In the 1880 census, Maria was age 5 and is listed as living with her father Joseph, age 32, mother Mary, age 36, sister, Anna, age 9, and brother Frank, age 1 in West Newton, Nicollet Co., Minnesota. In 1881 her father died at the age of 33 and in 1882 her mother married Leonard Boor. The 1885 census lists Mary Boor as age 9 living with her step father, Leonard Boor, mother, Mary Boor, and siblings, Anna Boor, age 13, Frank Boor, age 6, Katharina Boor, age 1, and Margretha Boor, age 0, living in Brighton, Nicollet, Minnesota. This would explain the last name of Boor at the bottom of her cemetery marker. Her death certificate located in Nicollet County records her name as Mary Franta and her death as December 10, 1885 at the age of 18,(should be 10). No cause of death or parents are listed.
In the 1880 census, Maria was age 5 and is listed as living with her father Joseph, age 32, mother Mary, age 36, sister, Anna, age 9, and brother Frank, age 1 in West Newton, Nicollet Co., Minnesota. In 1881 her father died at the age of 33 and in 1882 her mother married Leonard Boor. The 1885 census lists Mary Boor as age 9 living with her step father, Leonard Boor, mother, Mary Boor, and siblings, Anna Boor, age 13, Frank Boor, age 6, Katharina Boor, age 1, and Margretha Boor, age 0, living in Brighton, Nicollet, Minnesota. This would explain the last name of Boor at the bottom of her cemetery marker. Her death certificate located in Nicollet County records her name as Mary Franta and her death as December 10, 1885 at the age of 18,(should be 10). No cause of death or parents are listed.
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