Husband: Claus Johann SCHULZ
Birthdate: about 1846
Birthplace: Holstein
Death date: 8 December 1898
Place of death: Davenport, Scott County, Iowa
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Wife: Maria Dorothea WIEDA
Birthdate: 9 June 1842
Birthplace: Holstein
Death date: 23 December 1887
Place of death: Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan
Father: Friedrich WIEDA
Mother: Margaretha FRAHM

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Child No. 1: Anna Maria SCHULZ
Sex: F
Birthdate: 28 June 1874
Birthplace: France
Death date: 23 December 1959
Place of death: Davenport, Scott County, Iowa
Marriage date: 2 February 1892
Marriage place: Davenport, Scott County, Iowa
Spouse's name: Albert Friedrich KURTH

Child No. 2: August SCHULZ
Sex: M
Birthdate: 31 December 1867
Birthplace: probably Holstein
Death date: August 1931
Place of death: Manistee, Manistee County, Michigan
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Child No. 3: Sophie SCHULZ
Sex: F
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Documentation:
* Death Records for Claus Schulz and Anna Maria Schulz Kurth, Scott County, IA.
* Newspaper obituaries for Claus Schulz, August Schulz and Anna Maria Schulz Kurth, Davenport, IA.
* Baptismal record for Maria Dorothea Wieda Schulz from 20 November 1842, St. Clemens Ev-Lutheran church, Büsum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
* Grave marker for Maria Dorothea Wieda Schulz, Trinity Cemetery, Manistee, MI.

Family tradition:
1.  Anna Maria Schulz born in France. Her death certificate lists "France" as her birth place. Family tradition is that Claus Schulz was a soldier in the German army who was stationed in Alsace of Lorraine after the Franco-Prussian War and his daughter was born there. This, in part, is verified by his obituary, which says he was a member of the Krieger Verein and of the Kampfgenossen of 1870-71 (two German veteran's organizations).
2.  The family initially immigrated to Manistee, MI, where Maria Dorothea died in 1887. Family tradition says that after her death Claus moved the family into a "squatters shack" in the sand dunes near Lake Michigan where they lived until moving to Davenport. August Schulz died of a heart attack after climbing the dune to visit the site during a 1931 visit to Manistee. The dunes no longer exist - several years ago they were sold to make glass for the automobile industry (evidently the sand was trucked away). The area (as of 1988) was a flat but sandy place. The spot where the shack was located (called "Schulz Hollow" by the family) was, as of 1988, a few feet into Lake Michigan - in a spot deeper than the surrounding area (it was evident the deeper area was man made by some piece of excavation equipment).
3.  Sophie Schulz is supposed to have gone by the name "Kitty Kelly" and died in Chicago, IL in the 1950's or 1960's.