Original Old Zion and Peace Church Records
Cherry, Sullivan County, PA
courtesy of Sullivan County Genealogy Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pasulliv/churches/PeaceChurchRecord...A Son of Conrath [Conrad] Wenz & his Wife, born 22 Sept 1852, bapt. 23 Oct 1852, received the Name Adam Heinrich, Sponsors were Michael Mader & his Wife (Margaret), the Grandparents of the Child.
Marriage January 1, 1850, Conrath [Conrad] Wentz with Scharlotte Mader
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The Wentz Family of Reinpfalz, Bayern, Bavaria Becomes Americanized and Angelicized
The ancestral surnames of Wentz and Wenz are commonly used, interchangeably, by our family line. Upon our family's arrival in America, family members frequently used one of the derivatives of the surnames of Wentz, Wents, Wenz, Wendz, Wenter, Wems, Wince, Winter, Vauctz, and Wantz on census, baptismal, marriage and death records.
Surnames for Census Documents
For Federal Census 1850 Cherry, Sullivan County, PA, the Wentz family was known to the community under the bride's family census surname of Martin. For Federal Census 1860, postal town of Eldredsville, township of Forks, Sullivan Co., PA, the Wentz family used the census surname of Wems. For Federal Census 1870, postal town of Millview, township of Forks, Sullivan Co., PA, the Wentz family used the census surname of Wince. For KS State Census 1875, Cawker, Mitchell Co., KS, the Wentz family used the surname of Wentz. For Federal Census 1880, Cawker, Mitchell Co., KS, the Wentz famiy used the census surname of Vauctz. After the death of Conrad Wentz in 1882, the Wentz children may be found in KS State Census and Federal Census documents 1885 - 1930 as surname of Wentz. Charlotte Wentz' daughter, Rebecca Wentz, was noted in the 1910 Federal Census as surname of Wenter, alt spelling Winter. Conrad Wentz' son, John Conrad Wentz, indicated his surname was Wendz in the 1920 Federal census, Noble, Marshall Co., KS.
Surnames for Legal Documents
For legal and religious documents, such as marriage, baptismal, and estate records, the Wentz family has been recorded by the surnames of Wentz, Wents, Wenz and Wantz.
The Sullivan County Genealogy Project has transcribed and translated, from German to English, the Register of the German Lutheran and Reformed Congregation at Cherry Township, Lycoming Co., PA containing the church records of Peace Church and Old Zion Church, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, 1838 - 1878, which records the marriage of Conrath (Conrad) Wentz with Scharlotte Mader on January 1, 1850 and the baptismal, a son of Conrath (Conrad) Wenz and his wife, born Sept 22, 1852, baptized Oct 23, 1852, who received the name Adam Heinrich. The sponsors noted on the baptismal were recorded to be the grandparents, Michael Mader and his wife.
After the death of Conrad Wentz in 1882, Charlotte Wantz would remarry in 1885 to Gustav Ernst Kraemer, February 13, 1885, with the 1885 KS State census household noted as Ernis Camer. The marriage license of February 13, 1885, contained two spellings of her surname. The Marriage Ceremony Greeting indicated the bride's name was Charlotte Wantz, and located further in the same document, the Presbytarian minister indicated he had united in marriage the within-named Charlotte Wentz.
Charlotte Kraemer, divorced or annulled, resumed the use of the name of Charlotte Wentz, a single woman, during the final probate of the estate of Conrad Wentz, December 1885. Charlotte Wentz has not been located in any Federal or State Census records after 1885 up until her death in 1902.
Surnames for Interment
Conrad Wentz died in 1882 and Scharlotte "Scharlottie" Wentz died in 1902. Per their obituaries, they were buried under the surname of Wentz, Granite Creek Cemetery, Cawker City, Mitchell Co., KS.
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