Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Alzey-Worms
Name: Phillip Kantz
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 13 Dec 1939
Event Place: New York City, Queens, New York, United States
Address: 59-66 61st Street
Residence Place: Queens
Gender: Male
Age: 92
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Occupation: Painter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1847
Birthplace: Germany
Burial Date: 16 Dec 1939
Cemetery: Lutheran
Father's Name: Christopher Kantz
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Name: Henrietta Schlegelmilch
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
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Philipp Kantz aka Philipp Valentin Christoph Kantz aka Philipp Kantz aka Philip Kantz was born 2 May 1848 in Großherzoglich Kreisamt Alzey (“Ducal District Administration of Alzey”), Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein (“the Grand-Duchy of Hessen”) and died 13 December 1939 Creedmoor State Hospital, Queens County, Queens Village, New York USA 13 December 1939.
Kantz was a member of the Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche ("Evangelical Reformed Church"). Communicants called themselves Evangelischer, not Lutheraner.
Two administrative actions and one personal action preceded Philipp’s departure from Germany:
(1) PERSONAL Line 3 of Philipp’s Petition to Emigrate of 21 July 1871 (see below) mentions “an uncle in America has established residency in America” and who invited him leave Hessen.
This uncle is unidentified and unlocated.
One Philipp Kantz (Alzey 28 July 1821-?) is a possible match for this uncle; this Philipp emigrated to America in 1848, according to Der Deutsche Pionier: Erinnerungen aus dem Pionierleben der Deutschen In Amerika, Volume 6 (1874-1875, Deutscher Pionier-Verein von Cincinnati, Ohio)
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE Sometime between 1865 (his seventeenth birthday) and 1870 Philipp was summoned for military physical examination and basic training (Musterung).
On 31 January 1871, a mere thirteen days after Bismarck’s declaration of the German Empire with Wilhelm I King of Prussia as Emperor, Philipp was assigned to the Imperial German Ersatz-Reserve I (“Substitute Reserve List 1”) of the German Army ((Kaiserliches Heer or Kaiserreichsheer or Reichsheer or Deutsches Heer).
He may have had a physical/mental disability(-ies) and/or economic/family hardship(s)---if he had one or more of those, it is unknown.
Philipp was likely assigned to one of the two infantry brigades (the 49th and the 50th) of the 25th Division (25. Division), officially the Grand Ducal Hessian (25th) Division (Großherzoglich Hessische (25.) Division), HQs Darmstadt.
For years, family lore circulated the story that there existed a photo (never seen) of Philipp Kantz in a “Prussian lancer’s (German "Ulan") uniform”.
(3) ADMINISTRATIVE On 21 July 1871, Gregor Mayer, Beigeordneter (“alderman”) for the town of Alzey, forwarded Philipp’s Gesuch des Philipp Kanz zu Alzey um Auswanderung-Erlaubniß nach Amerika (“Request on Behalf of Philipp Kanz (sic) for Permission to Emigrate to America”) to the Großherzoglich Kreisamt Alzey (“Ducal District Administration of Alzey”).
The Request mentions an unidentified uncle of Philipp’s who apparently invited him to America.
The Großherzoglich Kreisamt Alzey (“Ducal District Administration of Alzey”) approved the request 24 July 1871:
Alzey 21 July 1871
Re: Request by Philipp Kantz from Alzey for permission to emigrate to America
That in the above request we have the honor to defer in the following comments to (one word illegible) to the below.
The petitioner was born 2 May 1848 and is as of 31 January of the current year transferred to the substitute reserves.
The same indicates that an uncle in America has established residency in America and he wishes to go there.
Our side raises no objection.
Gregor Mayer, Alderman
He arrived in the Port of New York, District of the City of New York on 16 September 1871 (age 23 per the ship’s manifest) aboard the S.S. Hermann.
The processing center at that time was Castle Garden (not Ellis Island).
Philipp made a bee-line for the German Methodist Episcopal Church aka The Second Street Church aka The Second Street Methodist Episcopal aka The First German M.E. Church aka "the little red chapel of the east side", 252 2nd Street (now 252 East 2nd Street) in the Eleventh Ward, where he would spend the next eight years, on and off, in good times and bad (see below).
He signed his intent to become a US citizen on 25 September 1871 and became a US citizen on 22 October 1872 at the Common Pleas Court (abolished 31 December 1895), New York County on Chrystie Street on the Lower East Side. He listed his occupation as painter and the witness was one Charles A. Weisser.
His addresses were, with discrepancies:
1871-1872: German M.E. Church aka The Second Street Church aka The Second Street M.E. Church aka The First German M.E. Church aka "the little red chapel of the east side", 254 2nd Street (now 254 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031 (torn down). This church had an associated but independent Second Street Methodist Episcopal at 252 Second Street, a parish house at 258 2nd Street, a Children’s Aid Mission at 272 Second Street, and a school at 276 East 3rd Street, now a vacant lot.
1872-1876: Unknown; possibly staying with the unidentified and unlocated uncle who preceded him to New York
1876-1878: United Hebrew Charities (UHC), 256 Second Avenue, New York, New York 10003 (torn down)
1878-1880: 266 Second Avenue, New York, New York 10003 (torn down)
[NOTE: 266 was probably a second lot owned by the UHC]
?-22 October 1879: Return to the German M.E. Church aka The Second Street Church aka The Second Street M.E. Church aka “the "little red chapel of the east side", 254 2nd Street (now 254 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031 (torn down)
1880-1885: 523 East 6th Street, New York, New York 10009 (torn down)
1880-1882: 162 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10011-1813
[NOTE: In the 1880 census, one Julia Somerlath (Königreich Preußen „Kingdom of Prussia“ 1830 - ?) a widow, was included in the household. She is otherwise unknown.]
