Marie Frieda Bender
1883 - 1941
BiographyMarie Frieda Bender was born September 28, 1883, in Baden, Germany, the first child of Emilie Gamer Bender and Martin Bender. She reportedly apprenticed at a shoe store on East Ohio Street in the 1890s, but by 1907 she owned a store of her own, M.F. Bender Shoes at 632 Braddock Avenue, Braddock, Pennsylvania. In June of 1907, she married Friedrich Franz (Frank) Hilsman, the son of William Hilsman. They had three children: Emilie, Helen, and Frank.
