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Personal data Jeremiah Theodore Koontz 

  • He was born on August 31, 1862 in Carroll Co., MD.
  • He was christened on October 21, 1862 in St. Mary's Ref. Chr., Silver Run, Carroll Co., MD.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Sources: Donna Jones & Cheryl Espinosa
  • He died on March 25, 1947 in Pleasant Vly., Carroll Co., MD, he was 84 years old.
  • He is buried after March 24, 1947 in Pleasant Vly. Cem., Pleasant Vly., Carroll Co., MD.
  • This information was last updated on January 9, 2021.

Household of Jeremiah Theodore Koontz

He is married to Flora Ida Wantz.

They got married on October 29, 1884 at Carroll Co., MD, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Mary Lovina Koontz  1900-1988 


Notes about Jeremiah Theodore Koontz

Jeremiah Theodore Koontz

Sources: Author: Jones, Donna, Title: "Jeremiah T Koontz," (Publication location: Pleasant Vly., MD, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxvii June MMX), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54167203/jeremiah-t-koontz

"Photo[graph of stone shared with Flora I. Koontz & Lydia S. Koontz] added by Misti Adams Unger

Jeremiah T Koontz Birth 21 Oct 1862 Death 25 Mar 1947 (aged 84) Burial Pleasant Valley Cemetery Pleasant Valley, Carroll County, Maryland, USA Plot B06-04a Memorial ID 54167203

Parents
Photo[graph of stone shared with Savilla J. Koontz] Amos J Koontz 1839-1925
Photo[graph of stone shared with Amos J. Koontz] Savilla J. Sterner Koontz 1837-1915

Spouse
Photo[graph of stone shared with Jeremiah T. Koontz & Lydia S. Koontz] Flora Ida Wantz Koontz 1865-1957

Siblings

Photo[graph of stone shared with Jersey G. Reeder] Clara V. Koontz Reeder 1876-1920

Children

Photo[graph of her stone] Emma V Koontz Helwig 1887-1973
Photo[graph of stone shared with H. Walter Helwig] Bertha E Koontz Helwig 1888-1971
Photo[graph of stone shared with Jesse P. Shettle] Nellie Romaine Koontz Shettle 1890-1963
Photo[graph of stone shared with Jeremiah T. Koontz & Flora I. Koontz] Lydia S Koontz 1892-1976
Photo[graph of stone shared with Treva I. Koontz] Ralph Earhart Koontz 1898-1990
Photo[graph of stone shared with Marion C. Blizzard] Mary Lovina Koontz Blizzard 1900-1988
Photo[graph of her stone] Flora Ida Koontz 1906-1906

Aged 84 years, son of the late Amos and Savilla Starner Koontz. He is survived by his wife, Flora Wantz Koontz; three sons and six daughters: Horace C., John V., Ralph E., Mrs. Emma Helwig, Mrs. John Myers, Mrs. Nellie Shettle, Mrs. Marion Blizzard, Mrs. Cora K. Warner, and Miss Lydia S. Koontz; a brother, John Koontz, and two sisters, Mrs. David Reeder and Mrs. Lizzie McCauley. Carroll county Times March 28, 1947 Left by Anonymous on 31 Oct 2014

Created by: Donna Jones Added: 27 Jun 2010 Find a Grave Memorial 54167203"

Author: Espinosa, Cheryl, Title: "Espinosa Web Site," (Publication location: Lehi, UT, Publisher: MyHeritage Family Trees, Publication date: ix Jan MMXXI), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-495336941-1-523737/jeremiah-theodore-koontz-in-myheritage-family-trees

"... Jeremiah Theodore Koontz Birth Aug 31 1862 Carroll Co., MD Baptism Oct 21 1862 St. Mary's Reformed Church, Silver Run, Carroll Co., MD.

Residence Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, USA 1870
Residence Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, USA 1880

Marriage Marriage to: Flora Ida Koontz (born Rhodes) Oct 29 1884 Carroll County, Maryland, USA

Residence Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, USA 1910
Residence Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, USA 1920
Residence Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, USA 1930

Death Mar 25 1947 Pleasant Valley, Carroll County, Maryland, USA Burial Pleasant Valley Cemetery Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Carroll County, Maryland, USA

Parents
Amos J. Koontz 1841 - 1925
Savilla Koontz (born Starner) 1837 - 1915

Wife
Flora Ida Koontz (born Rhodes) 1865 - 1957

Siblings

[1 f] Josephine Catherine Koontz 1862 - 1887
[2 m] John Koontz 1866 - ?
[3 f] Lydia Koontz 1868 - ?
[4 m] Josephus Koontz 1865 - ?
[5 f] Elizabeth Catherine Koontz 1867 - 1948
[6 f] Clara V Koontz 1878 - ?

Children

[1 m] Horace Clayton Koontz 1885 - 1944
[2 f] Emma Virginia Koontz 1887 - 1973
[3 f] Bertha E Koontz 1888 - 1971
[4 f] Nellie Koontz 1891 - ?
[5 f] Lydia Koontz 1893 - ?
[6 m] John V Koontz 1895 - ?
[7 m] Ralph Earhart Koontz 1898 - 1990
[8 f] Mary Lovina Koontz 1900 - 1988
[9 f] Flora Mae Koontz 1906 - 1906
[10 ?] Koontz

Source
Espinosa Web Site Updated on Jan 9 2021 (today) Cheryl Espinosa Site manager"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jeremiah Theodore Koontz

Jeremiah Theodore Koontz
1862-1947

1884

Flora Ida Wantz
1865-1957

Mary Lovina Koontz
1900-1988

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Birthday August 31, 1862

  • The temperature on August 31, 1862 was about 19.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 8 » American Civil War: The Naval Battle of Hampton Roads begins.
    • April 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
    • May 20 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law, opening 84million acres of public land to settlers.
    • August 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
    • September 4 » American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
    • November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.

Christening day October 21, 1862

  • The temperature on October 21, 1862 was about 6.9 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 10 » American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
    • March 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
    • June 20 » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
    • August 17 » American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
    • September 5 » American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
    • October 11 » American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Day of marriage October 29, 1884

  • The temperature on October 29, 1884 was about 4.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
    • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
    • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
    • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
    • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
    • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Day of death March 25, 1947

  • The temperature on March 25, 1947 was between 0.6 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
    • March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
    • May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
    • September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
    • October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
    • December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.


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