Maria Christiana Kugler, daughter of Johann Michael Kugler and Maria Katarina Kolb , was born on 15 November, 1877, in Leibenstadt, Adelsheim, Germany and died on 27 March, 1901, in Minonk, Illinois, at age 23.

Maria married William Schroeder on 21 August, 1900, in German Evangelical St. Pauls Church, Minonk, Illinois. William was born in 1873. They had one child: Maria Elsie .

Maria Elsie Schroeder was born on 26 March, 1901, in Minonk, Illinois, died on 19 August, 1901, in Minonk, Illinois, and was buried in Minonk Township Cemetery, Minonk, Illinois.