The Historic Moms of German Village
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Mary Birkenbach

Mary and her husband were, no doubt, seen as example to her neighbors. She was born in Bavaria in 1862 and immigrated as a young child in 1868. She became the wife to Matthew in 1884, a successful merchant, and together they raised eight children over the course of their 58 year marriage.
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