Valentine Lenz (1817-1898)

Valentine LENZ (1817-98)

Valentine LENZ was born on October 18th, 1817 in Hessen Darmstadt, Germany and died on June 30, 1898 in Nichols, IA. His parents were Peter LENZ and Margaretha FUHR Based on the age of Peter Lenz, it is presumed that Valentine and Barbara married abt 1842.

On May 10, 1857 the Palestine arrived via London in the US carrying Valentine (39), his wife Barbara (51), Adam Geis (28), Nicholas (22), George (16), Peter (14), Johannis? (male) (11), Charlotte (9), and Elizabeth (7).

Valentines brother George were also aboard the Palestine. George Lenz (43), Anna (w/o George 39), Johanna (13), Nicholas (11), and a male by the name of Nickel (15) were listed above Valentines family in the registry.

Valentine was listed in the 1860 Federal Census living in Rock Island, IL. All were listed as being born in Hesse Darmstadt.

Name	Age	Occupation
Valentine LINTZ	40	Farmer
Margaret LINTZ	45	Wife
Adam GEISE	27	Labor
Nicholas FUHR	24	By 1st Husband (Farm Labor)
George FUHR	19	By 1st Husband (Farm Labor)
Peter LINTZ	17	Farm Labor
John LINTZ	14
Charlotte LINTZ	12
Elizabeth LINTZ	10

Valentine was a farmer of German Protestant faith. He witnessed the marriage certificate of his daughter Charlotte and Bernard Kirchner along with George FUHR (who is presumably her half brother).. Valentine was buried with his wife Barbara in Lenz Cemetery, Mucsatine, IA. Valentine may have been the 3rd husband of Barbara. Her First husband was a man by the name of GEIS(E). Her second husband was a named FUHR who may have been a brother to Valentine's mother Margaretha.

Taken from "History of Muscatine County" page 269.

The family came to America in 1856, and settled upon a farm in Muscatine County, which Mr. Lenz cultivated until the death of his wife, which occurred in 1874. He then retired, passing his remaining days with children; and his death occurred July 29, 1898. There were seven children in their family: Adam, deceased; Nicholas; George, deceased; Peter; John, deceased; and Elizabeth, deceased.

DESCENDANTS

1 Valentine LENZ b: Oct 18, 1817 Hessen Darmstadt d: June 30, 1898 Nichols, IA
.. m: Barbara GEIS(E) b: 1805 Hessen Darmstadt d: Sep 6, 1874 Nichols, IA
.. m: 1842 Hesse Darmstadt
Burial: Lenz Cemetary, Mucsatine, IA

.. 2 Adam GEISE b: abt 1833 Hessen Darmstadt d: Bef. 1910 Census: 1860 - 1870 - 1880 (Barbara's brother or son?)
......m: Jacobin LENNABAUGH b: Oct 7, 1844 Laudenbach, Baden
......m: Apr 21, 1861 Rock Island, IL
............. 3 Elizabeth GEISE b: abt 1862 d: Jun 3, 1891 Nichols, IA Burial: Swickard Cemetery
.................m: Mr. Berry (Stratton, Neb)
............. 3 Nicholas GEISE b: abt 1864
............. 3 Margaret GEISE b:abt 1866
............. 3 Michael GEISE b:
............. 3 Emma GEISE b:
............. 3 Hattie Mable GEISE b: Sep 10, 1887 Nichols, IA d: Jan 16, 1966 Griswold, Cass, IA
................m: Royal Valentine Ackerman b: Jan 8, 1885 Grant, Montgomery, IA
.. 2 Nicholas FUHR/LENZ b: 1835 Hessen Darmstadt d: Aug 29, 1886 Nichols, IA
..... Burial: Nichols Cemetery, Muscatine, IA
.. 2 George FUHR b: 1841Hessen, Darmstadt d: After 1935
.. 2 Peter LENZ b: 1843 Hessen, Darmstadt
.. 2 John LENZ b: 1846 Hessen, Darmstad GER
.. 2 Elizabeth Lenz


.. 2 Charlotte LENZ b: Nov 27, 1845 in Hessen, Darmstad Germany d: October 27, 1931 in Nichols, IA ..... m: Bernard KIRCHNER b: Dec.2, 1833 in Weimar, Saxony Germany d: Nov 27, 1906 in Nichols, IA ..... m: Dec. 23, 1863 in 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. ......... m1: William BOWEN b: Dec 29, 1867 Nichols, IA d: Oct 20, 1910 ......... 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 ..........m: Frederick F. CARL II b: Oct 6, 1860 d: Feb 6, 1938 ..........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 Photo - ...................... 4 Alvina KIRCHNER b: Jan 9, 1897 d: Feb 1986 Muscatine, IA ......................... Burial: Nichols Cemetery - Headstone Photo - ...................... 4 Elise Pearl KIRCHNER b: June 10, 1899 d: May 1981 in West Liberty, Muscatine, Ia ......................... Burial: Nichols Cemetery - Headstone Photo - ...................... 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 Photo - ...................... 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 Photo - ...................... 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: Nichols, IA 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. I. V. Kirchner .................m2: presumably 1922 ...................... 4 John KIRCHNER b: Jan 23, 1923 Fort Worth, 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 Federal Census, Muscatine, Pike, IA Valentine Lenz, 52, Hesse, $5000, $600 Barbara, 64, Hesse John, 26, Hesse 1880 Federal Census, Montgomery, Douglas, IA Valentine Lenz, 63, Baden, Baden, Darmstadt Christina Lenz, 45, Nawsaw, Nawsaw, Nawsaw * It is not confirmed that this is the same Valentine Lenz