Nelson P. Wentz (1886 - 1918)

Born 26 Dec 1886 in Carroll, Maryland, United States

Husband of Sarah Queenetta (Dubbs) Krafft — married 9 May 1909 in York, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 31 Oct 1918 at age 31 in Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Nelson Wentz has German Roots.

Nelson Wentz was a Marylander.

Nelson Wentz was a Pennsylvanian.

Nelson, son of Henry Wentz and Ellen Jane Reinecker, was born 26 December 1886 in Carroll County, Maryland.^[1][2][3]

• Residence (1900) Election District 6, Manchester, Carroll, Maryland^[4]

On 9 May 1909 in York County, he married Sarah Queenetta "Nettie" Dubbs, daughter of Chester H Dubbs and Alverta Jane Rabenstine.^[5]

* Residence (1910) rented a home on the Hanover and Baltimore Turnpike in West Manheim Township Nelson P. (age 22, b. Maryland, house carpenter) Nettie S. Wentz (17, mother of one) newborn Clare V. (three weeks).^[6]

• Military Draft Registration (1917-1918) York, Pennsylvania^[1]

Nelson died 31 October 1918 in Hanover, York County, at age 31—probably from the Spanish flu (death record needed to confirm).^[2][3] He was buried there at Mount Olivet Cemetery.^[3]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K62Q-CQY : 26 August 2019), Nelson P Wentz, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950, database, FamilySearch (1 October 2020), Nelson P Wentz.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 12 January 2021), memorial page for Nelson P. Wentz (26 Dec 1886–31 Oct 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #136543047, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Winter Birds PA (contributor 48071784). Nelson's headstone is engraved with his full birth and death dates.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3K1-RCT : accessed 12 January 2021), Nelson Wentz in household of Henry Wentz, Election District 6, Manchester (south part), Carroll, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 19A, family 407, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,620.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950, database with images, FamilySearch (25 September 2017), Nelson P. Wentz and Queenetta Dubs, 09 May 1909; citing Marriage, , York, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 12 January 2021), Nelson P Wentz, West Manheim Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 106, sheet 7B, family 157, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1434; FHL microfilm 1,375,447.

• FamilySearch entry for Nelson P. Wentz.

Acknowledgements

This profile was created, researched and initially written by Kathy Rabenstein (unrelated).