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THERESA MARIE SPITZ WAS THE DAUGHTER OF GUSTAVE SPITZ, SR. AND
HIS WIFE, NAME UNKNOWN. THE HUSBAND BROUGHT HIS PREGNANT WIFE TO THEU.S.A. FROM RINGSHEIM, GERMANY AND WHILE THEY WERE HERE, THE WIFEDELIVERED THERESA. HENCE HER CITIZENSHIP.
SHORTLY AFTER RETURNING TO GERMANY, THE WIFE DIED AND THE HUSBANDREMARRIED AND THE SECOND WIFE (NAME UNKNOWN) REAR-
ED THERESA AND HER BROTHER GUSTAVE, JR. THERESA EMIGRATED TO THE U,S, AROUND 1890 AND WORKED AS A COOK
FOR A DOCTOR COHEN IN N.Y.CITY WHO HAPPENED TO BE ON THE BOARD
OF THE N.Y.PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. THROUGH RELATIVES IN N.Y.,
SHE MET AND MARRIED GEORGE L. MARKERT FROM PHILA., A WIDOWER
WITH FOUR CHILDREN, ON SEPT. 5, 1906. GEORGE WAS A SALOON KEEP-
ER UNTIL PROHIBITION CAME IN IN 1918. SOMETIME BEFORE THAT THERSA SENTFOR HER BRTOTHER GUSTAVE, JR. AND HE EMIGRATED
TO KENSINGTON IN PHILA., AND OPENED A BUTCHER SHOP WHICH HE RAN
UNTIL HE DIED IN 1971. THERESA REARED THE FOUR CHILDREN OF GEORGE PLUSFOUR OF THEIR OWN. A FIFTH CHILD, KATHERINE, DIED
AS AN INFANT. THERESA DIED ON DECEMBER 19, 1943, AND GEORGE
DIED ON MAY 22, 1953. EDNA AND MARGRETTA WERE BORN IN THE AREA OF 29TH& JEFFERSON STS. IN PHILA PRIOR TO 1104 ARCH ST WHERE DAD HAD HIS SALOON.JOE AND STEVE, SR. WERE BOTH BORN AT THIS ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD:CHARLES WAS 14 YRS OLD WHEN HE RETURNED FROM GERMANY; LOUIS WAS 2 YRSOLD WHEN GEORGE AND THERESA WERE MARRIED. FAMILY ADDRESSES: AREA OF 29TH& JEFFERSON(BREWERY TOWN), 1104 ARCH ST, 5TH & TABOR RD, 6029 TORRESDALEAVE, 6313 TORRESDALE AVE., 1434 MAGEE ST. THERESA DIED AT THIS LASTADDRESS AND GEORGE WENT INTO HAYES MECHANICS HOME ON MONUMENT AVE. WHEREDIED IN 1953. ALL OF THESE ADDRESSES ARE IN PHILA., PA. |