Martin John Heinrich Stelzer

Brief Life History of Martin John Heinrich

When Martin John Heinrich Stelzer was born on 8 October 1885, in Augusta, Saint Charles, Missouri, United States, his father, Johann Henry Christian Stelzer, was 29 and his mother, Anna Marie Elise Wessler, was 25. He married Alma Dorothea Catharina Mangelsdorf on 31 October 1909. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died on 3 March 1963, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Martin John Heinrich Stelzer
1885–1963
Alma Dorothea Catharina Mangelsdorf
1887–1939
Marriage: 31 October 1909
Edna L. Stelzer
1910–1977
Gustav Renatus Stelzer
1915–2009
Norma Emma Stelzer
1917–2006
Myrtle Stelzer
1918–1980
Alfred Eugene Stelzer
1924–
Bernice Alma Stelzer
1927–2000

Sources (15)

  • Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Martin J Stelzer, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Martin John Stelzer, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

German:

nickname from Middle High German stelzære ‘person with a wooden leg’.

habitational name for someone from any of various places called Stelzen.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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