Born in Harrison County, Indiana
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Bly Jr.
and Sarah (Sibert) Zollman
Sister of
David Bly and Mary (Bly) Rossiter
Wife of
Johann Christian Lenz
— married
31 Jan 1849 in Harrison County, Indiana
Descendants 
Mother of
Henry Lenz, William Lenz, Johannetta Lenz, Christian Lenz, Frederick Lenz, Elizabeth Lenz, Sarah (Lenz) Canady, Phillip Lenz, Ludwig Lenz, Christian Lenz and Mary (Lenz) Merkel
Died
at age 72
in Louisville, Kentucky
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Mar 2017
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Biography
Sarah Bly was the youngest child of George and Sarah and married Christian Lenz,[1] a young German immigrant who apprenticed as a cooper with her step-father and step-brother.[2] Sarah and Christian lived for a while in Louisville, Kentucky, but spent much of their productive lives in Harrison County, Indiana. Sarah was mother of eleven children, a number of whom died young. They spent their last years back in Louisville[3] and are buried in Saint Stephens Lutheran Cemetery in Louisville.[4]
Sources
- Harrison County, Indiana Marriage Records in "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992" FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF6Y-K4L : 13 January 2020), Sarah Bly in entry for Christian Lantz, 1849.
- "United States Census, 1850," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJJ-Z7B : Sat Mar 09 14:19:21 UTC 2024), Entry for Christian Lance and Sarah Lance, 1850.
- United States Census, 1860, Indiana, Harrison County. Digital image at FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4NL-4LW : Sun Mar 10 06:31:43 UTC 2024), Entry for Christian Lentz and Sarah Lentz, 1860.
- Lenz family correspondence (see biography of Christian Lenz ( Lenz-402 ),
- United States Census, 1880, Indiana, Harrison County. Digital image at: FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH97-9YX : Fri Mar 08 10:53:46 UTC 2024), Entry for Christian Linz and Sarah Linz, 1880.
- "United States Census, 1900" Kentucky, Jefferson County, city of Louisville. Digital image at: FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M94K-LMR : Wed Mar 06 11:16:59 UTC 2024), Entry for Christ Lenz and Sarah Lenz, 1900.
Footnotes
- ↑ Harrison County, Indiana Marriage Register, Volume B: 1846-1852, pp. 147-8. Will of Adam Sibert (written as Siberd), probated June 21, 1843, Harrison County, Indiana, Will Book "B," pp. 183-4. Harrison County Court House, Corydon, IN. He names his "granddaughters, Mary and Sarah Bly."
- ↑ Biographical sketch and correspondence of Christian Lenz in Walter D. Kamphoefner, Wolfgang Helbich and Ulrike Sommer, eds. News from the Land of Freedom, German Immigrants Write Home, Ithaca, NY, (1991), pp. 122-148.
- ↑ Louisville, Kentucky City Directories, 1887-1900 and United States Census, 1900, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 2, family #89, p. 5A.
- ↑ "Kentucky Deaths and Burials" FHL microfilm 209702, p. 22, found online at familysearch.org
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~0.78%
Judy Kearns
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Daniel Bly :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dwbly12
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~0.78%
Donna (Fadely) Housden :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Dfl1221
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~0.39%
Jeremiah Rush :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TS4956867 [compare], yourDNAportal JER0e19e8cd, Ancestry member jrush4402
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~0.39%
John Finnerty :
MyHeritage DNA
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