Charlotte Lenz (1845-1931)



CHARLOTTE LENZ was born Nov 27, 1845 in Hessen Darmstad Germany. She was the daughter of Valentine Lenz and Barbara Geis(e). At the age of 12, her family came to the United States. They sailed aboard the Palestine which arrived on May 10, 1857 via London. Ship logs show Valentine (39), his wife Barbara (51), Adam Geis (28), Nicholas (22), George (16), Peter (14), Johannis? (male) (11), Charlotte (9), and Elizabeth (7). Also aboard the Palestine, was her Uncle George Lenz and his family. It was a hard trip. During the voyage the ship caught fire twice and provisions ran short so short that they were without food for three days. In the 1860 Federal Census, Charlotte is listed as 12 years old and living Valentine and Barbara in Rock Island, ILL. On Dec 23, 1863, she married Bernard KIRCHNER in Nichols, Iowa. Their marriage certificate was witnessed by Valentine LENZ and George FUHR. By the 1870 Federal Census, Charlotte and Bernard have 3 children, Fred (1864), Lizzie (1867), and Margaret (1869) and living the town of Pike in Muscatine County, IA. In 1880, they are listed as living on Main Street in Pike, Muscatine, IA and have added 4 more children, Henry (1871), Bernard (1873), Anna (1877), and John (1879). By 1895, they have added one more child, Gertrude (1882). In 1900, they are living and Elizabeth, Anna, John, and Gertrude remain at home. In 1906, Bernard Kirchner passed away and Charlotte has moved into the home of her son Henry and his family as evidenced by the 1910 Federal Census for Nichols, Muscatine, IA. By the 1920 Census, Charlotte is listed as the head of her household with Anna who has recently been divorced to Louis Mapes. Charlotte is living with Anna and her two children Dorothy and Bernard. In 1930, Charlotte is living with her son Henry who has also openned his house up to Anna and her two children. Charlotte passed away on October 27, 1931 which was one month shy of her 87th birthday. Click on the link to see Charlotte's Obituary. Bernard and Charlotte are buried in Nichols Cemetery, Muscatine, IA. Photo above. Below are links to the Kirchner Family Bible.


Kircher Family Bible	Kirchner Births	Kirchner Deaths	Kirchner Marriages

ANCESTORS
Peter LENZ b: 1789 (probably) Hessen Darmstadt, Germany d: 1871 m: Margaretha FUHR
1 Valentine LENZ b: Oct 18, 1817 in Hessen, Darmstad Germany d: June 30, 1898 Nichols, IA ...m: Barbara Unknown/GEIS/FUHR b: 1806 Hessen, Darmstad Germany d: 1874 Nichols, IA ...Burial: Lenz Cemetery, Musacatine, IA

.. 2 Charlotte LENZ b: Nov 27, 1845 Hessen, Darmstadt Germany d: October 27, 1931 Nichols, IA ..... m: Bernard KIRCHNER b: Dec.2, 1833 Weimar, Saxony Germany d: Nov 27, 1906 Nichols, IA ..... m: Dec. 23, 1863 Nichols, IA ..... Burial: Nichols Cemetery, Muscatine, IA

............. 3 Fredrick Henry KIRCHNER b: Dec 2, 1864 Nichols, IA d: March 15, 1935 Nichols, IA ................ m: Anna May CONSTANT b: May 14, 1869 Johnson Co, IA d: Feb 19, 1938 Nichols, IA ................ m: Dec 1895 Nichols, IA ................ Burial: Lone Tree Cemetery, Lone Tree, IA

...................... 4 Gildra Bernard KIRCHNER b: Mar 11, 1898 d: Mar 21, 1956 in Iowa City, IA ...........................Burial: Lone Tree Cemetery, Lone Tree, IA ........................... m: Lucy Laurel HOLDEMAN ........................... m: Aug 23, 1923 ................................. 5 Don Frederick KIRCHNER b: Apr 21, 1928 Lone Tree, IA d: July 7, 2000 IA <OBIT> .................................... m: Betty Catherine Eden .....................................m: Sep 26, 1954 Lone Tree, IA ..................................... Burial: Lone Tree ................................. 5 Gwendolyn Ruth KIRCHNER b: Apr 21, 1928 Lone Tree, IA d: Mar 1987 in Oxford, OH .................................... m: Loren Coover STAATS, PH.D .................................... m: June 16, 1949 .................................... Burial: Lone Tree Cemetery

............. 3 Elizabeth KIRCHNER b: Feb 1, 1867 Nichols, IA d: Jun 15, 1937 Nichols, IA ................ m1: William BOWEN b: Dec 29, 1867 Nichols, IA d: Oct 20, 1910 Nichols, IA ................ m1: Nov 12, 1901 ................ m2: Charles F KALLING b: Apr 20, 1858 d: Aug 16, 1923 ................ m2: Dec 2, 1913

