Eva Maria Possin ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for Eva was Mary Possin.^{1 3 5 6}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1 June 1829 and a birth location of Neulangsow, Oderbruch, Brandenburg, PRUSSIA.

There is a problem with this birth year of 1829. The newspaper obituary from Beaver Dam gave her age at the time of her death as 77 years, 8 months, and 10 days. That calculates to a birth year of 1831 which is what is given on her gravestone.
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• She immigrated on 31 May 1848 to New York, NY.
⁷ Hamburg to New York, Aboard the Vessel Emma Heyn
Arrived in New York: 31 May 1848

Country of Origin: Deutschland
Family Number: 1004536
Ship Name: Emma Heyn
Port of Departure: Hamburg, Germany
Port of Arrival: New York
Arrival Date: 31 May 1848
National Archives Series: M237
Microfilm No. 72

1. POSSIN, Martin (Male) Age: 48
2. POSSIN, Anna (Female) Age: 42
3. POSSIN, Maria (Female) Age: 18
4. **POSSIN, Anna (Female) Age: 14
5. POSSIN, Caroline (Female) Age: 11
6. POSSIN, Dorothea (Female) Age: 6
7. POSSIN, Louisa (Female) Age: 2
8. POSSIN, Ernest (Female) Age: 1
Martin Possin and his family emigrated directly to Theresa, Dodge County, Wisconsin
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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Theresa, WI on 23 July 1850. ²

1850 US Census
Page 226B, Roll 996, Household 107
Theresa, Dodge County, Wisconsin
Maria Posen..21..Prussia
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If Eva were married in 1849, then why was she still living at home in Jun 1850? I suspect that the marriage date is not correct and that she was not married until late 1850 or early 1851.
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Williamstown, WI on 10 June 1860. ⁵

1860 US Census
Page 33, Dwelling 277, Family 263
Williamstown, Dodge County Wisconsin
Mary Schultz..31..PRUSSIA
(Living with husband and 5 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 31 Aug 1831, then her age should have been 28 instead of 31.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Williamstown, WI on 6 August 1870. ⁶

1870 US Census
Page 55, Dwelling 388, Family 415
Williamstown, Dodge County, Wisconsin
Mary Schultz..41..PRUSSIA..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 5 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 31 Aug 1831, then her age should have been 38 instead of 41.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Williamstown, WI on 2 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 3, Roll 1423, District 29, Dwelling 27, Family 28
Williamstown, Dodge County, Wisconsin
Mary Shultz...Wife..51..PRUSSIA..Housekeeper
(Living with husband and 3 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 31 Aug 1831, then her age should have been 48 instead of 51.
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• She was buried after 9 May 1909 in the Burnett Union Cemetery in Burnett Township, Dodge, WI.

Find A Grave Memorial #30611968
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• Her obituary was published in the Beaver Dam Argus on 21 May 1909 in Beaver Dam, WI.

³ Mrs. Mary Schultz died Sunday, May 9th, at the home of her niece, Mrs. Julius Possin, in the town of Chester, aged 77 years, 8 months and 10 days.

(Source: Beaver Dam Argus, Friday, 21 May 1909, Page 5)
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Eva married Friedrich G. Schultz on 2 December 1849 in Theresa, WI.¹ (Friedrich G. Schultz was born on 3 February 1821 in Prussia,^{1 5 6} died on 22 May 1905 in Burnett, WI ^{3 8} and was buried after 22 May 1905 in Burnett, WI ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Williamstown, WI on 10 June 1860. ⁵

1860 US Census
Page 33, Dwelling 277, Family 263
Williamtown, Dodge County Wisconsin
Wm. Schultz..39..PRUS..Farmer
Mary Schultz..31..PRUS
Mary Louise Schultz..9..WI
William Schultz..8..WI
Julius Schultz..6..WI
Charles Schultz..3..WI
Emilie Schultz..6m..WI
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Williamstown, WI on 6 August 1870. ⁶

