Mary Elizabeth Hofbauer

1891 - 1981  (89 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth Hofbauer
  Birth	1 Dec 1891	Bavaria GERMANY
  Gender	Female
  Death	26 Aug 1981	Merrillville, LAKE, Indiana
  Burial	Calumet Park Cemetery, Merrillville, Indiana
  Person ID	I69692	King/Roy
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	Harry Sylvester Sharpley, Jr.,   b. 5 Jan 1890, St. Louis, ST. LOUIS, Missouri d. 19 Jul 1923, St. Louis, ST. LOUIS, Missouri (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	19 May 1915	Chicago, COOK, Illinois
  Family ID	F31622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 19 May 1915 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Born: Second child of Charles Hofbauer & Elizabeth Woldrich, she immigrated to the US with her parents and older brother Lucas when just an infant. Their family settled in Chicago. Married first to #1 Harry Sharpley in Chicago on May 19th, 1915 Married next to #2 Frank Damon Schmetzer on April 10th, 1926 in Cook Co., IL, with whom she had one daughter: Rosemary