............. 3 Margret KIRCHNER b: Jan 8, 1869 Nichols, IA d: Aug 4, 1940 Nichols, IA ................ m: Frederick F. CARL II b: Oct 6, 1860 d: Feb 6, 1938 Nichols, IA ................ m: Oct 6, 1886 in Nichols, IA ................ Burial: Lone Tree Cemetery, Lone Tree, IA
...................... 4 Evan E. CARL b: July 14, 1887 Nichols, IA d: May 29, 1964 ...........................m: Elizabeth V. BAIR ...........................m: Abt. 1912
................................. 5 Evan Franklin CARL b: April 7, 1913 d: Jan 24, 1986 .................................... m1: Wynette SNOWDEN .....................................m2: Janet M.
...................... 4 Verna Maleta CARL b: May 10, 1895 Nichols, IA d: Oct 30, 1982

............. 3 Henry KIRCHNER b: Apr 13, 1871 Nichols, IA d: Feb 24, 1948 Nichols, IA ................ m: Emma Margaret HACKE b: Feb 21, 1876 Muscatine Co, d: Apr 1, 1961 Iowa City ................ m: Sept 4, 1895 Nichols, IA .................Burial: Nichols Cemetery - Headstone ...................... 4 Alvina KIRCHNER b: Jan 9, 1897 d: Feb 1986 Muscatine, IA ......................... Burial: Nichols Cemetery - Headstone ...................... 4 Elise Pearl KIRCHNER b: June 10, 1899 d: May 1981 in West Liberty, Muscatine, Ia ......................... Burial: Nichols Cemetery - Headstone ...................... 4 Floyd KIRCHNER b: Aug 14, 1902 Nichols, IA d: Feb 26, 1988 Iowa City, IA <OBIT> .......................... m: Edna Josphine PETERSON b: Sep 14, 1903 Victory, CO d: Sep 24 1988 Nichols, IA ...........................Burial: Nichols Cemetery - Headstone ...................... 4 Marguerite Fern KIRCHNER b: June 28, 1908 Nichols, IA d: Oct 9, 1999 Muscatine, IA .......................... Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, IA <OBIT> .......................... m: Edward H. GRIMM b: Nov 10, 1903 Muscatine, IA d: Jan 17, 1993 Muscatine, IA .......................... m: June 28, 1908 Muscatine, IA

............. 3 Bernard A. KIRCHNER b: Sep 16, 1873 Muscatine, IA d: Apr 4, 1929 Nichols, IA ................ m: Nannie Elizabeth BLACK b: May 1, 1879 Nichols, IA d: Mar 26, 1901 Nichols, IA ................ Burial: Nichols Cemetery - Headstone ...................... 4 Clara Frances KIRCHNER b: Apr 25, 1899 d: Jun 22, 1999 Bettendorf, IA <OBIT> ...........................m: Charles Wesley ELDER b: Jun 24, 1891 Nichols, IA d: Battle Lake, MN ...........................m: Oct 9, 1917 First Methodist Parsonage, Muscatine, IA ...........................Burial: Nichols Cemetery ................................. 5 Kathryn Claribel ELDER b: May 25, 1918 d: Oct 27, 1982 ................................. 5 Jeanne Anne ELDER b: Jan 4, 1920 Louisa City, IA d: Sep 27, 1996 FLA .................................... Burial: Nichols Cemetery .................................... m: George POELTLER b: Nov 29, 1919 Cransford, NJ d: Apr 30, 1997 FLA .....................................m: July 20, 1945 Muscatine, IA ................................. 5 Charles Robert ELDER b: May 17, 1921 Nichols, IA d: Sep 5, 1965 Iowa City, IA .................................... Burial: Nichols Cemetery ................................. 5 Betty Irene ELDER b: Jan 30, 1923 Nichols, IA d: Mar 5, 2000 Iowa City, IA <OBIT> .................................... m: Roy BIERI b: Jul 8, 1922 Lamar, MO d: Feb 17, 2001 Iowa City <OBIT> .................................... m: July 20, 1945 Muscatine, IA .................................... Burial: Nichols Cemetery ...................... 4 Robert Bernard KIRCHNER b: Mar 8, 1901 d: Sep 4, 1902 ......................... Burial: Nichols Cemetery

............. 3 Anna KIRCHNER b: May 25, 1877 Nichols, IA d: After 1931 in Oskaloosa, IA ................ m: Louis MAPES b: June 1880 Adams Station, Pike, IA d: Sep 22, 1940 ................ m: March 1, 1905 ...................... 4 Dorothy Charlotte MAPES b: Dec 17, 1905 IA d: Oct 1984 San Clemente, CA .......................... m: Joseph MERRILL b: Apr 28, 1909 IA d: Dec 1982 San Clemente, CA .......................... m: Apr 28, 1930 ...................... 4 Bernard Lewis MAPES b: Sep 10, 1908 d: May 1983 Le Grand, Marshall, IA
............. 3 John KIRCHNER b: May 29, 1879 Nichols, IA d: 1940 Ft Worth, TX ................ m1: Lucy Elizabeth MAPES b: Aug 1879 Nichols, IA d: Sept 4, 1963 Des Moines, IA