1870 US Census
Page 55, Dwelling 388, Family 415
Williamstown, Dodge County, Wisconsin
William Schultz..49..PRUS..Farmer
Mary Schultz..41..PRUS..Keeping House
Fred Schultz..19..WI..At Home
Julius Schultz..17..WI..At Home
Charles Schultz..13..WI..At Home
Amelia Schultz..9..WI..At Home
Edward Schultz..6..WI..At Home
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Williamstown, WI on 2 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 3, Roll 1423, District 29, Dwelling 27, Family 28
Williamstown, Dodge County, Wisconsin
Fredrick Shultz...Head..59..PRUS..Farmer
Mary Shultz...Wife..51..PRUS..Housekeeper
Charley Shultz...Son..23..WI..Working On Farm
Amelia Shultz...Dau..21..WI..At home
Eddie Shultz...Son..16..WI..Working On Farm
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  Marriage Notes:

Research records of Friedrich Schultz and Eva Marie Possin:

There is a Wisconsin Death record from Williamstown, Dodge County, Wisconsin for a "Wilhelm Schultz" that died in 1898. It gives his birth date as 3 Feb 1821 and his wife's name as "Maria Possen Schultz". This certainly sounds like the correct person but there is a 1900 census for a "Fred Schultz", obviously still alive, and born about 1830 living in Trenton, Dodge County. There is also a Beaver Dam newspaper article giving details of the death of Frederick Schultz who died on 2 Jun 1905.

So when did he die? Was it in 1898 or was it in 1905? Census records show several Schultz families living in the area and both William, Wilhelm, Friedrich, and Frederick were all common names. Based on the use of the name of the spouse as "Maria Possen Schultz" in the Wisconsin Death Record, I'd have to think that this was the correct one and therefore Friedrich's date of death should be 1898.

However, the Find-A-Grave memorial pages for a Friedrich and Maria Schultz provide different birth and death dates. There is a photograph of their common gravestone which states that Friedrich Schultz was born on 3 Jul 1828 (instead of 1821) and died 22 Mar 1905 (instead of 1898).

Notice that this date of death is even different than the Fred Schultz that died in the Beaver Dam newspaper article mentioned above (22 Mar 1905 compared to 2 Jun 1905). Could this be even a third Friedrich Schultz?

On the gravestone for Friedrich Schultz on Find-A-Grave, it states that his wife, Maria, was born 31 Aug 1831 and died on 9 May 1909. Notice that the date of birth for this Maria Schultz is different than that of Eva Maria Possin who was thought to have been born on 1 Jun 1829, according to German Church records. However, the date of death on the gravestone precisely matches that of the known date of death for Eva Maria Possen, namely 9 May 1909.

Unless there was a different Maria that was married to a different Friedrich but she happened to die on the same exact day as Eva Maria Possin, then I'd say the photograph of the gravestone seems to correctly match her to the proper Friedrich Schultz. And that same photograph gives what must now be assumed to be the correct birth and death dates for Friedrich Schultz.

This means that the Wisconsin Death Record in 1898 for a "Wilhelm Schultz married to a Maria Possen Schultz" must be a different person.

This also means that the newspaper article about a Beaver Dam resident named Frederick Schultz who died on 2 Jun 1905 must also be a different person.

That leaves only the birth dates for Friedrich Schultz and Eva Maria Possin to be questionable. The census data for Friedrich throughout the years seems to support a birth year of 1821 instead of the 1828 on the gravestone. The problem is that a birth year of 1821 now suggests that the Wisconsin Death Record might be correct after all.

The birth date for Eva Maria as given on the gravestone as 1831 certainly does not match any of her census records which consistently suggested a birth year of 1829 which match the original German church records.

Now you're thinking that maybe the gravestone for Friedrich and Maria Schultz are not the right persons after all! The real problem is that there were too many people in a close geographic area all with the same name of either Friedrich Schultz or Maria Possin.

To support the conclusion of too many people with the same name and probable misidentification, there is an 1850 census record which shows Eva Maria Possin, still unmarried and living at home with her parents. Robert Westphal also indicates that Eva Maria Possin and Friedrich Schultz were married in 1849. There was no mention of Friedrich Schultz living with his new wife at the Possin home on the 1850 census. If there was a marriage in 1849 between a Friedrich Schultz and a Maria Possin, it was probably between two different people than the two in this family file.
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