MEET YOUR ANCESTORS

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐳𝐢𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡, 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐛 𝐂. 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐳𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟕, 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚. ⁣𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏, 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟐 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐈𝐨𝐰𝐚.

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Mary and George Kirkpatrick Hildreth were married on July 31, 1892, in Burr Oak, Jewell, Kansas. George was born on January 20, 1857. They had five children together.⁣

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1. Bernice Henrietta Hildreth⁣

2. Beulah Mae Hildreth⁣

3. Anna Mary Hildreth⁣

4. Nettie Leona Hildreth⁣

5. George Lawrence Hildreth⁣

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Tragically, their third child, Anna Mary Hildreth, succumbed to scarlet fever at the tender age of twelve.

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Mary was not only a nurturing mother but also a remarkable woman known for her incredible sewing skills. Over the years, she and her husband, George, found community and fellowship at the Burr Oak Church of the Brethren in Kansas. In 1918, seeking new opportunities, they made the move to Marshalltown, Iowa, where George opened his very own butcher shop. Legend has it that he also had a pickle barrel that sparked some curious investigations among the townsfolk!

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Mary was only fifty-one when her husband George died on April 29, 1922. He was sixty-five years old.  George is laid to rest in Marshalltown, Iowa.⁣

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Mary died ten years later, on November 1, 1932. She is buried in Marshalltown, Iowa. Mary was just shy of her sixty-first birthday when she died.  

Based on excerpts from the Christian Küntzi genealogy documents and the 1981 Kinzie Book of Anecdotes. Please contact us with any corrections or updates.