HELLO;
My name is GARY NADEN and I am involved in GENEALOGY research on my Mother’s family. They came to America in the late 1880's and lived in North Dakota.
My Mothers Maiden Name was IRENE AUGUSTA MINTZ and her father was WILLIAM –(Bill)-FREDERICK MINTZ .
In my research of my Mother’s MATERNAL family I found my Mom’s old photo album and inside the back cover it stated that my Grandmother ADDIE HARRIET TURNER-MINTZ was born in 1900 in COGSWELL, (HARLEM TOWNSHIP) SARGENT COUNTY, North Dakota.
I located the 1910 N.D. US Census and while skimming the records, I came across a listing for a Mr. J0HN UCHNER and his wife JOHANNA MINTZ-UCHNER.
The interesting part was that it not only listed them and their children living with them, but it also listed the Mother-In-Law JOHANNA MINTZ along with her two son’s ARNDT MINTZ and the youngest son WILLIAM F. MINTZ (my Grandfather) born in MAY,1900...
I also found in my Mother’s Photo album a photo of WILLIAM F. MINTZ taken in 1911 with the caption “ DADDY WITH HIS FIRST PAIR OF LONG PANTS, 11 YEARS OLD”!!
I know that FERDINAND MINTZ DIED JANUARY 29th,1910 just before the JULY U.S. Census was taken and I’m assuming that since her husband was dead and she was in mourning that JOHANNA MINTZ took her two sons to COGSWELL, SARGENT COUNTY (about 50 miles away) to live with her Daughter and Son in Law! JOHANNA MINTZ later re-married in March 1911 to JOHANN GEBHARDT.
I am also assuming (since this was a very small community) that my Grandmother ADDIE TURNER (who was 10)
and my Grandfather WILLIAM F. MINTZ, (who was also 10) were in the same class in school and that is where they met and connected!!
I have located my Mother's younger Sister's Family (DONNA MAE MINTZ-McMICHAEL Died in 1955)
but I still have not found my Mother's Middle Sister DOROTHY D. MINTZ-LENO-??.
I have found FERDINAND Mintz's Father (Karl (Munz) MINTZ and his Mother ELIZABETH (EBERT)-EBERHARDT, both from Beresina, Bessarabia, South Russia.
With help from a wonderful lady in Germany, I have been able to locate KARL MUNZ-MINTZ's Father, MICHAEL MUENZ and Karl's Grandfather JOHANN P. MUNZ who went from Germany to Poland and then to Moldova/Romania/Ukraine/Russia!!
I am trying to go even further back in GERMANY (if possible) past JOHANN Munz b:29/04/1779 and his wife EUPHROSINA LANG B:1783!!
IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFO ON THE MINTZ, Munz, MUENZ family TREE, Please contact me at ..
docnaden@yahoo.com
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME..... GARY (DOC) NADEN