1882-1883: 623 Sixth Avenue, New York, New York 10011 (torn down)
1889 1915: 139 (misread as 189) Avenue A, New York, New York 10009-5105
1915-?: unknown house number on 163rd Street, Queens, New York
1925: 20-18 Palmetto Street, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385 (six apartments with four different Zip+4 extensions). His name is listed as Philipp Kantz, while his son Philip Kantz lived at 20-06 Palmetto Street.
?-1939: 59-66 61st Street, Maspeth, Queens, New York 11378-3435
He listed his occupation as “painter” until 1914 when he retired, and his place of birth as “Hessen” until “Germany” became the standard toponym.
When he became a citizen 22 October 1872 he gave his address as the German M.E. Church 254 2nd Street (remapped as 254 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031---a discrepancy with other records.
Some time prior to 1918, and while resident at 20-18 Palmetto Street, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385, Philipp Kantz had become a registered Democrat.
He was admitted to Creedmoor State Hospital, Queens, New York (death certificate 8474) 2 December 1939 and died there 12:05am 13 December 1939. The principal cause of death was “Chronic Myocarditis” with “Senile Psychosis, Simple Deterioration” (sic) as contributory (“Chronic myocarditis” is the modern “congestive heart failure”; “senile psychosis” would be later “Alzheimer’s” or “dementia”). Creedmoor had been run since 1912 by the New York State Hospital Commission (subdivision of the New York State Department of Health, called the State Commission in Lunacy from 1895 to 1912).
The attending physician was one Anthony Tagliavia, MD.
Philipp was buried 16 December 1939 at Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Public Lot 26, Map 3A, Row 11, Grave 29. Obsequies were handled by the Peter Blasius Funeral Chapel, 1872 Gates Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385-2940, now a two-story four-unit apartment building.
The Lutheran Cemetery (as it was known in Philipp’s time) was owned by the German M.E. Church, 252 Second Street (now 252 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031 (torn down) which Philipp called home at various times during the period 1871-1879.
He was married twice and had a total of seven children:
1. First to Margaret Kantz née Amborn or Margaretha Kantz née Amborn (Wonsheim, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein/Grand Duchy of Hesse May 1854 – Bellevue Hospital, New York 25 August 1903, death certificate 25164 dated 26 August 1903) in 1875. Her parents were Valentin Amborn and Eva Amborn née Scherer (Großbockenheim, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein/Grand Duchy of Hesse 28 September 1830-?). Cause of death was “Malignant (one word illegible) and (one word illegible) carcinoma.” She is buried in Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Public Lot 26, Map 3A, Row 11, Grave 29.
Philip Valentin Christoph and Margaretha had seven children. They were:
a) Philip Valentin Christoph Kantz, (12 May 1875 – 26 March 1929) burial Cypress Hills National Cemetery, 625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11208, Plot 2, 10579.
He was married twice:
Caroline Kantz née Stock (May 1878 – 29 October 1907) 29 July 1905 (marriage certificate number 16274), Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Public Lot 20, Map 3A, Row 24, Grave 50. Philip and Caroline had one child:
Unidentified infant (“male Kantz”) (Manhattan 27 January 1906 – Manhattan 3 February 1906 death certificate 3902; buried on Hart Island; most records of Hart Island burials were destroyed in a fire 1977. Searchable records only exist for the period 1980-);
Second wife:
Blanche Mary Kantz née Grabowski aka Blanche M. Kantz aka Blanche Kantz (3 February 1879 – 10 April 1962) Cypress Hills National Cemetery, 625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11208, Plot 2, 10579, buried 13 April 1962. Her mother Emilia was born in the Russian Empire.
They had four children:
Howard M. Kantz aka Howard Kantz (New York 1 September 1909 –Morristown, New Jersey 26 September 1999) burial place unknown;
Clifford C. Kantz aka Clifford Kantz (New York 1913 – 1952) burial place unknown;
Blanche L. Kantz née Goebel aka Blanche Kantz (Brooklyn, New York 17 January 1917 – Toms River, New Jersey 25 July 1999);
Arthur Kantz (24 October 1920 – Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York 11235 1 October 1981) burial place unknown.
And
b) Adolph Kantz (New York, New York 15 September 1876 – 3 February 1937 death certificate number 3553) burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303 Map 3A,
married
Mary Elizabeth Kantz née Carr aka Mary E. Kantz aka Mary Kantz (1877 – 1960) on 9 April 1902 (certificate number 7304), same burial location as Adolph.
Adolph and Mary Elizabeth had one child, Margaret Amanda Kantz (12 July 1903 - ? who “died as a child”) birth certificate 31028, burial location unknown; possibly Hart Island.
c) Louis Kantz (New York, New York 11 February 1878 – New York, New York 12 February 1878 death certificate 283900), buried on Hart Island (most records of Hart Island burials were destroyed in a fire 1977. Searchable records only exist for the period 1980-).
d) Gustav Kantz aka Gus Kantz (New York, New York 14 December 1882 – New York, New York May 1963):
According to the New York State census of 1905, Gustav was living in the household of one Nicholas Schwanermann in Assembly District 14, Election District 22 (source: Reel 14 FHL microfilm 1433090). This A.D. and E.D. delimited East 13th Street, East 14th Street, Avenue B
and Avenue C in the Lower East Side, now the East Village.
Gustav first married Louise F. C. Kantz née Kahl aka Louise Kantz (1882 – 8 March 1909) on 1 July 1906 (marriage certificate number 16317), at the St. George’s Episcopal Church parish house, 207 East 16th Street New York, New York 10003-3746. Her burial location is Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 1244 Map 3A.
