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George Betz was born about 1852 the son of Henry Betz and Catharina Dern of Buffalo, Erie County, New York, immigrants from the Darmstadt area of Deutschland, probably in or around the village of Feilbingert.
George Betz is one of several siblings:
George Betz is enumerated on the 1860 United States Federal Census as George Betz, age 7 living with his grandfather, his parents and siblings in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. His grandmother is not present and may have passed away by 1860. His father Henry Betz, Jr. worked for the Census and enumerated his neighborhood. Henry Betz, Jr. is the enumerator (Census-taker) for at least part of Ward 7. (He enumerated Johannes Fassnacht & Regina Erhardt'sfamily...)
Ward 7, Page 7 (ancestry.com image #7)
Dwelling #54; Family #49
George Betz, age 13, is enumerated on the 1865 New York State Census. His grandfather is no longer living with the family, and neither is his sister Caroline: 1865 NY State Census, 7th ward, p. 92:
George Betz, age 19, is enumerated on the 1870 United States Federal Census as Henry Betz, age 21 as follows. No mention is made of his grandparents, or his siblings Caroline and Charles however Charles is likely the same child as Carl:
1870 Census, (seventh? ward), Buffalo, NY, June 2, 1870, page 6, line 22; Address 37 ??
George Betz is enumerated on the 1875 New York State Census as follows: Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
George Betz lost his father Henry Betz, Jr. on July 1, 1876 following an accident in which his father severely injured his head.
There are two George Betzes in the 1900 census who are not the George above (not only because "our" George Betz died in 1893, but he would have been abt. 48, married 16 years with a wife, Margaret). These other two are:
Our George is likely the one who was buried at Concordia Cemetery on 7/26/1893 who went by the nickname "Davie" (which is also how he is identified on his Concordia record, although George on the tombstone)
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