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Joachim August Friederich (Frenz) Frentz (1820 - 1897)

Joachim August Friederich (August) Frentz formerly Frenz aka Frantz
Born in Röbel, Mecklenburg, Germanymap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 14 Nov 1848 in Massow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germanymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 77 in Green Garden Township, Will, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Green Garden Township, Illinois One Place Study.

Joachim August Friederich Frenz was born on 6 July 1820. [1] His parents were Ernst Andreas Joachim Frenz and Lena Catharina Quinker. [1] He was baptized on 9 July 1820 in Alt Röbel, Mecklenburg, Germany. [1]

He married Dorothea Sophie Friederike Puls on 14 November 1848 in Massow, Mecklenburg, Germany. [2] They had the following children:

  1. Johann Friedrich Wilhelm b. 1850 [3]
  2. Wilhelmine Sophie Friederike b. 1853 [4]
  3. Sophie Johanne Friederike b. 1856 [5]
  4. Elisabeth Marie Sophie b. 1858 [6]
  5. Carl Friedrich Johann b. 1862 [7]
  6. Augusta b. abt. 1866[8]

He appeared in the 1880 US Census in Green Garden, Will County, Illinois. [8] He was living with his children Charles and Augusta, and his mother-in-law Sophia Janke. [8] His son Friedrich was living next door. [8] August was a farmer. [8]

He died on 4 September 1897 in Green Garden, Will County, Illinois. [9]

He was buried at Saint John's Cemetery in Peotone, Will County, Illinois. [10]

Research Notes

His will [9] mentions the following people:

  • "my daughter Marie Steinheusen"
  • "my son Charles Frantz"
  • "my son Fritz Frantz"
  • "my daughter Augusta Unecker"
  • "my daughter Minnie Buiedke"

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
    Page number: 756;757
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61229 #14327134 (accessed 8 June 2023)
    Joachim August Friederich Frenz baptism on 9 Jul 1820 (born 6 Jul 1820), child of Ernst Andreas Joachim Frenz & Lena Catharina Frenz, in Alt Röbel (Röbel), Mecklenburg, Deutschland (Germany).
  2. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPK9-2PV4 : 26 October 2021), Joachim August Friedrich Frenz, 14 Nov 1848; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Marriage, Massow, Massow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Massow, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
  3. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPK9-Y5P3 : 26 October 2021), Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Frenz, 15 Sep 1850; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Massow, Massow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Massow, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
  4. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPK9-XF9F : 26 October 2021), Wilhelmine Sophie Friederike Frenz, 7 Aug 1853; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Massow, Massow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Massow, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
  5. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPK9-DKXC : 26 October 2021), Sophie Johann Friederike Frenz, 18 Feb 1856; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Massow, Massow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Massow, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
  6. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPK9-BNYN : 26 October 2021), Elisabeth Marie Sophie Frenz, 11 Jul 1858; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Massow, Massow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Massow, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
  7. "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPK9-GKW5 : 26 October 2021), Carl Friedrich Johann Frenz, 31 Aug 1862; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Massow, Massow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Deutschland, Massow, German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2M-PR6 : 13 January 2022), August Frantz, Green Garden Township, Will, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Illinois, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999"
    Will County, Illinois Will Records, 1837-1905; Author: Illinois. County Court (Will County); Probate Place: Will, Illinois
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9048 #1315868 (accessed 8 June 2023)
    August Frantz probate on 22 Jan 1895 in Will, Illinois, USA.
  10. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183945078/august-frentz: accessed 08 June 2023), memorial page for August Frentz (6 Jul 1820–4 Sep 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 183945078, citing Saint John's Cemetery, Peotone, Will County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Barbara Mager Shapas (contributor 47469700).




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