Mary Willrich^[1]

1858 - 1932  (74 years)

• Name	Mary Willrich
  Born	5 May 1858	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/270449396
  Residence	1861	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Protestant
  Immigration	1864	, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Name	Maria "Mary" Willrich
  Name	Mary Blouse
  Naturalization	1864	, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	1871	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-60869
  Died	10 Aug 1932	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Cause: Bronchial Asthma (2 years) - Myocardial Insufficiency (6 months)
  Buried	13 Aug 1932	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8]
  Person ID	I60869	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Andreas "Andrew" Willrich,   b. 1 Jan 1827, , Germany ,   d. 4 Sep 1904, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Margaret Thoman,   b. 13 May 1841, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Feb 1916, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F230130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Blouse,   b. 13 Aug 1850, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Sep 1926, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Married	24 May 1874	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Oscar Blouse,   b. 21 Nov 1882, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Sep 1951, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States  (Age 68 years)   2. Violet Blouse,   b. 23 Dec 1884, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Margaret "Maggie" Blouse,   b. 4 Aug 1889, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Nov 1967  (Age 78 years)   4. Agnes Blouse,   b. 12 Aug 1889, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Henry C. "Harry" Blouse,   b. 12 Apr 1892, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1956, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F15928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  GALT WOMAN LEAVES HUSBAND Left Galt, Ont, for States, but husband causes arrest. The Detroit News says' One of these June romances was frustrated yesterday because John Blouse, of Galt, Ont, objected to his wife having two husbands. Perhaps Mrs. Louis Krupp also objected to her husband having two wives, but it was not she who telegraphed to the Detroit police that her husband had run away with Mrs. Blouse It was Mr. Blouse who was responsible for the arrest in Detroit Wednesday night of Krupp, Mrs. Blouse and Krupp's eldest son Harry, by Detectives Brooks and Seymour. The trio was turned over to the immigration office yesterday by the police. Chief Inspector Frick held a session with them lasting over an hour. When he got through they were much disgusted. In fact, Mrs. Blouse looked distinctly angry, and when she looks that way it's awful. It is not every June day that Cupid manages 'to shoot his arrows through the hide of a man of 50. But not even the fact that he was the father of eight children could shield Krupp from the tender emotion when Mrs Blouse was nigh And Mrs. Blouse herself the mother of three, one of whom is married, just could not resist the charm of Mr. Krupp, for she was only sweet 45, and all her life lay before her that didn't lie behind. So they started off, with Krupp's 23-year-old son as chaperon all in the balmy weather. They were en route for Kendington, Illi, near Chicago where had decided to make their they future home when John Blouse missed his wife, and instituted a thorough investigation in the town of Galt. What he learned their led him to telegraph to Detroit, and the police ran a few spikes into the matrimonial mill. The couple admitted that they had decided to elope because they were tired of their spouses and families and thought they could do better all by themselves on this side the lakes. As tor Harry, he alleged, with a grin, that he didn't know anything about the elopement plans until he was invited to chaperon the couple, but that he came along willingly enough. Mrs. Blouse sat in the immigration office after the ordeal with that fixed look that comes over the lace of a sufferer from lockjaw, and she was talkative as the nearest star. When asked a question fixed she clamped her teeth grimly together, so that the gold filling bulged. Meanwhile Mr. Krupp allowed that he had said all he was going to say, and Harry remarked that he would say nothing because he didn't know anything to say. The turtle doves and their chaperon were put under convey and taken back to the Ontario shore, where they were assured that they would not have to return to Galt unescorted. The Berlin News Record Thu, Jun 30, 1910 Page 4 __________ DIED IN GALT Galt, Aug. 11. There died at her residence, in Galt, Mary Willrich, widow of John Blouse, in her seventy-fifth year. The late Mrs. Blouse was born in Preston and had lived the past fifty years of her life in Galt. Surviving her are one sister, Miss Rose Willrich, of Toronto; two brothers, Otto Willrich. of Toronto, and Albert Willrich, of Saginaw, Mich.; one daughter, Mrs. L. Krupp, of Galt, and two sons, Oscar Blouse, of Detroit, Mich., and Henry C. Blouse, of Preston. The Hamilton Spectator Hamilton, Ontario, Canada · Friday, August 12, 1932

  
  

• Sources

  [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 9710-74. John Blosi, 22, occ. Carpenter, b. Waterloo Twp., res. Waterloo Village, son of Carl and Margaretha, Married Mary Willerich, 16, b. Preston, res. Waterloo Village, daughter of Andrew and Margaretha, Witn: Thomas Underwood and Rosine Willerich, both of Waterloo, 24 May 1874 at Preston [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-4 Page 2. [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Div. 16 Page 19. [S1885] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1861, Waterloo 1861 Dist. 1 Page 5. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Section 2 Page 25. [S2658] aaaaWaterloo Village 1871, Sect. 1 Page 20. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Mary Willrich Blouse b. 5 May Preston, d. 10 Aug 1932 Galt, d/o Andrew Willrich b. France & Margaret Thoman b. Preston, buried M. V. of Galt [S2699] Burial Card - Mount View Cemetery, Card Collection. Mary Wilrich BLOUSE - 13 Aug. 1932/

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 May 1858 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Protestant - 1861 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Immigration - 1864 - , Ontario, Canada Naturalization - 1864 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 24 May 1874 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Bronchial Asthma (2 years) - Myocardial Insufficiency (6 months) - 10 Aug 1932 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 13 Aug 1932 - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth