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Amelia Jane (Albright) Wentz (1862 - 1944)

Amelia Jane Wentz formerly Albright
Born in Manheim Township, York, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Wife of — married 15 Jan 1883 in Brodbecks, Manheim Township, York, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Died at age 82 in Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

Amelia (Albright) Wentz was born in Pennsylvania.
Amelia (Albright) Wentz has German Roots.

Amelia, daughter of John Runkle Albright and Julian Dubs,[1] was born 12 April 1862 in Manheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania.[1]

In 1870, seven-year-old Amelia Jane remained in Manheim Township with her parents John (age 48, farmer on land valued at $5,000) and Juliann Albright (37), her siblings John Valentine (16), Edward Chester (14), Adam Lewis (13), Levi Albert (12), George William (10), Mandilla E. (9), and Mary Dubs (19, domestic servant and future wife of Edward Albright).[2]

Still in Manheim Township in 1880, the household encompassed John (age 57), Julian (47), Edward C. (25), George W. (21), Mandilla E. (19) and Amelia J. Albright (18), and Edward's sons (her nephews) Howard Wesley Albright (4) and Charles Franklin Albright (2).[3]

On 15 January 1883 in Glenville, York County,[4] she married Chester Kline Wentz,[5][1] son of John Grove Wentz and Lydia Kline.[5] They had three children:

  1. Bertha Estella Wentz (b. 27 January 1885;[6] d. 4 April 1915;[6] suffered from cretanism).[6]
  2. Jennie McQuella (Wentz) Swartz Stauffer (b. 9 August 1888;[7] m. Paul Abraham Swartz;[8][9] m. John Norman Stauffer;[citation needed]
    d. 12 October 1985).[7][10]
  3. Elvie Jane Wentz (b. 17 November 1894;[11][12] d. 16 January 1977).[12][13]

In 1900, Chester K. (age 43, tenant farmer) and Amelia J. Wentz (38, mother of three, all living) rented a farm in Manheim Township, where they raised their children Bertha Estella (15), Jennie McQuella (11, student) and Elvie Jane Wentz (7).[4]

Chester K. (age 52, house carpenter), Amelia J. (48), Bertha E. (25), Jennie M. (21, millliner) and Elvie J. Wentz (15) relocated to a house they purchased in Codorus Township, York County, before 1910.[14]

Bertha died in 1915[6] and Jennie had married before 1920, leaving Chester (age 61, house carpenter), Emelia Jane (57) and Elvie Wentz (25) alone in their house on Glenville Road in Codorus Township in 1920.[15] By 1930 72-year-old Chester had retied, but he, Amelia (68) and Elvie J Wentz (35) continued to live together in Codorus.[16]

Chester died in 1931 in Codorus Township at age 73.[5] Amelia survived her husband by more than a decade. In 1940, she (age 78) received assistance from her spinster daughter Elvie (45) in their home in Codorus Township.[17] The record states that Amelia had completed eight years of formal education; Elvie, 10 years.[17]

Amelia died 10 May 1944 in Hanover, York County, at age 82 from a cerebral hemorrhage.[1] She was buried 13 May 1944 at Saint Jacob's Stone Church Cemetery in Glenville, York County.[1][18]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Amelia's Death Registration: Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968. Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 048651-051200. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record PADeathCollection #4555161 (accessed 19 January 2022). Amelia J Wentz death 10 May 1944 (age 82) in Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA. Birth: 12 Apr 1862 in York County, Pennsylvania; Father: John Albright; Mother: Juliann Dubs; Spouse: Chester K Wentz; Certificate Number: 48944.
  2. ↑ United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (18 March 2020), Amelia Albright in entry for John Albright, 1870.
  3. ↑ United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (15 July 2017), Amelia J Albright in household of John Albright, Manheim, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 15, sheet 78A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,206.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 31 May 2020), Amelia J Wentz in household of Chester K Wentz, Manheim Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 165, sheet 9A, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,502.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chester's Death Registration: Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968. Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 097001-100000. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5164 #4952428 (accessed 19 January 2022). Chester K. Wentz death 28 Oct 1931 (age 73) in Codorus, York, Pennsylvania, USA. Birth: 8 Jan 1858 Pennsylvania; Father: John Wentz; Mother: Lydia Kline; Spouse: Amelia Albright Wentz; Certificate Number: 99098.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Bertha's Death Registration: Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968. Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 037091-040550. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record PADeathCollection #1346709 (accessed 19 January 2022). Bertha E Wentz death 4 Apr 1915 (age 30) in Glenville, York, Pennsylvania, USA. Birth: 27 Jan 1885 in Pennsylvania; Father: Chester K Wentz; Mother: Amilia Albright; Certificate Number: 40162.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (8 January 2021), Jennie Swartz, Oct 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  8. ↑ United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (3 February 2021), Jennie M Swartz in entry for Paul A Swartz, 1920.
  9. ↑ United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (7 January 2021), Jennie M Swartz in household of Paul A Swartz, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-31, sheet 63B, line 46, family 223, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3642.
  10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 28 January 2022), memorial page for Jennie McQuilla Wentz Swartz (9 Aug 1888–12 Oct 1985), Find A Grave: Memorial #134409512, citing Saint Jacobs Stone Church Cemetery, Glenville, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Winter Birds PA (contributor 48071784).
  11. ↑ Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, database, FamilySearch (15 February 2020), Elvie Jane Wentz, 1894.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (8 January 2021), Elvie Wentz, Jan 1977; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 28 January 2022), memorial page for Elvie Jane Wentz (17 Nov 1894–16 Jan 1977), Find A Grave: Memorial #7283088, citing Saint Jacobs Stone Church Cemetery, Glenville, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Barry Miller (contributor 42060820).
  14. ↑ United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 31 May 2020), Amelia J Wentz in household of Chester K Wentz, Hellam, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 10B, family 226, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1433; FHL microfilm 1,375,446.
  15. ↑ United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 31 May 2020), Emelia Jane Wentz in household of Chester Wentz, Codorus, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 37, sheet 4B, line 76, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1667; FHL microfilm 1,821,667.
  16. ↑ United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 31 May 2020), Amelia Wentz in household of Chester Wentz, Codorus, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 7B, line 96, family 167, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2164; FHL microfilm 2,341,898.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (28 July 2019), Amelia J Wentz, Codorus Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-5, sheet 10A, line 9, family 168, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3641.
  18. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 31 May 2020), memorial page for Amelia Jane Albright Wentz (12 Apr 1862–10 May 1944), Find A Grave: Memorial #32799341, citing Saint Jacobs Stone Church Cemetery, Glenville, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Barry Miller (contributor 42060820).




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