Trivia 9-11-18 Kindergarten

[Mike Serpa]

Major General Carl Schurz, Margarethe Schurz - Wisconsin

 

[Ole Miss]

1) Carl Schurz
2) Margarethe Meyer Schurz
3) Wisconsin
Regards
David

 

[MRB1863]

Margarethe Meyer Schurz, wife of Carl Schurz. Kintergarten started in Watertown, Wisconsin.

 

[ScottMac]

Richard Dale Owen and wife Anne Eliza Neef of NewHarmony Indiana.

Edit - I will give credit for this answer. Although Watertown, WI seems to be more emphatic about claiming to be the home of the first kindergarten, the following website says that New Harmony can make the same claim. Richard Dale Owen did serve as a Civil War officer.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/utopia#ref144721

hoosier

 

[luinrina]

The officer was General Carl Schurz and his wife was Margarethe Schurz (née Meyer). The kindergarten was founded in 1856 in Watertown, Wisconsin.

Source: wikipedia (kindergarten, Margarethe, Carl)

 

[ErnieMac]

Margarethe Meyer-Schurz, wife of Major General Carl Schurz (also U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Interior), founded the first kindergarten in the U.S. in Watertown, Wisconsin, in 1854.

 

[roberts]

General Carl Schurz married Mararethe "Molly" Meyer-Schurz who founded the first kindergarten in the United States in Watertown, Wisconsin in 1854.

 

[HarlechMan]

The officer was Carl Schurz and his wife was Margarethe, the state was Wisconsin.

 

[hoosier]

The officer was Gen. Carl Schurz. His wife was Margarethe. She started the kindergarten in Wisconsin.

 

[mofederal]

http://www.watertownhistory.org/Articles/KindergardenFirst.htm

Future Major General Carl Schurz and his wife Margarethe Meyer-Schurz in Watertown, Wisconsin, in 1856, and it was conducted in German.

 

[lelliott19]

Officer: Carl Schurz (2 March 1829 – 14 May 1906)
Wife: Margarethe Meyer Schurz (27 August 1833 - 15 March 1876)
State: Mrs. Schurz's Kindergarten was started in Watertown, Wisconsin

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Carl Christian Schurz and Margarethe Meyer-Schurz. She started her kindergarten in Wisconsin.

Source: VCU Libraries

 

[ami]

Answer: General Carl Schurz, Margarethe Meyer-Schurz
: Wisconsin
Source: http://www.watertownhistory.org/Articles/KindergardenFirst.htm