...................... 4 William KIRCHNER b: 1905 d: Jan 2, 1964 Des Moines, IA ........................ m: Mary
...................... 4 Charlotte Alice KIRCHNER b: Mar 15, 1907 Oregon d: July 17, 1986 .......................... m: Arnold Edward BARTELT b: Apr 4, 1910 Wisc d: Feb 18, 1984 .......................... m: Dec 15, 1933 Nichols, IA .......................... Burial: St. Mary's Cemetery, Muscatine, IA

...................... 4 James KIRCHNER b: 1911 d: August 10, 1978 Nichols, IA .......................... m: Ruth Unknown b: July 13, 1917 d: Sep 1982 Nichols, IA ...................... 4 Genevive KIRCHNER b: 1912 m: Bert BEAN ................................. 5 Dick BLACK m: Delores BLACK .................................... 6 Dickie BLACK ................ m2: Mrs. Icy Villa Kirchner d: Jan 1, 1965 Azle, Tarrant, tX .................m2: presumably 1922 ...................... 4 John Lafayette KIRCHNER b: Jan 23, 1923 Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX d: Oct 30, 1996 Azle, Tarrant, TX ........................... m: Myrtle CAMPBELL

............. 3 Gertrude KIRCHNER b: Jun 21, 1882 Nichols, IA d: Feb 20, 1949 Nichols, IA ............... Burial: Nichols Cemetery

Census Listings 1860 Census, ILL, Rock Island, Buffalo Prairie Valentine Lintz, 40, Farmer (tenant), Hesse Darmstadt Margaret, 45, Wife, Hesse Darmstadt Adam Geise, 27, Farm labor , Hesse Darmstadt Nicholas Fuhr, 24, by 1st Husbands , Hesse Darmstadt George Fuhr, 19, Farm Labor, Hesse Darmstadt Peter Lintz, 17, Farm Labor, Hesse Darmstadt John Lintz, 14, Hesse Darmstadt Charlotte Lintz, 12, Hesse Darmstadt Elizabeth Lintz, 10 , Hesse Darmstadt 1870 Census, IA, Muscatine, Wapsinoc Bernard Kirchner, 36 Farmer, $5,000, $800, Saxony Charlotte, 24, Hesse Fred, 5, Iowa Lizzie, 3, Iowa Margaret, 2, Iowa 1880 Census, IA, Muscatine, Pike Bernhart Kirchner, 46, Head, Merchant, Saxony, Saxony, Saxony Charlotte, 34, Wife, Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Darmstadt Fred H., 15, Son, Iowa, Saxony, Darmstadt Elizabeth, 13, Daughter, Iowa, Saxony, Darmstadt Margaret, 11, Daughter, Iowa, Saxony, Darmstadt Henry, 9, Son, Iowa, Saxony, Darmstadt Bernhart, 6, Son, Iowa, Saxony, Darmstadt Anna, 3, Daughter, Iowa, Saxony, Darmstadt John, 1, Son, Iowa, Saxony, Darmstadt 1900 Census, IA, Muscatine, Pike Bernhard Kirchner, Head, Dec 1833, 67, M-37, Germany, Germany, Germany, 1851, 51 yrs in US Charlotte, Wife, Nov 1845, 54, M-37, 8/8 Children, Germany, Germany, Germany, 1857, 43 yrs in US Elizabeth, Daughter, Feb 1867, 33, Iowa, Germany, Germany Anna, Daughter, May 1877, 23, Iowa, Germany, Germany John, Son, May 1879, 21, Iowa, Germany, Germany Gertie, Daughter, Jun 1882, 17, Iowa, Germany, Germany 1910 Census, IA, Muscatine, Pike Henry Kirchner, Head, 39, M-15, Iowa, Germany, Germany, Merchant Emma, Wife, 34, M-15, 4/4 Children, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa Alvina, Daughter, 13, Iowa Elisa, Daughter, 10, Iowa Floyd, Son, 7, Iowa Marguerite, Daughter, 1, Iowa Charlotte Kirchner, 64, Mother, Widowed, Germany, Germany, Germany, 1867, Own Income 1920 Census, IA, Muscatine, Nichols Charlotte Kirchner, Head, Owned, Free, 74, Wd, Germany, Germany, Germany Anna Mapes, Daughter, 42, Iowa, Germany, Germany Dorothy C. Mapes, Grand-Daughter, 14, Iowa Bernard L Mapes, Grand-Son, 11, Iowa 1930 Census, IA, Muscatine, Nichols Henry Kirchner, Head, 59, Iowa, Germany, Germany, Manager, General Store Emma, Wife, 54, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa Floyd A., Son, 27, Iowa, Salesman, Store Charolett Kirchner, Mother, 84, Widowed, Germany, Germany, Germany, 1857 Gertrude, Sister, 46, Single, Iowa Anna Mapes, Sister, 52, Divorced, Iowa Marguerite, Daughter, 21, Single, Iowa, Teacher, Rural School