They had two children:
William Kantz (28 March 1907 died at five hours old, birth certificate number 16400, death certificate 10949), burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 1244, Map 3A,
And
Margaret Anna Green née Kantz aka Margaret A. Green aka Margaret Green (New York, New York 14 July 1908 – Los Angeles, California 27 June 1959, burial location Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 West Centinela Avenue, Culver City (or Los Angeles), California 90045, Valley of Remembrance 16-882-3) whose spouse was Phillip Edward Green aka Phillip E. Green aka Phillip Green (Poland 15 December 1906 - 4 October 1962, burial place Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 West Centinela Avenue, Culver City (or Los Angeles), California 90045, Valley of Remembrance 16-882-4). She converted to Judaism.
Margaret Anna and Philip Edward had one son, Louis Robert Green aka Louis R. Green aka Louis Green (New York 30 October 1928 – North Carolina 11 August 1983). Louis Robert is buried in New Bern National Cemetery, 1711 National Avenue, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina 28560, Plot 8, 0, 6233.
In 1910, Gustav’s address was on the Lower East Side, in Manhattan Ward 11 (bounded by Rivington Street on the south, East 14th Street on the north, Avenue B on the west, and by the Harlem River on the east).
Then he married Mary M. Kantz aka Mary Kantz née Buckley “Nana” (city and county unknown, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 22 March 1888 – St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 February 1968) on 7 April 1912 (marriage certificate number 10210) at Church of the Annunciation, 88 Convent Avenue, New York, New York 10027-7520.
[NOTE: “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” was that country’s formal name 1801-1922.]
His address at the time was 606 East 14th Street, New York, New York 10009-3311, Lower East Side (torn down). Her address at that time was 1332 3rd Avenue, New York, New York 10075-1902 on the Upper East Side. She worked in a candy store owned by her parents.
By 1920 Gustav and Mary had moved uptown to Assembly District 23, Enumeration District (E.D.) and Tract unknown. A.D. 23 covered a vast area and their residence was probably 509 West 179th Street, New York, New York 10033-5708 (built 1919) in Washington Heights where they lived for decades with their children. Their last address was a first-floor one-bedroom apartment on Nagle Avenue, New York, New York 10040.
Gustav and Mary had three children:
Florence M. Leonard aka Florence Leonard née Kantz (New York, New York 3 April 1916 - May 1972) married John J. Leonard Sr. (? - ?) on 29 August 1937 (marriage certificate number 19754) three children: Florence Leonard Brennan (1949 -), John J. Leonard Jr. aka Johnny Leonard (1941 - 2015), Philip T. Leonard "Little Philip" (New York 2 August 1945 – Los Angeles, California 28 September 1970), in all cases burial locations unknown.
Grace Lillian O’Connor née Kantz (New York, New York 1918 – North Washington Avenue, Bergenfield, New Jersey ?) married William O’Connor (? - ?, buried Las Vegas, Nevada)
[NOTE: Her name is shown as Grace D. Kantz on the 1940 Census.]
And
Matthew Henderson (no further information); no children in either marriage.
Philip Frank Kantz aka Philip F. Kantz aka Philip Kantz aka Phil Kantz (Harlem Hospital (construction began 1887, now called Harlem Hospital Center), 506 Lenox Avenue, New York, New York 10037 14 July 1922 – Morrisania Hospital (built 1929, closed 1976), 50 East 168th Street, Bronx, New York 10452-7929 4 October 1968)
married
Marcella Marie Kantz aka Marcella M. Kantz aka Marcella Kantz aka Marce Kantz née Shine (New York, New York 5 April 1921 – St. Louis, Missouri 23 December 2004). They are buried in Long Island National Cemetery, 2040 Wellwood Avenue, Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York 11735-1213, Section 2P, Site 1085.
Marcella Marie’s parents were Daniel William Shine aka Dan Shine “Pop” born in Civil Parish (CP) of Rathronan, Barony of Shanid, Athea Town (Part of) (Áth an tSléibhe), District Electoral Division (DED) of Rathronan, Poor Law Union (PLU) of Newcastle West (an Caisleán Nua Thiar), Parliamentary Division (PD) of West Limerick, County Limerick (Contae Luimneach or Luimnigh), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
(8 July 1878 – New York, New York 26 May 1964)
and
Mary Shine née Rochfort (24 August 1887 – Sloane Maternity Hospital (1886; name changed 1910 to Sloane Hospital for Women; moved to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital 1928), 447 West 59th Street, New York 20 January 1927 (death certificate 1861) (buried 22 January 1927)) married 17 June 1917 in New York; both buried Calvary Cemetery, 49-02 Laurel Hill Boulevard, Woodside, Queens, New York 11377, Section 51, Plot 3, Grave 6.
Her home town: Ballaghaderreen (Bealach an Doirín) town, County Roscommon (Contae Ros Comáin), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Prior to 1898 the town and parish of Ballaghaderreen was located in the eastern part of County Mayo.
Her home of record was Cartron More hamlet, Moyne town, Loughglinn or Loughglynn Civil Parish (CP) and District Electoral Division (DED), County Roscommon (Contae Ros Comáin), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Mary Shine’s parents were Martin Rochford (1850 - 7 July 1934) and Catherine Rochford née Gallagher or Katherine Rochford née Gallagher (born/died United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1853 - 26 April 1940 ) married c. 1884.
Their home town and home of record info is the same as that of their daughter.
Mary’s cause of death was declared “hemorrhage etc. chronic bronchitis” (sic).
Daniel and Mary’s address in early 1927 was 151 West 102nd Street, New York, New York 10025 in East Harlem (torn down).
Interred in the same grave with Daniel and Mary is Marcella Marie Rochfort aka Marcella M. Rochfort aka Marcella Rochfort (11 June 1888 [NOTE: headstone reads ‘1889’] – New York, New York 17 January 1976).
Same home town and home of record info as that of the other Rochforts above.
