Matz and Schramm Families - Person Sheet
NameMary Elizabeth Lewis 
Birth13 Dec 1838, Pulaski, Oswego County, New York
Death12/13 Nov 1911, Wyoming, New York
OccupationIn charge of music at mother’s school in Chicago in 1850s. Played violin and piano in later life.
ReligionIn Chicago, member of St. James Episcopal Church.
FatherHiram L. Lewis (1806-1870)
MotherMary Jane Gillespie (1814-1878)
Spouses
Birth8 Mar 1830, Berlin, Prussia, Germany
Death8 Apr 1919, Chicago, Illinois
OccupationArchitect - 1849 @ James Mortimer & Co., Hamburg. 1850 @ Selzer, New York City. 1855 Illinois Central RR, Chicago. 1857 Own firm on Dearborn St., Chicago.
EducationIn Berlin - Royal Technical School at age 15. Royal Friedrich Werder Gymnasium at age 11. Wolff’s elementary school at age 7.
ReligionReformed Lutheran Church (Confirmed at Dorothy Church in Berlin)
FatherJohann C. Matz (1800-1868)
MotherAugusta Frederica Dahman (1800-1880)
Marriage26 Oct 1857, 267 Erie St., Chicago, Illinois
Notes for Mary Elizabeth Lewis
Moved to Chicago with her parents in 1852.
Married in family home built by Matz & H. Lewis.
In 1873, was one of the founder of the Chicago Fortnightly Association, President of Chicago Women’s Clun and head of the governing board of the Mary Thompson Hospital for Women and Children founded in 1865.
On 18 January 1892 she applied for a passport while in Paris, having left the US on 10 September 1891, A previous passport was issued in April 1881 in Chicago and seems to have an incorrect birth date, 11 December 1839 and says that she was 42 years old which would not be correct for that birth date; at that time she was planning to travel abroad with daughter Evelyn, age 18..
Died in Wyoming, NY at “Hillside Farm”, the home of a friend, Lydia Avery Coonley Ward. She was visiting while her daughter was in Europe. Mrs. Ward had sold her house in Chicago in 1911 and was living at a property which was in her family from 1858-1928. In November 1923 Mrs. Ward was driven in her Packard to Chicago, including a ferry trip from Buffalo to Cleveland, with Evelyn Matz and two other ladies to attend the wedding of her grandson, John Stuart Coonley, to Catherine Rehm. Mrs. Ward died in Chicago three months later.
1880 Census:
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
M. N. GRABLE Self M Male W 40 OH Clerk-Notion Store PA PA
Frances E. GRABLE Wife M Female W 40 OH Keeping House OH OH
Juliet GRABLE Dau S Female W 14 IL At Home OH OH
Lillia GRABLE Dau S Female W 11 IL At Home OH OH
Marion JOHNSON Other M Male W 50 OH Board-Trade NY NY
Nillia JOHNSON1 Other M Female W 18 IL At Home NY NY
Otto MATZ Other M Male W 50 PRU Architect PRU PRU
Mary L. MATZ2 Other M Female W 41 NY At Home NY NY
Herman L. MATZ3 Other S Male W 21 IL Student PRU NY
Rudolph MATZ4 Other S Male W 19 IL Student PRU NY
Evelyn MATZ5 Other S Female W 17 IL At School PRU NY
KOHLER Other S Male W 26 STUDIGART Draftsman STUDIGART STUDIGART
Mary MORRISON Other S Female W 25 IA At Home OH OH
Alice CAMPBELL Other S Female W 25 CAN Shirtmaker IRE IRE
Maria ROONEY Other S Female W 25 CAN Dressmaker IRE IRE
Notes
1WIFE TO MARION
2WIFE TO OTTO
3SON TO OTTO
4SON TO OTTO
5DAU TO OTTO
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Source Information:
Census Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Family History Library Film 1254199
NA Film Number T9-0199
Page Number 293B
Married in family home built by Matz & H. Lewis.
In 1873, was one of the founder of the Chicago Fortnightly Association, President of Chicago Women’s Clun and head of the governing board of the Mary Thompson Hospital for Women and Children founded in 1865.
On 18 January 1892 she applied for a passport while in Paris, having left the US on 10 September 1891, A previous passport was issued in April 1881 in Chicago and seems to have an incorrect birth date, 11 December 1839 and says that she was 42 years old which would not be correct for that birth date; at that time she was planning to travel abroad with daughter Evelyn, age 18..
Died in Wyoming, NY at “Hillside Farm”, the home of a friend, Lydia Avery Coonley Ward. She was visiting while her daughter was in Europe. Mrs. Ward had sold her house in Chicago in 1911 and was living at a property which was in her family from 1858-1928. In November 1923 Mrs. Ward was driven in her Packard to Chicago, including a ferry trip from Buffalo to Cleveland, with Evelyn Matz and two other ladies to attend the wedding of her grandson, John Stuart Coonley, to Catherine Rehm. Mrs. Ward died in Chicago three months later.
1880 Census:
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
M. N. GRABLE Self M Male W 40 OH Clerk-Notion Store PA PA
Frances E. GRABLE Wife M Female W 40 OH Keeping House OH OH
Juliet GRABLE Dau S Female W 14 IL At Home OH OH
Lillia GRABLE Dau S Female W 11 IL At Home OH OH
Marion JOHNSON Other M Male W 50 OH Board-Trade NY NY
Nillia JOHNSON1 Other M Female W 18 IL At Home NY NY
Otto MATZ Other M Male W 50 PRU Architect PRU PRU
Mary L. MATZ2 Other M Female W 41 NY At Home NY NY
Herman L. MATZ3 Other S Male W 21 IL Student PRU NY
Rudolph MATZ4 Other S Male W 19 IL Student PRU NY
Evelyn MATZ5 Other S Female W 17 IL At School PRU NY
KOHLER Other S Male W 26 STUDIGART Draftsman STUDIGART STUDIGART
Mary MORRISON Other S Female W 25 IA At Home OH OH
Alice CAMPBELL Other S Female W 25 CAN Shirtmaker IRE IRE
Maria ROONEY Other S Female W 25 CAN Dressmaker IRE IRE
Notes
1WIFE TO MARION
2WIFE TO OTTO
3SON TO OTTO
4SON TO OTTO
5DAU TO OTTO
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Source Information:
Census Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Family History Library Film 1254199
NA Film Number T9-0199
Page Number 293B