William
Wilheim
Lentz
Born about in Germany
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Lisette (Unknown) Lentz
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Antonio W. Lentz and Heinrich Lentz
Died before
before about age 61
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Dec 2016
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Biography
William likely died in Germany. His oldest son, Adolph, escaped religious persecution in Germany bringing his mother and younger brother to the United States.[1]
According to the 1910 census[2] for son Antonio, Antonio arrived in New York from Germany about 1871. An immigration record for Anton Lentz exists for 24 May 1872, who was born about 1845 and from Germany.[3]
It is possible that William arrived earlier on his own, as there is a William Lentz who was naturalized in Ottawa, Illinois and Bureau County, Illinois in 1855.[4]
If the mother of Antonio Lentz is correctly identified as Lisette Lentz who lived in Chicago during 1880, then William must have died before 1880, as Lisette was then a widow.
The matter of who William Lentz was, and where he lived is still in need of a firm resolution.
Sources
- ↑ Family story told by Florence and Rose Thomson
- ↑ 1910; Census Place: Estancia, Torrance, New Mexico; Roll: T624_919; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0274; FHL microfilm: 1374932 Ancestry Record 7884 #16930288
- ↑ 1872; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 359; Line: 39; List Number: 483 Ancestry Record 7488 #16063762
- ↑ "Illinois, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1998", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRF-JNPS : 29 August 2019), William Lentz, 1855.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~6.25%
David Thomson
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