Philip Frank and Marcella Marie had three children:
---APK (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 22 March 1951 - ) birth record 156-51-111731 filed Monday 26 March 1951
married
Diane Marie Kantz née Mundschenk (born Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa 21 August 1951 - ) on 22 December 1977 in Clayton, Missouri;
two adopted children Noëlle Lucinda (born Guatemala City, Guatemala (formal name La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, República de Guatemala) 4 March 1982 -) with four children born in Arlington, Virginia:
---Ingrid (born 16 June 2004) father unknown
---Jeans Brian (30 April 2006-) aka Brian, father is William Cali, born Bolivia
---Violeta (22 February 2008-) father is José Israel Morales, born Puebla (formal name Heróica Puebla de Zaragoza), Puebla, Mexico
---Natalie (15 August 2012-)
and Molly Lucrecia (Guatemala City, Guatemala (La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, República de Guatemala) 20 July 1985 -) with two children born in Arlington, Virginia:
---Christina Angel Armendariz (born 12 August 2008)
---Selena Marie Armendariz (born 1 December 2010)
with Daniel Armendariz (born 29 June 1983)
---Philip Jude Kantz aka Philip J. Kantz aka Philip Kantz (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 1 August 1958 - ) married Karen Marie Kantz née Knight (St. Louis, Missouri 12 November 1960 - ) in St. Louis, Missouri 30 April 1983; three children
Timothy Jude Kantz aka Timothy J. Kantz aka Timothy Kantz aka Tim Kantz (St. Louis, Missouri 30 April 1989-),
Joseph Philip Kantz aka Joseph P. Kantz aka Joseph Kantz aka Joe Kantz (St. Louis, Missouri 5 March 1995 -),
Kristen Marie Banks née Kantz aka Kristen M. Banks aka Kristen Banks (St. Louis, Missouri 31 October 1985-). married Jason Edward Banks aka Jason E. Banks aka Jason Banks (Springfield, Illinois 12 June 1976-) 30 November 2013 in Sappington, Missouri;
two children: Evan Michael Banks aka Evan M. Banks aka Evan Banks (St. Anthony’s Medical Center, 10018 Kennerly Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63128 10 November 2007 -) and Hayden Sophia Banks aka Hayden S. Banks aka Hayden Banks (St. Anthony’s Medical Center, 10018 Kennerly Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63128 14 December 2010-).
---Marie Gerardette Kantz (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 born/died 1963); as indicated in the NOTE above, she is possibly the unidentified infant interred in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 10 West Stevens Avenue, Hawthorne CDP, Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York 10532-2205, Section 44, Lot 511, Grave 15 along with Gustav and Mary Kantz.
e) Philipine Margaretha Louise Kantz aka Philippine Margaretha Louise Kantz (1 September 1879 – 11 February 1881). Burial - Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, exact location unknown.
f) Margaretha born 19 September 1881 “died in infancy”. Burial place unknown.
g) Paul Hatch Kantz aka Paul H. Kantz aka Paul Kantz (24 July 1889 certificate number 21342 – 21 September 1971), burial Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303, Map 3A.
Paul Hatch had two marriages:
Louisa Augusta Kantz née Abel aka Louise Augusta Kantz née Abel (9 July 1892 – 26 February 1960) married 30 March 1914 (marriage certificate number 8257), burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303 Map 3A.
Child:
Helen Mae Grosch née Kantz (27 July 1915 – 14 December 2000), burial Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Section 5, Map 8, Block 1, Grave 132.
NOTE: Helen Mae was probably the only enthusiastic Lutheran in the Kantz family; quoting from her obituary “She was a member of the Ladies Aid Society of Emmaus Evangelical Lutheran Church” (60-10 67th Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385).
Emmaus’ German-language service survived until 2002.
married
Theodore Louis Grosch, Jr. (5 June 1913 - 16 September 1967) same burial location as Helen Mae; daughter Lorraine Grosch (Queens, New York ? - ?) granddaughter Carolee Lowry (Bergen County, New Jersey ? - )
And
Maria Kantz (Austria 1925-1985) who had two unidentified adult children at the time of her marriage to Paul in the early 1960s; burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303, Map 3A.
1. After the death of his first wife, Margaret or Margaretha Kantz née Amborn (Wonsheim, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein [capital Darmstadt] May 1854 – died New York, New York 25 August 1903), Philipp Valentin Christoph Kantz married the mysterious Mary Hilymüller (New York 1891 - ?) on 29 April 1908 (marriage certificate 7943) at the parish house of The Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession in the City of New York aka The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew aka Trinity Lutheran Church “The Very Old German Meeting-House”, 602 East 9th Street, New York, New York 10009-5239. The parish house is gone, replaced in 1993 by the so-called Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran Parish.
The church itself was located at 323 East 6th Street, New York, NY 10003-8401:
The marriage was performed by the Evangelical Lutheran pastor of Trinity, whose name is illegible. Witness was one Robert Kröhn.
Philipp’s address at the time was 606 East 14th Street, New York, New York 10009-3311, Lower East Side (torn down). He was living with his son Gustav then.
Mary’s address at the time was 784 Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York 11222 (torn down).
Mary’s parents were John Hilymüller and Mary Hilymüller née Mueller.
Mary Hilymüller disappeared from the scene years before the elderly Philipp moved in with his son, Paul Hatch Kantz.
Her burial location is unknown. There were no children.
NOTE: It is possible that this woman was the “gypsy with raven-black” or “jet-black” or “coal-black” hair associated with Philipp and referenced in the mid-1960s.
Philipp’s 1939 death certificate declared him as a widower (i.e, of Margaret or Margaretha Amborn Kantz (1854-1903), his next-of-kin as Paul Hatch Kantz, and makes no mention of Mary Hilymüller.
ONE NEPHEW AND FOUR NIECES OF PHILIPP VALENTIN CHRISTOPH KANTZ:
---On 4 March 1902, one Louise Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein June 1879), a servant, arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Vaderland via Antwerp, Belgium. On the ship's manifest she declared one Heinrich Schneider, an uncle, resident at 1245 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10128 USA (torn down) as a point-of-contact (see Marie Kantz below).
