALTHER.

Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) FRANTZ died 4 February 1947 in Greenville, Rhode Island, USA.

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"Mary Louisa Frantz – known as Louise M. Frantz – Erdman’s (Edward) third wife, and my Grandmother... Cousin Erdman tells me Gramma Theinert brought Al Riang (person=9922) (Born 1881 Germany) with her to America. Al was her sister’s son. However,have since discovered that Gramma immigrated in 1890 and Al in 1895. Erdman also tells me plans for Gramma Theinert – while still in Alsace Lorraine – were for her to become a nun. Evidently, she did not want to do that and came to America. Gramma Theinert was born in 1868 when Alsace Lorraine was under French control she immigrated when it was once again under German control." Source: Gail

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Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) FRANTZ married

Wilhelm August Erdman THEINERT-- Date: 21 December 1892 Place: Rockville, Connecticut, USA
Rockville, CT town records

Wilhelm August Erdman THEINERT was the child of August Karl THEUNERT (THEINERT) and Johanna Ernestine WALTHER

"According to Cousin Erdman, they met when Grampa Theinert was teaching English to German immigrants. Gramma T. lived in Albany, NY before meeting Grampa T., so where they actually met is vague. I also can not find the year Gramma immigrated. Prior to Grampa marrying Gramma and moving to Providence, he lived in Holyoke, as stated above.
Uncle Ed said he was five when they married, so I think it was probably very early 1883." Thanks to Gail

Children of Wilhelm August Erdman THEINERT and Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) FRANTZ:

William THEINERT (b.2 October 1893, Providence, Rhode Island, USA d. 17 December 1962, Dade City, Florida, USA)
m. Veronica Elizabeth STOEFFLER 20 October 1932 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Walter Frederic THEINERT (b.15 June 1895, Providence, Rhode Island, USA d. 4 March 1955, Norwich, Connecticut, USA )
m. Grace Leola WILBUR 3 February 1920 in Waterville, Maine, USA
m. Edna Browe LAWTON 6 December 1932 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Rosalie Eleanor THEINERT (b.22 June 1898, Providence, Rhode Island, USA d. 30 January 1973, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA)
m. Paul Max SCHWARZE 8 February 1919 in Niagara Falls, New York, USA

Anne THEINERT (b.16 December 1901, Providence, Rhode Island, USA d. 8 April 1971, Greenville, Rhode Island, USA)
m. Charles Hoyt THEINERT 14 May 1923 in , New Jersey, USA

Lillian Marjorie THEINERT (b.22 March 1908, Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA d. 14 March 1995, Lake Wales, Florida, USA)
m. Alfred Harold EQUI 9 November 1928 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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France Births and Baptisms, 1546-1896
Name Louise Frantz
Gender Female
Baptism/ Christening Date
Baptism/ Christening Place
Birth Date 21 Dec 1867
Birthplace HEGENHEIM, HAUT-RHIN, FRANCE
Death Date
Name Note
Race
Father's Name Chretien Frantz
Father's Birthplace
Father's Age
Mother's Name Marie Anne Reininger
Mother's Birthplace
Mother's Age
Indexing Project (Batch) Number C83592-9
System Origin France-ODM
Source Film Number 1069549
Reference Number

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Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) FRANTZ - 1867 Birth

1867 Birth
Archives Départementales du Haut-Rhin

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) FRANTZ -

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1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

Immigration ???
????? What are the odds that this is her? The country of origin says Switzerland, but her birthplace is right next to Switzerland. This is the only record that even comes close to matching, unless there are more manifests not yet published.

First Name: Louise
Last Name: Franz
Age: 23
Ship: La Champagne
Arrived: 6 Oct 1890
Country: Switzerland
Port of Departure: Havre
City or Village of Destination: United States
Paid by: Self

Interesting note: The record that might belong to her brother, Joseph, also shows the ship La Champagne from Havre a year later.
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Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) FRANTZ - 1890 Immigration information Liste Des Haut-Rhinois Ayat Emigre Vers LAmerique Entre 1871 et 1918 Archives Departmentales du Haut-Rhin www.archive

1890 Immigration information
Liste Des Haut-Rhinois Ayat Emigre Vers L'Amerique Entre 1871 et 1918
Archives Departmentales du Haut-Rhin
www.archives.cg68.fr/ GetDocument.ashx?id=1455
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1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1892 Marriage / Partner
Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) FRANTZ and Wilhelm August Erdman THEINERT 21 December 1892, Rockville, Connecticut, USA

She was 25 years old.

1893 Birth of Child
William THEINERT was born 2 October 1893, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) was 25 years old.

1895 Birth of Child
Walter Frederic THEINERT was born 15 June 1895, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) was 27 years old.

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1898 Birth of Child
Rosalie Eleanor THEINERT was born 22 June 1898, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) was 30 years old.

1900 Morris Avenue, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Theinert, Edward, head, b. Oct 1858, MA, age 41, parents b. Germany, farmer
Louise, wife, b. Dec 1868, Germany, age 31, married 8 years, mother of 5 children, 5 children living, year of immigration 1889
Louise, daughter, b. July 1883, age 16, b. CT, father b. MA, mother b. Germany, at school
Edward, son, b. Feb 1888, MA, at school
William, son, b. Oct 1893, RI, age 6, at school
Walter, son, b. Jun 1895, RI, age 4
Rosie, daughter, b. Jun 1898, RI, age 1
Azeveds, Manuel J, servant, b. 1870, Portugal, year of immigration 1891, farm laborer

1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Greenville, Rhode Island, USA
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 Birth of Child
Anne THEINERT was born 16 December 1901, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) was 34 years old.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1908 Birth of Child
Lillian Marjorie THEINERT was born 22 March 1908, Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA (Albion) (Manville) (Fairlawn) (Lonsdale) (Saylesville)

Mary Louisa (A.K.A. Louise Marie) was 40 years old.

