One of eight children, Mary Christina Kaiser was born 21 November 1874, Meridian Township, Ingham County, Michigan. Her parents, Johann George (1832-1898) and Philippine Christine (Weissinger) (1848-1904) Kaiser, were of Germanic descent, immigrants to the United States and who eventually settled on farm land in Ingham County. Eight children were born to the Kaisers and they raised 7 to adulthood. Mary was one of several siblings who were enrolled in the Okemos Union School during the year of 1888. She completed 8th grade at Okemos Union and then added one more year of high school to finalize her formal education.

Mary wed Samuel Buehler on 6 May 1903, Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan. Samuel too was a farmer. Samuel's World War I draft registration, dated September 1918, descibed him as of medium height, slender build with brown eyes and black hair. The Buehler farm was in Washtenaw County, Michigan and it was there that 2 daughters, Marguerite Christine (1905-1984) and Lucile Philippine (1907-1998) were born and raised.

Samuel, born 26 September 1874, Michigan, passed away in Washtenaw County on 24 January 1953. Mary, age 92, died 2 January 1966 in Washtenaw County. Samuel and Mary were interred Oakwood Cemetery, Saline, Washtenaw County.

Buehler, Samuel (wed Mary Christina Kaiser) obit, The Ann Arbor News 24 January 1953, Page 12

Kaiser, Mary Christina (wed Samuel Buehler 1903) obit, The Ann Arbor News 3 January 1966, Page 32