Maria Johanna Friederike Holzhausen
Maria Johanna Friederike "Ricka" HOLZHAUSEN Gley, 1849-1912
Wife of a flour and feed dealer
Viola Hartig's grandmother's half-sister's daughter-in-law

 Husband Johann Carl Friedrich "John" GLEY, 1856-ca 1934
      The couple had five children, including:
       Daughter Augusta "Gussie" GLEY Stahnke, 1882-
       Daughter Alma M GLEY, 1884-
       Daughter Anna C GLEY, 1885-
       Daughter Rose Lilly Lucy GLEI, 1889-

Time Line

28 July 1849 - Born at Charlottenhof, Kreis Waren, Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She was the daughter of Johann Holzhausen, a day laborer who had relocated to Möllenhagen. He died prior to her 1881 wedding.

18 October 1881, age 32 - Married Johann Carl Friedrich "John" GLEY, age 25, at Ankershagen, Kreis Waren, Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The couple had five children.

About 3 November 1881, age 32 - Emigrated at Bremen, Germany. The couple traveled with the Fritz and Louise Rohloff family on the ship Köln.

13 November 1881, age 32 - Immigrated at Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland

7 July 1882, age 32 - Daughter Augusta "Gussie" GLEY Stahnke born at Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

5 June 1884, age 34 - Daughter Alma M GLEY born there

27 May 1885, age 35 - Daughter Anna C GLEY born there

1886, age 36 - Resided at 986 5th Street there. Pre-1930 house numbering system. The family lived there with their Johannsen relatives.

2 December 1889, age 40 - Daughter Rose Lilly Lucy GLEI born there
John and Ricka Gley Family

28 January 1890, age 40 - Mother-in-law Albertine Carolina Johanna "Caroline" GLEY Johannsen, age 53, died there of influenza

As of sometime before 1897 - Resided at 63 Locust there. This address is one house west of Pierce street on the south side of Locust. The home was built in 1886. In 1930 this address was renumbered as 629 E Locust. As of 1900 the family owned this own home, with a mortgage.

9 June 1900, age 50 - Recorded in the Federal census at 63 Locust there

20 March 1902, age 52 - Daughter Augusta "Gussie" GLEY, age 19, married Paul J STAHNKE there

15 April 1910, age 60 - Recorded in the Federal census at 63 Locust there

10 May 1912, age 62 - Died there of Gehirnschlag (cerebral apoplexy)

13 May 1912 - Buried at Union Cemetery there