Born: June 30, 1886, Pennsylvania
Died: March, 12, 1934, Morris County, New Jersey
Relation to Author: Great Grandfather
Margaret (Margarite) Williams
Born: November 4, 1887, Neath(?), Pennsylvania
Died: March 4, 1972, Succasunna, Morris County, New Jersey
Relation to Author: Great Grandmother
My great grandfather, Frederick Paulus, was the son of German immigrants. My great grandmother, Margaret Williams, was the daughter of Welsh immigrants. Frederick and Margaret married in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where both families lived.
Since starting this project, I've wondered where in Scranton the two families lived and how Margaret and Frederick met. Census records tell us which wards in Scranton the families lived in and the map at bottom shows us where this was.
The Paulus family (father Christian Paulus, mother Charlotte Paulus and 5 children) lived in ward 19 (bottom left - purple-ish color) in 1900 and 1910. The Williams family (father Robert Williams, mother Elizabeth Williams <nee Thomas>, and 4 children) lived in ward 2 (upper right - same purple-ish color) in 1910.
I don't know where the Williams lived prior to 1910. So I have no idea when the family moved to Scranton and whether they were in a different ward prior to 1910. If they lived in ward 2 prior to 1910, it makes you wonder who two people, with different family histories and living in different neighborhoods (and probably not of the same religion) would have met, fell in love, and married.
We do know that Margaret and Frederick married on May 31, 1910 (almost 102 years ago) in Scranton, Pennsylvania. They were married by R.J. Rees - Minister of the Gospel - and witnessed by August Engel and Louise Schneider.
The notes I have on the marriage say that Frederick was living in Wharton, New Jersey at the time and Margaret was still living in Scranton, Pennsylvania (1910 census records confirm this). So apparently Frederick had gone ahead to New Jersey looking for work.
By 1920, Frederick and Margaret had moved from Wharton to Roxbury / Kenvil, NJ and they had four children - Edna, Frederick, Alvin, and Elizabeth.
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