Marie Pohl Holtz, wife of Wilhelm Friedrich Holtz
This picture was taken near her 90th. birthday, March of 1929
Children of Maria Pohl
1. Maria Pohl (Pohl) was born March 1839 in Fadden, Germany, and died April 26, 1931 in Irondequoit, Monroe County, NY. She married William Friedrich Holtz Abt. 1861 in Germany, son of Christian Holtz and Johanna [--?--]. He was born February 1837 in Near Hamburg, Germany, and died December 18, 1905 in Irondequoit, Monroe County, NY.
Children of Maria Pohl and William Holtz are:
2 i. John Sr. Herman Martin Holtz, born February 04, 1858 in Near Hamburg, Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Germany; died October 16, 1930 in Hilton, Monroe, NY. He married Christiana Kettenburg November 28, 1883 in Concordia Luth. Rochester, Monroe, NY, by Rev. Carl N. Conrad; born December 24, 1859 in Steffenhagen, Mecklenburg, Bucow, Germany; died March 13, 1939 in Hilton, Monroe, NY.
3 ii. Karl Holtz, born July 25, 1863 in Pommern, Germany; died February 28, 1929 in Irondequoit, Monroe, NY. He married Wilhelmine Fischer November 13, 1884 in Concordia Lutheran Church, Rochester, Monroe, NY, by Rev. Carl N. Conrad; born April 25, 1864 in Berlin, Germany; died January 06, 1934 in Irondequoit, Monroe, NY.
4 iii. Friederike Holtz, born April 26, 1864 in Mechlenburg, Germany. She married (1) Henry Kemp April 26, 1888 in Concordia Luth. Rochester, Monroe, NY, by Rev. Carl N. Conrad; born Bef. April 26, 1867 in Mechlenburg, Germany. She married (2) Johann Sr. August Kettenburg Abt. 1904; born December 29, 1852 in Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Germany; died December 11, 1939 in Hilton, Monroe, NY.
5 iv. Friedrich Holtz, born April 1866 in Mecklinberg, Germany; died December 23, 1946 in Irondequoit, Monroe, NY. He married Frederika Lass Abt. March 25, 1886 in Concordia Luth. Rochester, Monroe, NY, by Rev. Carl N. Conrad; born April 1865 in Mecklinberg, Germany; died June 17, 1940 in Irondequoit, Monroe, NY.
6 v. Wilhelmine Holtz, born 1868 in Germany; died December 13, 1935 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY. She married (1) Friedrich Hartman October 17, 1889 in Rochester, NY by Rev. C F Schoepflin; born Abt. 1860 in Hanover, Germany; died in Monroe County, NY. She married (2) James Whitlock; born 1869 in Brighton, Monroe, NY.
7 vi. Mary Holtz, born February 1870 in Mecklenburg, Germany; died 1953. She married Frank C. Thiel March 07, 1895 in Concordia Luth. Rochester, Monroe, NY, by Rev. Carl N. Conrad; born February 1866 in Mecklenburg, Germany; died Bef. 1930 in Monroe County, NY.
8 vii. Christian Holtz, born February 01, 1873 in Mechlenburg, Germany; died August 29, 1948 in Irondequoit, Monroe, NY. He married Bertha C. Cort November 28, 1895 in Irondequoit, Monroe, NY; born September 1876 in Germany; died in NY.
9 viii. Whilhelm Holtz, born April 14, 1875 in Germany; died February 27, 1893 in Irondequoit, Monroe, NY.
10 ix. Frank H. Kleinfield Holtz, born August 24, 1887 in NY; died 1959 in Irondequoit, Monroe, NY; Adopted child.
Obituary taken from a Rochester, N.Y. newspaper on Wednesday, April 28, 1931:"Woman Dies at 90, Has 70 Descendants
Mrs. Mary Holtz Resident of Irondequoit 50 Years
A life of more than nine decades was brought to an end yesterday afternoon when Mrs. Mary Holtz, for more than fifty years a resident of Irondequoit, died at her home in Cooper Road after an illness of several months. She was 92 years old.
Mrs. Holtz came to this country from her birthplace in Germany shortly before the year 1880 with her husband, who purchased a farm in Irondequoit. Mr. Holtz died a number of years ago, and for nearly five years she had lived with one of her grandchildren. She was an active member of concordia Church until about a year ago.
She leaves three daughters, Mrs. John Kettenburg of Hilton, Mrs. James Whitlock and Mary Thiel of Rochester; Two sons, Fred and Chris; twenty-six grandchildren, and thirty-nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will take place Thursday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock at the home of her son, Fred, 3462 St. Paul Boulevard. Rev. Dr. Carl N. Conrad will officiate, and burial will be made in Irondequoit Cemetery."