MARTZ/HAMANN in Pennsylvania and Illinois
Anyone with information on the following people?Thanks.
> TITLE:Circumstantial Associations Among Sarah
> MARTZ(1822-1878),Owen MARTZ(1823-1908),Lydia Jane
> MARTZ(1826-1890),John Henry MARTZ(1828-1896),George
> MARTZ(1834/5-1881).
>
>
> CAUTIONARY NOTE:Although these circumstantial
> associations;in context of place,time,and social
> conditions,strongly hint at the possibility of close
> familial relationship(as sibling or first cousin),no
> such relationship has in fact been established,as of
> this writing.
>On the other hand,to simply ignore these
> associations would be,in the view of this writer,a
> mistake.
>Further research,and luck,may determine the
truth
> of the matter.Clearly showing lack of family
> relationship would be valuable as a "ruling out"
> tool;while clearly establishing sibling relationship
> would be a very powerful discovery.Parents of one
> would be parents of all.(Currently,the names of the
> parents of any of these people are unknown to me.)If
a
> first cousin relationship is shown,grandparents of
one
> would be grandparents of all.
>In any case,I hope that you find this material of
> some interest.I'd be very pleased if you found
> anything
> from any source that would clearly establish family
> relationship(or lack)amongst any of these five
people.
>
>
> OVERVIEW:All of these five people were born in
> Pennsylvania,as were their parents(per U.S. census
> records).Their birthdates are clustered as would be
> those of siblings.
>Beyond sharing the same surname,the spelling
> of their surnames followed an interesting
> development.Prior to about 1860,each of these people
> showed variation in surname spelling(as appeared in
> church and newspaper records);sometimes as
MARTZ,more
> usually as MERTZ;occasionally MERZ or MARZ.From
about
> 1860 on,their names always appear as MARTZ.No
> exceptions.(One exception:John and Amelia and family
> appear as MARTS in the U.S. census for Illinois;1870
> I believe.)
>As to residence associations,all these people
> lived in Lebanon County,Pennsylvania.(They all show
up
> there as young adults.Their childhood residences are
> currently unknown.)Each later moved to the state of
> Illinois.By 1870,they all resided in Illinois.At one
> time or another,they all lived in either one of two
> counties in Illinois.
>They raised their families in Illinois,and
> all(except one not yet accounted for)died and were
> buried in Illinois(three in the same cemetary).
>
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>
> CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF ASSOCIATIONS AMONG
> Sarah,Owen,Lydia Jane,John Henry,and George MARTZ:
>
>********************
>
>
> BIRTHDATE SEQUENCE:Sarah MARTZ was born 25
> January,1822;Owen MARTZ was born 4 May,1823;
> Lydia Jane MARTZ was born 23 June,1826;
> John Henry MARTZ was born 10 October,1828;
> George MARTZ was born(day and month
> unknown),1834/5.
>
>
> BIRTHPLACE ASSOCIATIONS:All were born in
> Pennsylvania.George(per military records) and Lydia
> Jane were born in Lehigh County.(The specific
> birthplace of the others is as yet undetermined.)
>
>
>
>
> RESIDENCE ASSOCIATIONS AS YOUNG ADULTS:All these
> people lived in Lebanon County,Pennsylvania, as
young
> adults.
> In 1850,John Henry(with wife Amelia),Sarah(with
> husband Basilius SHORT),and Owen(with wife
> Elizabeth)lived in North Lebanon Township.They
appear
> consecutively in the U.S. Census enumeration for
that
> year.The men's occupations are all listed as
> "brickmaker".George(later with wife Lydia) and Lydia
> Jane(with husband Henry TICE)also appear in Lebanon
> County records in 1850 and 1860.An interesting
> association in the census records is that a man
named
> Conrad BANKS,from Germany,is listed as a boarder
with
> Owen MARTZ in 1850;and later as a boarder with John
> Henry MARTZ in 1860.
>
>
>
>
> RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS:As young adults,all these
> people,along with their spouses, belonged to Salem
> Lutheran Church in Lebanon,Pennsylvania.(This church
> is,I believe,now part of the Evangelical Lutheran
> Church in America.)There are some interesting
> associations involving various pastoral acts.
>One involves the BAPTISMAL REGISTER.Observation
of
> the register itself,shows that children tended,in
> almost all cases,to be baptized on different
dates.It
> was very unusual for more than one child to be
> baptized on the same date.
>So,it was very interesting to find that John
> Henry(with wife Amelia) and Sarah(with husband
> Basilus) have their children,respectively Mary
> Elizabeth(born August 31,1850) and John Henry(born
> April 3,1851);baptized on May 25,1851.Similarly,the
> children of George(with wife Lydia) and Sarah(with
> husband Basilius),respectively John(born February
> 22,1857),and Mary Ann Elizabeth(born September
> 25,1857),were baptized on the same day,October
> 25,1857.(A case of an older sister nudging younger
> brothers?)