NOTE: An eight-member family of Hessian Schneiders arrived in New York City 6 July 1863; the father’s name was Gustav Heinrich Schneider.
---According to the Großherzoglich hessisches Regierungsblatt für das Jahr 1902. (Darmstadt, Buchhandlung des Großherzoglichen Staatsverlags) page 255, one Wilhelm Kantz of Alzey was described as a Schulamtsaspirant (“candidate” (for doctorate?) in the Grand Ducal Education Board) and had a teaching job at the municipal school (Gemeindeschule) in Bingenheim, Landkreis Büdingen. The information was as of 15 November 1902.
---On 8 August 1905, one Lena or Lina Margaretha Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein June 1889) arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Vaderland via Antwerp, Belgium.
She declared her brother, Wilhelm Weihmann aka Wilhelm Weimann, 224 East 21st Street, New York, New York 10010 (torn down) as point-of-contact.
According to the 1910 census she was living in Staten Island (Richmond Ward 5, District 1329), New York as a servant in the household of the Hammond family: John F. Hammond (born Massachusetts 1850), wife Harriet S. Hammond (born Pennsylvania 1858), son Charles W. Hammond (born Nebraska 1886).
---On 21 June 1909, one Margarete Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein 1889) arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Vaderland via Antwerp, Belgium. On the ship’s manifest she declared one Mrs. Charles Gaissert as point-of-contact resident in Prince’s Bay, Staten Island, New York. She gave as reference her father, Johan Kantz (probably Johannes Kantz born Alzey 14 March 1839; Rupprechtstraße 9 Alzey 55232.
NOTE: There was a Charles Gaissert (1880-?) resident Brooklyn 27th Ward.
---On 10 April 1922, one Marie Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein 1904) arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Mount Clay (formerly the USS DeKalb ID-3010 formerly the SS Prinz Eitel Friedrich) via Hamburg, Germany. On the ship's manifest she declared one Heinrich Schneider, an uncle, resident at 1245 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10128 USA (torn down) as a point-of-contact (see Louise Kantz above and NOTE). Marie predicted that she would return to Germany c. 1927.
Marie declared her mother, Johanna Kantz (no further information), Wartbergstraße, Alzey 55232 as reference.
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Alzey-Worms
Name: Phillip Kantz
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 13 Dec 1939
Event Place: New York City, Queens, New York, United States
Address: 59-66 61st Street
Residence Place: Queens
Gender: Male
Age: 92
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Occupation: Painter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1847
Birthplace: Germany
Burial Date: 16 Dec 1939
Cemetery: Lutheran
Father's Name: Christopher Kantz
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Name: Henrietta Schlegelmilch
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
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Philipp Kantz aka Philipp Valentin Christoph Kantz aka Philipp Kantz aka Philip Kantz was born 2 May 1848 in Großherzoglich Kreisamt Alzey (“Ducal District Administration of Alzey”), Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein (“the Grand-Duchy of Hessen”) and died 13 December 1939 Creedmoor State Hospital, Queens County, Queens Village, New York USA 13 December 1939.
Kantz was a member of the Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche ("Evangelical Reformed Church"). Communicants called themselves Evangelischer, not Lutheraner.
Two administrative actions and one personal action preceded Philipp’s departure from Germany:
(1) PERSONAL Line 3 of Philipp’s Petition to Emigrate of 21 July 1871 (see below) mentions “an uncle in America has established residency in America” and who invited him leave Hessen.
This uncle is unidentified and unlocated.
One Philipp Kantz (Alzey 28 July 1821-?) is a possible match for this uncle; this Philipp emigrated to America in 1848, according to Der Deutsche Pionier: Erinnerungen aus dem Pionierleben der Deutschen In Amerika, Volume 6 (1874-1875, Deutscher Pionier-Verein von Cincinnati, Ohio)
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE Sometime between 1865 (his seventeenth birthday) and 1870 Philipp was summoned for military physical examination and basic training (Musterung).
On 31 January 1871, a mere thirteen days after Bismarck’s declaration of the German Empire with Wilhelm I King of Prussia as Emperor, Philipp was assigned to the Imperial German Ersatz-Reserve I (“Substitute Reserve List 1”) of the German Army ((Kaiserliches Heer or Kaiserreichsheer or Reichsheer or Deutsches Heer).
He may have had a physical/mental disability(-ies) and/or economic/family hardship(s)---if he had one or more of those, it is unknown.
Philipp was likely assigned to one of the two infantry brigades (the 49th and the 50th) of the 25th Division (25. Division), officially the Grand Ducal Hessian (25th) Division (Großherzoglich Hessische (25.) Division), HQs Darmstadt.
For years, family lore circulated the story that there existed a photo (never seen) of Philipp Kantz in a “Prussian lancer’s (German "Ulan") uniform”.
(3) ADMINISTRATIVE On 21 July 1871, Gregor Mayer, Beigeordneter (“alderman”) for the town of Alzey, forwarded Philipp’s Gesuch des Philipp Kanz zu Alzey um Auswanderung-Erlaubniß nach Amerika (“Request on Behalf of Philipp Kanz (sic) for Permission to Emigrate to America”) to the Großherzoglich Kreisamt Alzey (“Ducal District Administration of Alzey”).
The Request mentions an unidentified uncle of Philipp’s who apparently invited him to America.
The Großherzoglich Kreisamt Alzey (“Ducal District Administration of Alzey”) approved the request 24 July 1871:
Alzey 21 July 1871
Re: Request by Philipp Kantz from Alzey for permission to emigrate to America
That in the above request we have the honor to defer in the following comments to (one word illegible) to the below.
The petitioner was born 2 May 1848 and is as of 31 January of the current year transferred to the substitute reserves.
The same indicates that an uncle in America has established residency in America and he wishes to go there.
Our side raises no objection.
