Even I have a hard time believing this is my 2,100th post! How quickly the time has flown by! And I still haven’t run out of things to talk about! April 20, 2011, was my first time to write a bit about genealogy. I’ve shared cemetery photos, marriage […]
George Edwin Hertz was born 146 years ago – November 21, 1867 – in Johnson County, Iowa. George was the son of Henry Hertz and Amelia Florentina Probst. He married Rosa Leuenberger in 1898. George and Rosa had 2 children: Harold and Esther Myra Hertz.
Esther Myra Hertz was born 112 years ago – October 22, 1901 – in Johnson County, Iowa. Esther was the daughter of George Edwin Hertz and Rosa Leuenberger. She married James E. Jolly about 1921. Esther and James had one son: Rex Edwin Jolly (later adopted by the […]
Harold Hertz was born 114 years ago – October 1, 1899 – in Johnson County, Iowa. Harold was the son of George E. Hertz and Rosa Leuenberger. I have no information about marriage or children. Harold’s sister was Esther Myra Hertz.
Margarite Streich Leuenberger died 102 years ago – August 14, 1911 – in Johnson County, Iowa. Margarite was born August 7, 1845, in Switzerland. She married Jacob Leuenberger May 27, 1869, in Johnson County. Together they had 9 children: Rosa, Mary, Ellen, John, Maggie, Lavina, Will, Delvie and […]
George Edwin Hertz died 71 years ago – July 28, 1942 – in Johnson County, Iowa. George was the son of Henry Hertz and Amelia Florentina Probst, originally from Darmstadt, Germany. George married Rosa Leuenberger September 28, 1898. They had 2 children: Harold and Esther Myra Hertz.
Rosa Leuenberger Hertz died 106 years ago – March 1, 1907 – in Grainfield, Kansas. Rosa was the daughter of Jacob Leuenberger and Margarith Streich. She was born March 31, 1876, in Solon, Johnson County, Iowa. September 28, 1898, Rosa married George Edwin Hertz, son of Henry Hertz […]
Jacob Leuenberger and Margareth Streich are Ritchey’s great-great-grandparents. Jacob was born in Durrenroth, Bern, Switzerland, in 1829. Margareth was born in Switzerland August 7, 1845. They married May 27, 1869, in Johnson County, Iowa. Jacob died in 1895, and Margareth was his administratrix. According to these papers filed […]
Rosa Leuenberger and George Edwin Hertz were married 114 years ago – September 28, 1898 – in Johnson County, Iowa. Rosa was the daughter of Jacob Leuenberger and Margarite Streich. George was the son of Henry Hertz and Amelia Florentina Probst. Rosa and George had 2 children: Harold […]
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