
The communion records,
1885 - 1891, of St. Paul Lutheran, Napoleon Twp. show Fritz and Marie
Elling and Marie Elling taking communion there, not always on the same
dates, but usually twice a year. (Fritz had married in 1884 another Marie.)
Sometime
between 1880 and Mary, the immigrant's death in 1893, a case went to
court to declare lunacy for Mary. The records are sealed in probate
court so I couldn't look at them, but it is my speculation that Fritz
was having his mother declared senile and himself named as trustee for
her.
The image above shows the Death Register from the records of St. Paul Lutheran, Napoleon Twp.
The Deceased: Elling, Anna Marie Engel, the legitimate wife of Fried. Elling
Day of Death: March 24, 1893
Buried: March 28, 1893
Cause of Death: Weakness of Old Age
Age: 79y 5m 24d
"Estate": 4 children, 17 grandchildren and her Bible verse, Romans 6:23
Pastor Louis Dammann
She actually had five children, but at her death, the record states four...another support for the idea that son Henry died early at the age of 16. I believe the other children were all alive at the time of their mother's death.
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