>In another instance involving baptism
> records,George's daughter,Emma(baptised August
> 23,1861),had as "sponsor",John Henry's wife Amelia
> MARTZ.
>
>
>
>
> CIVIL COURT RECORD ASSOCIATION:John Henry,named as
> legal guardian of minor child,Catharine TICE,sister
of
> George's wife,Lydia TICE MARTZ;received a sum of
> money($73.25),in the settlement of the estate of the
> ward's late father,Jacob TICE,in an action dated
July
> 25,1860 at Lebanon County,Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
>
> SURNAME SPELLING VARIANT ASSOCIATIONS:All showed
> multiple surname spellings until approximately
> 1861,after which time they all appeared as MARTZ,in
> all documents presently known to this writer.
>Some examples:Sarah appeared as MERTZ in
1853(Salem
> Lutheran church records).Owen appeared as MARTZ in
> 1850(U.S.Census and Salem Lutheran church
> records),then as MERTZ in 1851,1856 and 1858(Salem
> Lutheran church records),then again as MARTZ in 1860
> and 1870(U.S.Census).Lydia Jane appeared as MERZ in
> 1850(Salem Lutheran church records).John Henry (aka
> Johan Heinrich),appeared in 1849 as MERTZ(local
> newspaper account),MERZ(local newspaper),MARZ(Salem
> Lutheran church records);in 1850 as MERTZ(salem
> Lutheran church) and MARTZ(U.S.Census),in 1857 as
> MARTZ(umlaut over the "a";Salem Lutheran);in 1860 as
> MERTZ(Salem Lutheran) and MARTZ(U.S.Census),in 1862
as
> MARTZ(Salem Lutheran),and post-1862 as MARTZ(all
> documents).George appeared as MERTZ in
1852,1855,1857
> and 1860(Salem Lutheran);in 1850 as
> MARTZ(U.S.Census);as MARTZ in 1861(Salem
Lutheran);and
> as MARTZ post-1861(miltary,census,legal,newspaper).
>
>
>
>
> EMIGRATION ASSOCIATION:All five people and their
> families moved from Pennsylvania to Illinois,
> beginning with Owen, who appears in the U.S.Census
for
> Shelby County,Illinois in 1860.(Owen later moved to
> LaSalle County,Illinois.He appears there in the 1870
> census.)John Henry and family moved to Shelby
> County,Illinois in 1863;George moved to Shelby
> County,Illinois in 1866,staying there until 1877
when
> he moved to Wayne County,Illinois.Sarah(with husband
> Basilius SHORT) moved to Wayne County,Illinois about
> 1869.Lydia Jane(with husband Henry TICE) appear in
the
> U.S.Census for 1870 in Wayne County,Illinois.At one
> point,George,Lydia Jane,and Sarah all resided in
> Jasper Township,Wayne County,Illinois.(This would
have
> been circa 1877-1881.)
>
>
>
>
> DEATH/BURIAL PLACE ASSOCIATIONS:All five of these
> people(with the exception of one unknown,Owen)lived
> out their final years in Illinois,and died
there;John
> Henry in Shelby County;Sarah,Lydia Jane,and George
in
> Wayne County.Sarah,Lydia and George are all buried
in
> South Thomas Prarie Cemetary,Wayne
> County,Illinois.John
> is buried in Mt.Carmel cemetary,Shelby
> County,Illinois.
> Recently available information shows that Owen lived
> his
> final years in Buena Vista County,Iowa.He died there
> April 14,1908.He's buried in Storm Lake
cemetary,Storm
>
> Lake,Iowa.
>
>
>
>
> MISCELLANEOUS ASSOCIATIONS:According to U.S. Army
> records,George MARTZ served as a soldier(holding the
> rank of private)in 1861/62.He was stationed with his
> unit near Williamsburg,Virginia in early May,1862.He
> was discharged for physical disabilty in late May,
> 1862.George belonged to Company C,93rd Regiment
> Pennsylvania Volunteers(Infantry).In 1880,George
filed
> for military pension.Sarah's husband,Basilius
> SHORT,was named as an affiant in the petition
> documents.
>In another matter,Lydia TICE MARTZ was referred
to
> as "Aunt Lydia",presumably indicating a sibling
> relationship between John Henry and George MARTZ,by
> the aunt of Dennis W.MARTZ(Anna Margaret "Peggy"
MARTZ
> WONN,1919-1993),when discussing an obituary for
Lydia
> TICE MARTZ found in a family photo album.
>
>
> PARENTS:Reliable information is available only for
the
> parents of George MARTZ(b.1834/5);this from a
> contempor-
> ary marriage register,naming George's father John
> MARTZ,
> George's mother Catharine HAMANN.(I have nothing as
to
> the parents of the others discussed here.)
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Re: MARTZ/HAMANN in Pennsylvania and Illinois
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