Mary MInnis

This is my great grandmother.  She was born in Germany. Her correct name was Maria Catherina Melcher. She married Charles Newman Minnis in 1908. She had 4 children with Charles. She died in Illinois. 
I hear she was small and fiesty. My dad remembers her always busy at work in the kitchen. She liked to spoil her grandchilden and the men in the family with special treats. Dad said the house would always smell good when she came to visit. She was a very faithful Baptist. She had a strong German accent throughout her life.