Gregor Mayer, Alderman
He arrived in the Port of New York, District of the City of New York on 16 September 1871 (age 23 per the ship’s manifest) aboard the S.S. Hermann.
The processing center at that time was Castle Garden (not Ellis Island).
Philipp made a bee-line for the German Methodist Episcopal Church aka The Second Street Church aka The Second Street Methodist Episcopal aka The First German M.E. Church aka "the little red chapel of the east side", 252 2nd Street (now 252 East 2nd Street) in the Eleventh Ward, where he would spend the next eight years, on and off, in good times and bad (see below).
He signed his intent to become a US citizen on 25 September 1871 and became a US citizen on 22 October 1872 at the Common Pleas Court (abolished 31 December 1895), New York County on Chrystie Street on the Lower East Side. He listed his occupation as painter and the witness was one Charles A. Weisser.
His addresses were, with discrepancies:
1871-1872: German M.E. Church aka The Second Street Church aka The Second Street M.E. Church aka The First German M.E. Church aka "the little red chapel of the east side", 254 2nd Street (now 254 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031 (torn down). This church had an associated but independent Second Street Methodist Episcopal at 252 Second Street, a parish house at 258 2nd Street, a Children’s Aid Mission at 272 Second Street, and a school at 276 East 3rd Street, now a vacant lot.
1872-1876: Unknown; possibly staying with the unidentified and unlocated uncle who preceded him to New York
1876-1878: United Hebrew Charities (UHC), 256 Second Avenue, New York, New York 10003 (torn down)
1878-1880: 266 Second Avenue, New York, New York 10003 (torn down)
[NOTE: 266 was probably a second lot owned by the UHC]
?-22 October 1879: Return to the German M.E. Church aka The Second Street Church aka The Second Street M.E. Church aka “the "little red chapel of the east side", 254 2nd Street (now 254 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031 (torn down)
1880-1885: 523 East 6th Street, New York, New York 10009 (torn down)
1880-1882: 162 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10011-1813
[NOTE: In the 1880 census, one Julia Somerlath (Königreich Preußen „Kingdom of Prussia“ 1830 - ?) a widow, was included in the household. She is otherwise unknown.]
1882-1883: 623 Sixth Avenue, New York, New York 10011 (torn down)
1889 1915: 139 (misread as 189) Avenue A, New York, New York 10009-5105
1915-?: unknown house number on 163rd Street, Queens, New York
1925: 20-18 Palmetto Street, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385 (six apartments with four different Zip+4 extensions). His name is listed as Philipp Kantz, while his son Philip Kantz lived at 20-06 Palmetto Street.
?-1939: 59-66 61st Street, Maspeth, Queens, New York 11378-3435
He listed his occupation as “painter” until 1914 when he retired, and his place of birth as “Hessen” until “Germany” became the standard toponym.
When he became a citizen 22 October 1872 he gave his address as the German M.E. Church 254 2nd Street (remapped as 254 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031---a discrepancy with other records.
Some time prior to 1918, and while resident at 20-18 Palmetto Street, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385, Philipp Kantz had become a registered Democrat.
He was admitted to Creedmoor State Hospital, Queens, New York (death certificate 8474) 2 December 1939 and died there 12:05am 13 December 1939. The principal cause of death was “Chronic Myocarditis” with “Senile Psychosis, Simple Deterioration” (sic) as contributory (“Chronic myocarditis” is the modern “congestive heart failure”; “senile psychosis” would be later “Alzheimer’s” or “dementia”). Creedmoor had been run since 1912 by the New York State Hospital Commission (subdivision of the New York State Department of Health, called the State Commission in Lunacy from 1895 to 1912).
The attending physician was one Anthony Tagliavia, MD.
Philipp was buried 16 December 1939 at Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Public Lot 26, Map 3A, Row 11, Grave 29. Obsequies were handled by the Peter Blasius Funeral Chapel, 1872 Gates Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385-2940, now a two-story four-unit apartment building.
The Lutheran Cemetery (as it was known in Philipp’s time) was owned by the German M.E. Church, 252 Second Street (now 252 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031 (torn down) which Philipp called home at various times during the period 1871-1879.
He was married twice and had a total of seven children:
1. First to Margaret Kantz née Amborn or Margaretha Kantz née Amborn (Wonsheim, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein/Grand Duchy of Hesse May 1854 – Bellevue Hospital, New York 25 August 1903, death certificate 25164 dated 26 August 1903) in 1875. Her parents were Valentin Amborn and Eva Amborn née Scherer (Großbockenheim, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein/Grand Duchy of Hesse 28 September 1830-?). Cause of death was “Malignant (one word illegible) and (one word illegible) carcinoma.” She is buried in Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Public Lot 26, Map 3A, Row 11, Grave 29.
Philip Valentin Christoph and Margaretha had seven children. They were:
a) Philip Valentin Christoph Kantz, (12 May 1875 – 26 March 1929) burial Cypress Hills National Cemetery, 625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11208, Plot 2, 10579.
He was married twice:
Caroline Kantz née Stock (May 1878 – 29 October 1907) 29 July 1905 (marriage certificate number 16274), Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Public Lot 20, Map 3A, Row 24, Grave 50. Philip and Caroline had one child:
Unidentified infant (“male Kantz”) (Manhattan 27 January 1906 – Manhattan 3 February 1906 death certificate 3902; buried on Hart Island; most records of Hart Island burials were destroyed in a fire 1977. Searchable records only exist for the period 1980-);
Second wife:
Blanche Mary Kantz née Grabowski aka Blanche M. Kantz aka Blanche Kantz (3 February 1879 – 10 April 1962) Cypress Hills National Cemetery, 625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11208, Plot 2, 10579, buried 13 April 1962. Her mother Emilia was born in the Russian Empire.
