Marianna "Mary Ann" Saurer ¹

  Noted events in her life were:

• United States Census: Residence, 1860, Fairfield, Dekalb County, Indiana, USA. Age 36

• United States Census: Residence, 1880, Fairfield, Dekalb County, Indiana, USA. Age 59

• United States Census: Resided, 1900, Wayne Township, Allen County, Indiana, USA. Age 76. Living with her son Christian and his family.

Marianna married Johann George Mertz, son of Johannes Georg Merz and Anna Maria Lehmannin, on 8 Mar 1846 in Wells County, Indiana, USA. (Johann George Mertz was born on 29 Nov 1820 in Koblstadt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, christened on 1 Dec 1820 in Monchweiler, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany,² died on 1 Feb 1889 in Fairfield, Dekalb County, Indiana, USA and was buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Fairfield Center, Dekalb County, Indiana, USA.)