


Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Sisterman and Grohs Families
Mary Erdman

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Name Mary Erdman [1, 2] Birth 1857 Wisconsin [1, 2]
Gender Female Arrival 1867 Immigration 1867 Residence 1880 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [1]
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife Residence 1900 Nora, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA [2]
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife Residence 1910 Freeport Ward 1, Stephenson, Illinois, USA Hearing about Robert Alexander 2 Nov 1915 Freeport, Illinois [3]
Hearing about Robert Alexander Obituary for Anna Pundt 7 May 1937 Valparaiso, Indiana [4]
Obituary for Anna Pundt Person ID I553 SistermanFamily Last Modified 9 Mar 2025
Father George Adolphus Erdman, b. 20 May 1837 d. 28 Oct 1902, Utah, USA (Age 65 years)
Relationship natural Mother Wilhelmine Henriette Sperrer, b. 7 Jan 1819 d. 25 Jan 1867, Luisenstadt, Brandenburg, Germany (Age 48 years)
Relationship natural Marriage 1 May 1855 Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland [5]
Family ID F21 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 William Alexander, b. 1832, Ohio Marriage 5 Sep 1874 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [6]
Married 1890 [2] Children 1. Myrtle Mae Alexander, b. 24 Apr 1890, Iowa, USA d. Jan 1986, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
(Age 95 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
2. Alma Alexander, b. 23 Sep 1895, Illinois, United States d. Dec 1974 (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
3. Robert Alexander, b. 1906, Wisconsin, United States [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
Family ID F146 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Mar 2025
Family 2 Johann Joachim Friedrich "Fred" Pundt, b. 1 Dec 1854, Bretwisch, Süderholz, Vorpommern-Rügern, Germany d. 17 Feb 1915, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, USA
(Age 60 years)
Family ID F152 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Mar 2025
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Obituary for Anna Pundt Hearing about Robert Alexander
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Notes - Original thought about birth year: 1856 in Germany, but she did not immigrate with parents and sister Caroline. Born to George and Wilhelmine, but after they immigrated in 1857 - thus 1858?
Possibly 20 Oct 1858?
Was she married a 3rd time to a "Breece" (or Breese)?
- Original thought about birth year: 1856 in Germany, but she did not immigrate with parents and sister Caroline. Born to George and Wilhelmine, but after they immigrated in 1857 - thus 1858?
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Sources - [S33] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 195; Page: 612c; Enumeration District: 133.
- [S28] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 13, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 260; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0389.
- [S77] Newspapers.com - Freeport Journal-Standard - 2 Nov 1915 - 2, (Name: Freeport Journal-Standard; Location: Freeport, Illinois; Date: 2 Nov 1915;).
https://www.newspapers.com/article/freeport-journal-standard/156570079/?xid=637Hearing about Robert Alexander - [S4] Newspapers.com - Vidette-Messenger of Porter County - 7 May 1937 - 2, (Name: Vidette-Messenger of Porter County; Location: Valparaiso, Indiana; Date: 7 May 1937;), Obituary for Anna Pundt 7 May 1937.
https://www.newspapers.com/article/vidette-messenger-of-porter-county-obitu/156569814/?xid=637Obituary for Anna Pundt - [S55] Ancestry.com, Kurhannover, Kingdom of Hannover, and Province of Hannover, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1643-1887, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).
- [S28] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;).
- [S33] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 195; Page: 612c; Enumeration District: 133.