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Note: BERTHA ELIZABETH MUNCH ( other spellings found. Muench, Menz, Meakin) WAS BORN IN SHEYBOYGAN, WISCONSIN JANUARY 21, 1858. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM SCHULTZ IN BURLINGTON, WISCONSIN AND THEY MOVED TO DOVER, WI WHERE THEY HAD THEIR SON, WILLIAM. (1877) THEN MOVED TO MARYLAND, WI WHERE THEY HAD THEIR DAUGHTER, ANNA- MINA COTALENA , (1879) In 1880 they are living in Rantoul, Calumet, Wisconsin. THEN THEY MOVED TO MILWAUKEE, WI., WHERE THEY HAD CHARLES (1883) and then their daughter, Ida . THEN THEY MOVED TO PARROTT COUNTY, TEXAS. 3 OF THE CHILDREN ARE SHOWN BEING BORN IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. (1886- 1891) THEN THEY MOVED TO EUSTIS, NEBRASKA . IN THE 1900 CENSUS FOR DAWSON COUNTY, TOWNSHIP: HOLMES PRECINCT, BERTHA IS SHOWN LIVING WITH SOME OF HER CHILDREN. THE SPELLING IN THE CENSUS IS SHULTZ. (HAVE FOUND BERTHA WITH THE SPELLING SCHULTZ, SHULTZ, AND SHOLTS.) IN 1900 BERTHA IS THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND SHE IS LISTED AS A FARMER, FOR HER OCCUPATION. BERTHA ALSO IS LISTED AS A WIDOW. SINCE LUELLA WAS NOT BORN UNTIL 1902, THEN WILLIAM SCHULTZ DIED SOMTIME BEFORE THAT. IN THE 1897 SCHOOL CENSUS FOR EUTIS, NEBRASKA, WILLIAM IS SHOWN AS THE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, AND BERTHA IS NOT LISTED, BUT SOME OF THE CHILDREN ARE. WILLIAM IS 19, ANNA IS 18, IDA 16, CHARLIE 14, EMMA 11, AUGUST 9, BERTHA 7, LENA IS 5 AND THEY ARE ATTENDING SCHOOL. IN THE 1900 CENSUS, WILLIAM HAS LEFT THE HOUSE, ANNA HAS LEFT THE HOUSE, AND IS NOW MARRIED TO LESLIE TANNER. AND IDA HAS LEFT THE HOUSE. LUELLA IS BORN IN 1902 IN Midway Canyon. ( Probally near Midway Ranch in Dawson Co. THE SCHULTZ FAMILY HAS MOVED TO SEWARD, SEWARD COUNTY, abt 1903 AND THAT IS WHERE BERTHA IS BURIED. SHE DIED DECEMBER 11, 1941. LUELLA FATHER IS MOSTOFF ( OR MUSTAFF) BERTHA IS BURIED AS A MOSTOFF....... According to her obit, she had been a resident of Seward County for 45 years. Death Certificate says she died of a Heart Blockage. in 1900 census BERTHA LISTS THAT SHE HAD 11 CHILDREN, AND 8 ARE STILL LIVING. LUELLA IS NOT BORN yet, the family lives in Holmes Precinct, Close to Antelope Precinct in Cozad, Dawson Co., Ne. Daughter Anna and her husband Leslie live in the same area. ACCORDING TO A LETTER GIVEN TO ME BY LUELLA'S DAUGHTER N LAW, BERTHA MARRIED MOSTAFF AND THEY HAD LUELLA. MR MOSTAFF WAS KILLED IN OLKA, WHERE HIS MONEY WAS TAKEN FROM HIM AND THEN KILLED. BERTHA AND WILLIAM SCHULTZ WERE MARRIED FOR ATLEAST 18 YEARS, MAYBE MORE. SHE WAS 43 WHEN SHE MARRIED WILLIAM MOSTOFF. Bertha bought her cemetery lot from Mrs G. B. Ohle. Gustis Ohle is buried next to her. 1910 Bertha Mostaff and her daughter, Luella live with her daughter, Helena. Also in the house is Bertha son, August and his wife, Mary ( Sonday). They live in J Pct., Seward, NE. Bertha is listed as Bertha Mostaff and she lists that she had 12 children and 8 are living. Luella Mostaff is 8 born in Nebraska. 1920 census Bertha and Luella Mastaff live in Seward, Seward Co., Nebraska. Luella works for the telephone company as a operator. Luella is 17 Bertha lists her parents as both born in Germany. 1930 census Bertha lists that her parents are both born in New York. She is renting a house in G Precinct 3rd ward, Seward, Nebraska.
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