Mary Gully was second oldest child of her parents Joseph Gully and Crescentia Stoeckle. (She had an older sister that died in infancy) As a child, she traveled from Delaware to Lafayette County, Wisconsin where her folks opened a farm. In late summer 1861, her father died suddenly leaving her pregnant mother and several younger siblings to fend for themselves. Harvest time was upon them. Mary's new brother was born five weeks after her dad's death. She was a great help to her mother through difficult months.
During the summer of 1865, her family moved 380 miles northwest to Stearns County, Zion Township, St. Martin, Minnesota to homestead. Her mother remarried the year previous.
In 1870 census, at age 17, Mary is recorded living in the nearby community of Richmond working as a domestic servant in a hotel and store owned or managed by the John & Apollonia Schoenborn family. At the same time, August 1870, she is also recorded living at home in Zion Township with her family. Although included in her family's household enumeration, she was apparently away in Richmond, perhaps temporarily, and was tallied twice.
At age 20 years, on August 4, 1873, Mary married local man John Gilles, a farmer from close-by community Spring Hill, MN. The birth of their first child occurred the next spring on April 4, 1874, the very same day Mary's mother Crescentia was birthing her fifteenth child.
Sadly, Mary died two days after giving birth to a son John Mathias Gilles. Her death certificate remarks "cause of death brain fever". Mother Crescentia died two years later following the birth of her sixteenth child.
Husband John Gilles buried Mary in St. Michael's Cemetery in Spring Hill, MN. Their son, known as Mathias, lived to about twelve years old reportedly dying from tuberculosis. An alternate oral history suggested young Mathias' death followed a bout with scarlet fever in his early teen years. Mr. Gilles married again two years after Mary's death and moved to Athens and Halsey, Wisconsin then later to Paradise Hill, Saskatchewan. He and his new wife Anna Richter had 14 children. He died June 9, 1921 in Canada at age 72 years. written by Gregory Dorr
During the summer of 1865, her family moved 380 miles northwest to Stearns County, Zion Township, St. Martin, Minnesota to homestead. Her mother remarried the year previous.
In 1870 census, at age 17, Mary is recorded living in the nearby community of Richmond working as a domestic servant in a hotel and store owned or managed by the John & Apollonia Schoenborn family. At the same time, August 1870, she is also recorded living at home in Zion Township with her family. Although included in her family's household enumeration, she was apparently away in Richmond, perhaps temporarily, and was tallied twice.
At age 20 years, on August 4, 1873, Mary married local man John Gilles, a farmer from close-by community Spring Hill, MN. The birth of their first child occurred the next spring on April 4, 1874, the very same day Mary's mother Crescentia was birthing her fifteenth child.
Sadly, Mary died two days after giving birth to a son John Mathias Gilles. Her death certificate remarks "cause of death brain fever". Mother Crescentia died two years later following the birth of her sixteenth child.
Husband John Gilles buried Mary in St. Michael's Cemetery in Spring Hill, MN. Their son, known as Mathias, lived to about twelve years old reportedly dying from tuberculosis. An alternate oral history suggested young Mathias' death followed a bout with scarlet fever in his early teen years. Mr. Gilles married again two years after Mary's death and moved to Athens and Halsey, Wisconsin then later to Paradise Hill, Saskatchewan. He and his new wife Anna Richter had 14 children. He died June 9, 1921 in Canada at age 72 years. written by Gregory Dorr
Mary Gully was second oldest child of her parents Joseph Gully and Crescentia Stoeckle. (She had an older sister that died in infancy) As a child, she traveled from Delaware to Lafayette County, Wisconsin where her folks opened a farm. In late summer 1861, her father died suddenly leaving her pregnant mother and several younger siblings to fend for themselves. Harvest time was upon them. Mary's new brother was born five weeks after her dad's death. She was a great help to her mother through difficult months.
During the summer of 1865, her family moved 380 miles northwest to Stearns County, Zion Township, St. Martin, Minnesota to homestead. Her mother remarried the year previous.
In 1870 census, at age 17, Mary is recorded living in the nearby community of Richmond working as a domestic servant in a hotel and store owned or managed by the John & Apollonia Schoenborn family. At the same time, August 1870, she is also recorded living at home in Zion Township with her family. Although included in her family's household enumeration, she was apparently away in Richmond, perhaps temporarily, and was tallied twice.
At age 20 years, on August 4, 1873, Mary married local man John Gilles, a farmer from close-by community Spring Hill, MN. The birth of their first child occurred the next spring on April 4, 1874, the very same day Mary's mother Crescentia was birthing her fifteenth child.
Sadly, Mary died two days after giving birth to a son John Mathias Gilles. Her death certificate remarks "cause of death brain fever". Mother Crescentia died two years later following the birth of her sixteenth child.
Husband John Gilles buried Mary in St. Michael's Cemetery in Spring Hill, MN. Their son, known as Mathias, lived to about twelve years old reportedly dying from tuberculosis. An alternate oral history suggested young Mathias' death followed a bout with scarlet fever in his early teen years. Mr. Gilles married again two years after Mary's death and moved to Athens and Halsey, Wisconsin then later to Paradise Hill, Saskatchewan. He and his new wife Anna Richter had 14 children. He died June 9, 1921 in Canada at age 72 years. written by Gregory Dorr
During the summer of 1865, her family moved 380 miles northwest to Stearns County, Zion Township, St. Martin, Minnesota to homestead. Her mother remarried the year previous.
In 1870 census, at age 17, Mary is recorded living in the nearby community of Richmond working as a domestic servant in a hotel and store owned or managed by the John & Apollonia Schoenborn family. At the same time, August 1870, she is also recorded living at home in Zion Township with her family. Although included in her family's household enumeration, she was apparently away in Richmond, perhaps temporarily, and was tallied twice.
At age 20 years, on August 4, 1873, Mary married local man John Gilles, a farmer from close-by community Spring Hill, MN. The birth of their first child occurred the next spring on April 4, 1874, the very same day Mary's mother Crescentia was birthing her fifteenth child.
Sadly, Mary died two days after giving birth to a son John Mathias Gilles. Her death certificate remarks "cause of death brain fever". Mother Crescentia died two years later following the birth of her sixteenth child.
Husband John Gilles buried Mary in St. Michael's Cemetery in Spring Hill, MN. Their son, known as Mathias, lived to about twelve years old reportedly dying from tuberculosis. An alternate oral history suggested young Mathias' death followed a bout with scarlet fever in his early teen years. Mr. Gilles married again two years after Mary's death and moved to Athens and Halsey, Wisconsin then later to Paradise Hill, Saskatchewan. He and his new wife Anna Richter had 14 children. He died June 9, 1921 in Canada at age 72 years. written by Gregory Dorr
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