Anna Maria (Mary) Kappes was born on April 15, 1851, in Wertheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Mary married Paul Friedrich Trinkner, whose family also immigrated from Germany. They had five children: Elsie (Elizabeth) Wilhelmenia, Paul, Emelia, Jewell and Ed.
Mary died in Lakewood, Ohio, on January 21, 1920, at the age of 69.