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• Obituary: 9 May 1951

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Obituary:
Saginaw News, 5/9/1951
Mrs. Sophie Maher, Minneapolis, Minnesota - Former resident of Saginaw, passed away Monday at Minneapolis, Minn. She was the widow of James G. Mahar. Surviving are one daughter and one son: Mrs. W.J. McGoldrick, Minneapolis, Minn.: James J. Maher, Detroit. Funeral service will take place at 8 am Thursday at St. Mary's Cathedral. Msgr. Felix Vogt will officiate, with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Friends will meet at 8:30 pm Wednesday at the Frazee Funeral Home to recite the Rosary.

Died:
Church death record list's her parents as John Strong and Mary James which is incorrect. It list's her age as 84, which would make her birth year as 1867, which is incorrect.

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Sophia married James Gervais MAHER on 20 Jun 1894 in Saginaw, Saginaw, MI. James (son of John James MAHER and Bridget HENDRICK) was born on 15 Aug 1870 in East Saginaw, Saginaw, MI; died on 6 Mar 1934 in Detroit, Wayne, MI; was buried on 9 Mar 1934 in Calvary Cemetery, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
From a newspaper clipping on the marriage of James and Sophie:

A June Wedding

Miss Sophia Techentine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Techentine, was united in marriage yesterday morning at St. Mary's church by Rev. Fr. Dalton with James Maher, in the presence of immediate friends and relatives. Miss Carrie Herm acted as bridemaid and Paul Besner as best man. In the evening a reception was held at the residence of the newly-wedded couple, 719 Meredith street, where they have gone housekeeping, which was largely attended. The groom is a trusted employee in the wholesale department of Wm. Barie & Son and the bride is one of Saginaw's most esteemed young ladies.

1. Infant Son MAHER was born on 17 Nov 1894; died on 17 Nov 1894; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI.
2. Margaret Mary MAHER was born on 11 Mar 1896 in Saginaw, Saginaw, MI; was christened on 29 Mar 1896 in St. Mary's Church, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI; died on 11 Dec 1987 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN; was buried on 14 Dec 1987 in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN.
3. James John MAHER was born on 28 Apr 1902 in MI; died on 30 May 1966 in Detroit, Wayne, MI; was buried on 1 Jun 1966 in Parkview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia, Wayne, MI.

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• Name: Charles Techentien
• Immigratn: 1856
• Census: 21 Jul 1870, East Saginaw, Saginaw, MI
• Census: 6 Nov 1880, East Saginaw, Saginaw, MI
• Census: 21 Apr 1910, Albee Township, Saginaw, MI

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Note:
Charles lost his left arm in a wood cutting accident.

Census:
1870 census at East Saginaw, Saginaw Co., MI shows: Chas Tachimtins, 33, occupation, teaming, b. Mecklenburg; Mary, 29, b. Mecklenburg; Emma, 9, b. MI; Lena, 5, b. MI; Nellie, 3, b. MI; Frank, 6/12, b. MI and Fred Suhr, 22, laborer, b. Mecklenburg.

Census:
1880 census at East Saginaw, Saginaw, MI shows: Carl Techentin, 41, school janitor, b. Mecklenburg, parents b. Mecklenburg/Mecklenburg; Mary, 40, b. Mecklenburg, parents b. Mecklenburg/Mecklenburg; children, all b. MI: Emma, 19; Lena, 15; Nelly, 13; George, 11; Sophia, 8; Maria, 5.

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Christian married Mary SUHR on 14 Aug 1859. Mary (daughter of Charles SUHR and Sophia SABUHR) was born on 13 Oct 1840 in Mecklenburg, GERMANY; died on 18 Feb 1910 in Burt, Saginaw, MI; was buried on 22 Feb 1910 in Brady Hill Cemetery, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Obituary: 20 Feb 1910

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Note:
A story is told of Mary who would yell at neighbor children who were teasing George, 'Why do you treat my Georgie so, the only boy I got.'

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Charles married Sophia SABUHR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]