They had four children:
Howard M. Kantz aka Howard Kantz (New York 1 September 1909 –Morristown, New Jersey 26 September 1999) burial place unknown;
Clifford C. Kantz aka Clifford Kantz (New York 1913 – 1952) burial place unknown;
Blanche L. Kantz née Goebel aka Blanche Kantz (Brooklyn, New York 17 January 1917 – Toms River, New Jersey 25 July 1999);
Arthur Kantz (24 October 1920 – Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York 11235 1 October 1981) burial place unknown.
And
b) Adolph Kantz (New York, New York 15 September 1876 – 3 February 1937 death certificate number 3553) burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303 Map 3A,
married
Mary Elizabeth Kantz née Carr aka Mary E. Kantz aka Mary Kantz (1877 – 1960) on 9 April 1902 (certificate number 7304), same burial location as Adolph.
Adolph and Mary Elizabeth had one child, Margaret Amanda Kantz (12 July 1903 - ? who “died as a child”) birth certificate 31028, burial location unknown; possibly Hart Island.
c) Louis Kantz (New York, New York 11 February 1878 – New York, New York 12 February 1878 death certificate 283900), buried on Hart Island (most records of Hart Island burials were destroyed in a fire 1977. Searchable records only exist for the period 1980-).
d) Gustav Kantz aka Gus Kantz (New York, New York 14 December 1882 – New York, New York May 1963):
According to the New York State census of 1905, Gustav was living in the household of one Nicholas Schwanermann in Assembly District 14, Election District 22 (source: Reel 14 FHL microfilm 1433090). This A.D. and E.D. delimited East 13th Street, East 14th Street, Avenue B
and Avenue C in the Lower East Side, now the East Village.
Gustav first married Louise F. C. Kantz née Kahl aka Louise Kantz (1882 – 8 March 1909) on 1 July 1906 (marriage certificate number 16317), at the St. George’s Episcopal Church parish house, 207 East 16th Street New York, New York 10003-3746. Her burial location is Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 1244 Map 3A.
They had two children:
William Kantz (28 March 1907 died at five hours old, birth certificate number 16400, death certificate 10949), burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 1244, Map 3A,
And
Margaret Anna Green née Kantz aka Margaret A. Green aka Margaret Green (New York, New York 14 July 1908 – Los Angeles, California 27 June 1959, burial location Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 West Centinela Avenue, Culver City (or Los Angeles), California 90045, Valley of Remembrance 16-882-3) whose spouse was Phillip Edward Green aka Phillip E. Green aka Phillip Green (Poland 15 December 1906 - 4 October 1962, burial place Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 West Centinela Avenue, Culver City (or Los Angeles), California 90045, Valley of Remembrance 16-882-4). She converted to Judaism.
Margaret Anna and Philip Edward had one son, Louis Robert Green aka Louis R. Green aka Louis Green (New York 30 October 1928 – North Carolina 11 August 1983). Louis Robert is buried in New Bern National Cemetery, 1711 National Avenue, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina 28560, Plot 8, 0, 6233.
In 1910, Gustav’s address was on the Lower East Side, in Manhattan Ward 11 (bounded by Rivington Street on the south, East 14th Street on the north, Avenue B on the west, and by the Harlem River on the east).
Then he married Mary M. Kantz aka Mary Kantz née Buckley “Nana” (city and county unknown, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 22 March 1888 – St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 February 1968) on 7 April 1912 (marriage certificate number 10210) at Church of the Annunciation, 88 Convent Avenue, New York, New York 10027-7520.
[NOTE: “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” was that country’s formal name 1801-1922.]
His address at the time was 606 East 14th Street, New York, New York 10009-3311, Lower East Side (torn down). Her address at that time was 1332 3rd Avenue, New York, New York 10075-1902 on the Upper East Side. She worked in a candy store owned by her parents.
By 1920 Gustav and Mary had moved uptown to Assembly District 23, Enumeration District (E.D.) and Tract unknown. A.D. 23 covered a vast area and their residence was probably 509 West 179th Street, New York, New York 10033-5708 (built 1919) in Washington Heights where they lived for decades with their children. Their last address was a first-floor one-bedroom apartment on Nagle Avenue, New York, New York 10040.
Gustav and Mary had three children:
Florence M. Leonard aka Florence Leonard née Kantz (New York, New York 3 April 1916 - May 1972) married John J. Leonard Sr. (? - ?) on 29 August 1937 (marriage certificate number 19754) three children: Florence Leonard Brennan (1949 -), John J. Leonard Jr. aka Johnny Leonard (1941 - 2015), Philip T. Leonard "Little Philip" (New York 2 August 1945 – Los Angeles, California 28 September 1970), in all cases burial locations unknown.
Grace Lillian O’Connor née Kantz (New York, New York 1918 – North Washington Avenue, Bergenfield, New Jersey ?) married William O’Connor (? - ?, buried Las Vegas, Nevada)
[NOTE: Her name is shown as Grace D. Kantz on the 1940 Census.]
And
Matthew Henderson (no further information); no children in either marriage.
Philip Frank Kantz aka Philip F. Kantz aka Philip Kantz aka Phil Kantz (Harlem Hospital (construction began 1887, now called Harlem Hospital Center), 506 Lenox Avenue, New York, New York 10037 14 July 1922 – Morrisania Hospital (built 1929, closed 1976), 50 East 168th Street, Bronx, New York 10452-7929 4 October 1968)
married
Marcella Marie Kantz aka Marcella M. Kantz aka Marcella Kantz aka Marce Kantz née Shine (New York, New York 5 April 1921 – St. Louis, Missouri 23 December 2004). They are buried in Long Island National Cemetery, 2040 Wellwood Avenue, Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York 11735-1213, Section 2P, Site 1085.
