Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameMaria Altmann 
Birthabout 1895, Germany
Death1983
Spouses
Birth9 July 1895, North’d Co, PA
Death25 February 1993
BurialWest Side Cemetery, Shamokin Dam
FatherWilliam Henry Mertz (P4a4b) (1853-1915)
MotherEmeline Moyer (1854-1939)
Marriage1921
Census History notes for Boyd Fisher (Spouse 1)
1940. Boyd F age 44 lives in Point Twp with Marie 44, June 17, Herbert A 13, Boyd A 13, Hilegard 5 -- and also Boyd’s brother George 55 and his wife Bertha.
Research notes for Boyd Fisher (Spouse 1)
Obituary. Boyd F Mertz died 25 Feb 1993 to be buried at West Side Cemetery in Shamokin Dam. He was born 9 Jul 1895 in Point Twp, s/o William Henry and Emeline (Moyer) Mertz. In 1921 he married Maria Altmann of Germany who died in 1983. He served in WWI. In the late 1920's, he and his three brothers organized Mertz Bros. farming operation and after retirement he was involved with Boyd A Mertz Greenhouse. He is survived by June M Hager of Woolrich, Hildegard M Spencer of State College, Boyd A of North’d and Herbert A of Columbus, MS. He was preceded in death by siblings: William, Harold, George and Ruth, Adelia, Mabel, Blanche and Elizabeth.
My Comments notes for Boyd Fisher (Spouse 1)
I have corresponded at great length with Boyd's granddaughter Pat Mertz Esswein (my third cousin) to finally convince her that our ancestor Philip Mertz was a different man than John Philip Mertz son of John Henry.
Jack Mertz was not the only Northumberland Mertz researcher active in the 1960’s-1980’s and perhaps earlier. All of them, to a man, believed that our Philip was the son of John Henry. It was the family tradition passed among themselves and presented in lecture form at the George Peter Mertz family reunions held annually at Lithia Springs.
I am in contact with some true descendants of John Henry Mertz and I kid them that our family helped pay for the big monument at Mertz Church honoring John Henry Mertz out of the mistaken belief that he was our ancestor and that in return John Henry’s descendants should erect a large monument to John David Mertz at Longswamp Reformed Church. So far no takers.
Pat Mertz Esswein says that her grandfather believed, based on this family tradition, that we came from the same place where John Henry came from and that he went there after World War I and there met the woman he would marry -- Maria Altmann.
Jack Mertz was not the only Northumberland Mertz researcher active in the 1960’s-1980’s and perhaps earlier. All of them, to a man, believed that our Philip was the son of John Henry. It was the family tradition passed among themselves and presented in lecture form at the George Peter Mertz family reunions held annually at Lithia Springs.
I am in contact with some true descendants of John Henry Mertz and I kid them that our family helped pay for the big monument at Mertz Church honoring John Henry Mertz out of the mistaken belief that he was our ancestor and that in return John Henry’s descendants should erect a large monument to John David Mertz at Longswamp Reformed Church. So far no takers.
Pat Mertz Esswein says that her grandfather believed, based on this family tradition, that we came from the same place where John Henry came from and that he went there after World War I and there met the woman he would marry -- Maria Altmann.