Martha Ann Wenger^{[1, 2]}

1886 - 1933  (47 years)

• Name	Martha Ann Wenger
  Born	5 May 1886	Sandusky, Sanilac, Michigan, United States
  Gender	Female
  Eby ID Number	00040-3219.7
  Died	6 Dec 1933	Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States
  Buried	Hyslop Cemetery, Elmer Township, Sanilac County, Michigan, USA
  Person ID	I16975	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Christian Wenger,   b. 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1906  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann S. Gole,   b. 20 Oct 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jul 1945, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States  (Age 96 years)
  Married	4 May 1873	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F2510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Miss Martha Ann Wenger passed away at Pontiac, Michigan, at 7:15 a. m., Wednesday morning. Dec. 6. following an illness of about a year She had been confined to bed for for the past few weeks, but the end came suddenly, and as a great shock to her family and many friends Funeral services were held for her Friday evening. Dec. 8, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Albert Hetherington, by Rev. F. C. John son, of the First Methodist church, Pontiac. Mrs Willetta, of Pontiac,) rendered appropriate vocal selections. The remains were brought to the Hyalop cemetery, Elmer township, Saturday morning. Services at the grave were conducted. by Rev. James H. James, of the, Methodist church of Elmer, at 11:30 a. m. Miss Wenger was the daughter of Christian and Mary Ann Wenger, and was born on a farm near Sandusky on May 5, 1886, the family later moving to Yale, Mich. She is survived by her mother, Mary Ann Wenger, who is in her []6th year, brother: _____ Mrs. Leah Regan, Ann Arbor: Mrs. Alta Hetherington, Pontiac: Mrs. Mary Curtis, Detroit, and Menno Wenger, of Elmer township The deceased was a registered Hackler Hospital Training School, for Nurses, Muskegon, Mich. In the class of 1912. After her graduation: she became a supervisor in the hospital where she trained, which postion she held for several years. During the World war she served as an army nurse at Fort Riley. Kansas. Since the war she has, done, private duty nursing in and around Detroit. Her last position was as head nurse at a private sanatorium at Farmington, Mich. which position she was forced to resign about a year ago because of a heart condition. During the pass year she has lived at the home of her sister, Mr.. Hetherington, In Pontiac. She has led a busy, useful life, and gave lavishly of her time and strength in her service for others. She is well known in the nursing field, and has a wide circle of friends who mourn her Miss Wenger was a member of the Hackley Hospital Alumnae association, the Wayne county branch of the Michigan State Nurses' association, and of the Regan-Lide post of the American Legion. Detroit; also the American Red Cross Nursing service.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 700. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 626. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012902-73. Christian Wenger, 22, occ. Farmer, b. Canada, res. Woolwich, son of Jonas and Mary Anna married Mary Ann Gole, 24, b. Canada, res. Breslau, daughter of Jacob and Catharine, witnessed by: Henry Wiegand of Berlin and Martin Wegenast of Waterloo, 4 May 1873 in Berlin

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 May 1886 - Sandusky, Sanilac, Michigan, United States Died - 6 Dec 1933 - Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth