Adam Glatz (1875 - 1942)

Born 30 Mar 1875 in Ottersheim, Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Ancestors

Died 16 May 1942 at age 67 in Hopewell Township, Marshall, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Birth ^[1]

Date: 30 Mar 1875

Place: Ottersheim, Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Baptism ^[1]

Date: 2 Apr 1875

Place: Ottersheim, Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Father: Antonii Glatz

Mother: Magdalenae Hoffman

Emigration: ^[2]

Date: 5 Sep 1882

Place: Ottersheim, Germersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Entry: 05/09/1882 Anton Glatz with his wife and ten children, also Katharina Glatz and son 14

Immigration: ^[3]

Name: Adam Glatz

Event Type: Immigration

Event Date: 22 Sep 1882

Event Place: New York City, New York, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 6

Birth Year (Estimated): 1876

Birthplace: Germany

Ship Name: Belgenland

Passenger List:

105: Glatz, Anton, 44, m, Carpenter, Germany, United States, Steerage

106: Glatz, Magdalena 45, f, , Germany, United States, Steerage

107: Glatz, Elizabeth, 22, f, , Germany, United States, Steerage

108: Glatz, Josef, 18, m, , Germany, United States, Steerage

109: Glatz, Catharine, 17, f, , Germany, United States, Steerage

110: Glatz, Peter, 14, m, , Germany, United States, Steerage

111: Glatz, Jacob, 11, m, , Germany, United States, Steerage

112: Glatz, Georg, 10, m, , Germany, United States, Steerage

113: Glatz, Johannes, 9, m, , Germany, United States, Steerage

114: Glatz, Adam, 6, m, , Germany, United States, Steerage

115: Glatz, Barbara, 4, f, , Germany, United States, Steerage

116: Glatz, Emma, 1, f, , Germany, United States, Steerage

117: Gaab, Catherine, 35, f, , Germany, United States, Steerage

118: Gaab, Anton, 14, m, , Germany, United States, Steerage

Marriage ^[4][5]

Husband: Adam Glatz

Wife: Emma Stoetzer

Date: 18 April 1897

Place: Henry, Marshall County, Illinois

The marriage announcement of Adam Glatz and Emma Stetzer was read out by Rev. Fr Gerhardy in church last Sunday. The nuptials will be celebrated at close to Lent.^[4]

The Easter wedding was celebrated at St. Mary's church last Sunday at 5 p.m., the contracting parties being Adam Glatz, the base ball pitcher, and Emma Stetzer, one of our lovable German young ladies. John Hartley, our handsome county clerk, was best man, and Amelia Glatz, sister of groom, was attendant of bride. A bountiful supper followed the ceremony at the home of the bride's mother [sic]¹. Many friends called to express congratulations in the evening, and the happy couple were favored with a serenade. That they may have a sunny and happy life is the wish of their friends and The Republican.^[5]

Children

• Louis J. Glatz
• Clara M. Glatz
• Edwin C. Glatz
• May Ellen Glatz

14 Jun 1900: Living in Henry, Marshall County, Illinois as 25 year old married nephew resideing in the household of his aunt Regina [Glatz] Kapraun^[6]

19 Apr 1910: Living in Henry, Marshall County, Illinois as 35 year old married head of household^[7]

9 January 1920: Henry, Marshall County, Illinois as 45 year old married head of household^[8]

30 April 1930: Henry, Marshall County, Illinois as 55 year old married head of household^[9]

20 April 1940: Henry, Marshall County, Illinois as 65 year old married head of household^[10]

Died

Date: 16 May 1942

Place: Hopewell Township, Marshall County, Illinois

Buried ^[11]

Date: 16 May 1942

Place: Calvary Cemetery, Henry, Marshall County, Illinois

Memorial for Adam Glatz

Obituary ^[11]

Memorial services for Adam Glatz, aged 67, long a resident of Henry were held at St. Mary's Church in Henry on Tuesday morning of this week, following a stroke of apoplexy which took him from this earth on Saturday, May 16. Mr. Glatz gained considerable fame in his youth in this area as well as elsewhere for his talents as a baseball pitcher. Mr. Glatz' death came about unexpectedly and while he was on the job plying his trade, which was carpentry. For about the last five years, he had been employed by Bert Hoppler, Henry building contractor, and on Saturday last he and Mr. Hoppler, Matthew Appel and son, Floyd, were engaged in shingling a roof at the Appel farm in Hopewell Township east of Henry. It was in the fore part of the afternoon and Mr. Glatz, who had just helped to change the scaffold, remarked that he was thirsty and went to get a drink of water. On the way back, he fell to the ground, stricken, and passed away shortly afterward. There was mention of holding an inquest into the death of the Henry resident, but Marshall County Coronor Dr. J. P. Johnson of Varna, who arrived Sunday, said that the facts in the death were plainly evident and that an inquest would not be necessary. Adam Glatz was born on March 30, 1875 in Ottersheim, Germany, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Glatz. The Glatz family came to America when he was about six years of age and settled in Pittsburg, Pa. Adam was the youngest of the boys in a family group of ten. Three of this group are yet alive. They are Jacob Glatz of Cory, Pa.; Peter Glatz of Cheswick, Pa.; and Mrs. August Grauer, whose last address was Peoria. Those who have already passed on are; Joseph, George, Thomas, Mrs. Elizabeth Brill, Mrs. Joe Merdian, and Mrs. Harry Sayle. Adam came to Henry when he was about 19 years of age, in company with his parents and brother, Jacob. After several years Jacob left Henry, but Adam and his parents remained. The first work Adam did in Henry was for Theodore Bickerman at the old windmill and water tank factory which still stands on the extreme southern edge of Henry. After he discontinued his work there he gained employment at the Kuss Brothers plumbing shop and eventually took up the trade of carpentry which his father had followed. In the year 1897 Mr. Glatz was married to Emma Stetzer of Henry, who survives him. It was around this time that his art of baseball pitching was coming into notice. Adam first picked up the game in the sandlots of Pittsburg and had become a devoted member of the sport since then. Being left-handed, his pitching talent came all the more into focus and he arose to a marked degree of renown in baseball circles before he gave up the sport. Adam first pitched for the Wile Brothers' team of Morris, Ill., which later became known as the Morris Reds. He also was a member of the original Henry Reds which was converted into the Henry Grey's at a later date. The Henry Reds were considered good and with Adam as their pitcher they played strong ball clubs from LaSalle, Streator, Peoria, Peru and other surrounding cities. Adam also pitched at one time in the original Illinois-Missouri league and the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa league, which was a forerunner to the present 816 baseball leagues. At one time, Adam pitched in an exhibition game against the famed "Three Fingered" Mordecai Brown, who played with the Chicago Cubs. Many of the remaining members of the Henry Greys team and the Henry Reds will recall Mr. Glatz' exceptional pitching arm and his career in baseball. After Adam gave up his professional baseball life, he settled down to his carpentry business and had lived a quiet, unassuming existence up to the time of his demise. He worked for several years for contractors Richard Sivell and Henry Wombacher, and finally, about six years ago, after plying an individual carpentry trade for a long time, he started to work for Bert Hoppler. Mr. Glatz was a member of St. Mary's Church of this city. He and his wife were blessed with six children, two of whom died in infancy, and the other four survive him. These four are; Louis of Henry, Clara (Mrs. George Damm) of Camp Grove, Mayella (Mrs. Jesse Nevitt), and Edwin of Henry. He leaves 22 grandchildren and several other relatives as well as many friends. Burial arrangements were in charge of Funeral Director Ed Brennan and interment was made in Calvary Cemetery. The services were conducted at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning at St. Mary's Church, with Rev. Father Andrew Schauer officiating at a requiem high mass. The pall bearers were Bert Hoppler, Ed Hennessey, William Peterman, Henry Meister, Edward Merdian and William Heinrich.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Family History Center Film: 367538; Saint Martin's Church Records - Ottersheim; Title: Taufregister, 1845-1905
2. ↑ Steegmuller, Fritz. Ottersheim by Landau: A Home Town History. Charleston, SC; Amazon Publishing, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-147937428. Page 107
3. ↑ "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27TC-XS6 : 12 March 2018), Adam Glatz, 1882; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Newspaper. Henry Republican. Henry, Marshall County, Illinois. April 8, 1897.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Newspaper. Henry Republican. Henry, Marshall County, Illinois. April 22, 1897. Column 5.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS4K-M9H : accessed 8 April 2018), Adam Glatz in household of Regina Kapraun, Henry Township Henry city, Marshall, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44, sheet 15B, family 400, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,328.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK6L-7HM : accessed 11 March 2018), Adam Glatz, Henry Ward 3, Marshall, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 40, sheet 3B, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 311; FHL microfilm 1,374,324.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJHJ-4Z2 : accessed 11 March 2018), Adam Glatz, Henry, Marshall, Illinois, United States; citing ED 37, sheet 8B, line 59, family 248, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 391; FHL microfilm 1,820,391.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSBK-TWL : accessed 11 March 2018), Adam Glatz, Henry, Marshall, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 13A, line 33, family 434, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 534; FHL microfilm 2,340,269.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWCF-JF2 : accessed 11 March 2018), Adam Glatz, Henry, Henry Township, Marshall, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 62-7, sheet 13B, line 65, family 349, 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 854.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Newspaper. Henry Republican. Henry, Marshall County, Illinois. May 21, 1942. Adam Glatz, Famed Baseball Pitcher Of Henry, Dies.