1910 Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island
Theinert, Edward W., head, age 50, married for 27 years, b. MA, parents b. Germany, farmer.
Theinert, Louise, wife, age 41, married for 27 years, mother of 8 children, 7 living, b. Germany, parents b. Germany, year of immigration 1880
Theinert, William, son, 16, b. Rhode Island, farmer on horse farm
Theinert, Walter F., son, 14, b. Rhode Island, laborer on horse farm
Theinert, Rosalie, daughter, 12, b. Rhode Island
Theinert, Annie, daughter, 8, b. Rhode Island
Theinert, Lillian, daughter, 1 11/ 12, b. Rhode Island
Frantz, Laura, niece, 9, b. New Jersey, parents b. Germany
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Greenville, Rhode Island, USA
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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1915 Rhode Island State Census
Name: Louise M Theinert
Residence: Lincoln, E.D. 161, Providence, Rhode Island
Age in years: 46
Estimated birth year: 1869
Birthplace: Germany
Relationship to head-of-household: Wife
Gender: Female
Race: White
Father's birthplace: Germany
Mother's birthplace: Germany
Page letter: G
Line number: 20
Film number: 1769017
Collection: Rhode Island State Census, 1915

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Hegenheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France (Hégenheim)
Hegenheim (Germany) 1919
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1919 Marriage of Child
Rosalie Eleanor THEINERT married 8 February 1919, Niagara Falls, New York, USA to Paul Max SCHWARZE

1920 Lime? Rock Road, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island
Theinert, Edward, head, age 60, b. MA, parents b. Germany, farmer
Louise, wife, age 51, b. Alsace-Lorraine, parents b. Alsace-Lorraine, German, year of immigration 1890, naturalized 1892
William, son, age 26, b. RI, farmer
Anna, daughter, age 18, b. RI
Lillian, daughter, age 18, b. RI
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1920 Marriage of Child
Walter Frederic THEINERT married 3 February 1920, Waterville, Maine, USA to Grace Leola WILBUR

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 Marriage of Child
Anne THEINERT married 14 May 1923, , New Jersey, USA to Charles Hoyt THEINERT

1925 Rhode Island State Census
Name: Louise Theinert
Residence: Lincoln, E.D. 134, Providence, Rhode Island
Age: 56
Estimated birth date: 1869
Place of Birth: Alsace Germany
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Gender: Female
Race: White
Page number: 10
Line number: 10
GSU Film Number: 1769821
Family Number: 78
Collection: Rhode Island State Census, 1925

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1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1928 Marriage of Child
Lillian Marjorie THEINERT married 9 November 1928, Providence, Rhode Island, USA to Alfred Harold EQUI

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 182 Old River Road, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island
Edward W Thunert 70, head, married, age at first marriage 24 years, b. MA, parents b. Germany, farming, general farm
Louisia M Thunert 61, wife, married, age at first marriage 24 years, b. France, parents b. France, German, year of immigration 1890, naturalized
William Thunert 36, son, b. RI, single, farming general farm
Walter F Thunert 34, son, b. RI, single, farming general farm
George Thornton 57, b. RI, lodger, farming general farm
Joseph Phaneuf 22, b. RI, lodger, farming general farm
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1930 Death of Spouse/Partner
Wilhelm August Erdman THEINERT died 8 September 1930, Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA (Albion) (Manville) (Fairlawn) (Lonsdale) (Saylesville)

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1932 Marriage of Child
William THEINERT married 20 October 1932, Providence, Rhode Island, USA to Veronica Elizabeth STOEFFLER

1932 Marriage of Child
Walter Frederic THEINERT married 6 December 1932, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA to Edna Browe LAWTON

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island
name: Louise M Theinart
event: Census
event date: 1935
event place: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
residence: Old River Road, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island
street address: Old River Road
gender: Female
marital status: Widowed
race:
head of household - number in family: 2
birth date: 22 Dec 1868
birthplace: Germany
film number: 1711479
1935 Rhode Island State Census
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1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island
Old River Road
Theinert Walter F, head, 42 (should be 45), b. RI, manager, dairy farm
Theinert Edna B, wife, 33, b. MA
Theinert Elaine, daughter, 4, b. RI
Theinert Gay Louise (should be Gail), daughter, 1/ 2, b. RI
Theinert Louise, mother, 71, widow, b. Germany
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1946 - New Jersey
Newton, New Jersey, City Directory, 1946

Theinert, Louise M (wid Edw W) r 34 Hillside ave
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1947 Death
Name: Mary Louisa Theinert
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 07 Feb 1947
Burial Place: Forest Hills, Mass
Death Date: 04 Feb 1947
Death Place: Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
Age: 78
Birth Date: 22 Dec 1868
Birthplace: Alsace Lorraine, France
Occupation: At Home
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Edward W. Theinert
Father's Name: John Frantz
Father's Birthplace: Alsace Lorraine, France
Mother's Name: Mary Reiniger
Mother's Birthplace: Alsace Lorraine, France
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01178-7
System Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
Source Film Number: 2168230
Reference Number:
Collection: Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950

Mary is buried at: Forest Hills Cemetery

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA*

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