Marcella Marie’s parents were Daniel William Shine aka Dan Shine “Pop” born in Civil Parish (CP) of Rathronan, Barony of Shanid, Athea Town (Part of) (Áth an tSléibhe), District Electoral Division (DED) of Rathronan, Poor Law Union (PLU) of Newcastle West (an Caisleán Nua Thiar), Parliamentary Division (PD) of West Limerick, County Limerick (Contae Luimneach or Luimnigh), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
(8 July 1878 – New York, New York 26 May 1964)
and
Mary Shine née Rochfort (24 August 1887 – Sloane Maternity Hospital (1886; name changed 1910 to Sloane Hospital for Women; moved to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital 1928), 447 West 59th Street, New York 20 January 1927 (death certificate 1861) (buried 22 January 1927)) married 17 June 1917 in New York; both buried Calvary Cemetery, 49-02 Laurel Hill Boulevard, Woodside, Queens, New York 11377, Section 51, Plot 3, Grave 6.
Her home town: Ballaghaderreen (Bealach an Doirín) town, County Roscommon (Contae Ros Comáin), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Prior to 1898 the town and parish of Ballaghaderreen was located in the eastern part of County Mayo.
Her home of record was Cartron More hamlet, Moyne town, Loughglinn or Loughglynn Civil Parish (CP) and District Electoral Division (DED), County Roscommon (Contae Ros Comáin), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Mary Shine’s parents were Martin Rochford (1850 - 7 July 1934) and Catherine Rochford née Gallagher or Katherine Rochford née Gallagher (born/died United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1853 - 26 April 1940 ) married c. 1884.
Their home town and home of record info is the same as that of their daughter.
Mary’s cause of death was declared “hemorrhage etc. chronic bronchitis” (sic).
Daniel and Mary’s address in early 1927 was 151 West 102nd Street, New York, New York 10025 in East Harlem (torn down).
Interred in the same grave with Daniel and Mary is Marcella Marie Rochfort aka Marcella M. Rochfort aka Marcella Rochfort (11 June 1888 [NOTE: headstone reads ‘1889’] – New York, New York 17 January 1976).
Same home town and home of record info as that of the other Rochforts above.
Philip Frank and Marcella Marie had three children:
---APK (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 22 March 1951 - ) birth record 156-51-111731 filed Monday 26 March 1951
married
Diane Marie Kantz née Mundschenk (born Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa 21 August 1951 - ) on 22 December 1977 in Clayton, Missouri;
two adopted children Noëlle Lucinda (born Guatemala City, Guatemala (formal name La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, República de Guatemala) 4 March 1982 -) with four children born in Arlington, Virginia:
---Ingrid (born 16 June 2004) father unknown
---Jeans Brian (30 April 2006-) aka Brian, father is William Cali, born Bolivia
---Violeta (22 February 2008-) father is José Israel Morales, born Puebla (formal name Heróica Puebla de Zaragoza), Puebla, Mexico
---Natalie (15 August 2012-)
and Molly Lucrecia (Guatemala City, Guatemala (La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, República de Guatemala) 20 July 1985 -) with two children born in Arlington, Virginia:
---Christina Angel Armendariz (born 12 August 2008)
---Selena Marie Armendariz (born 1 December 2010)
with Daniel Armendariz (born 29 June 1983)
---Philip Jude Kantz aka Philip J. Kantz aka Philip Kantz (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 1 August 1958 - ) married Karen Marie Kantz née Knight (St. Louis, Missouri 12 November 1960 - ) in St. Louis, Missouri 30 April 1983; three children
Timothy Jude Kantz aka Timothy J. Kantz aka Timothy Kantz aka Tim Kantz (St. Louis, Missouri 30 April 1989-),
Joseph Philip Kantz aka Joseph P. Kantz aka Joseph Kantz aka Joe Kantz (St. Louis, Missouri 5 March 1995 -),
Kristen Marie Banks née Kantz aka Kristen M. Banks aka Kristen Banks (St. Louis, Missouri 31 October 1985-). married Jason Edward Banks aka Jason E. Banks aka Jason Banks (Springfield, Illinois 12 June 1976-) 30 November 2013 in Sappington, Missouri;
two children: Evan Michael Banks aka Evan M. Banks aka Evan Banks (St. Anthony’s Medical Center, 10018 Kennerly Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63128 10 November 2007 -) and Hayden Sophia Banks aka Hayden S. Banks aka Hayden Banks (St. Anthony’s Medical Center, 10018 Kennerly Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63128 14 December 2010-).
---Marie Gerardette Kantz (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 born/died 1963); as indicated in the NOTE above, she is possibly the unidentified infant interred in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 10 West Stevens Avenue, Hawthorne CDP, Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York 10532-2205, Section 44, Lot 511, Grave 15 along with Gustav and Mary Kantz.
e) Philipine Margaretha Louise Kantz aka Philippine Margaretha Louise Kantz (1 September 1879 – 11 February 1881). Burial - Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, exact location unknown.
f) Margaretha born 19 September 1881 “died in infancy”. Burial place unknown.
g) Paul Hatch Kantz aka Paul H. Kantz aka Paul Kantz (24 July 1889 certificate number 21342 – 21 September 1971), burial Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303, Map 3A.
Paul Hatch had two marriages:
Louisa Augusta Kantz née Abel aka Louise Augusta Kantz née Abel (9 July 1892 – 26 February 1960) married 30 March 1914 (marriage certificate number 8257), burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303 Map 3A.
Child:
Helen Mae Grosch née Kantz (27 July 1915 – 14 December 2000), burial Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Section 5, Map 8, Block 1, Grave 132.
NOTE: Helen Mae was probably the only enthusiastic Lutheran in the Kantz family; quoting from her obituary “She was a member of the Ladies Aid Society of Emmaus Evangelical Lutheran Church” (60-10 67th Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385).
Emmaus’ German-language service survived until 2002.
married
Theodore Louis Grosch, Jr. (5 June 1913 - 16 September 1967) same burial location as Helen Mae; daughter Lorraine Grosch (Queens, New York ? - ?) granddaughter Carolee Lowry (Bergen County, New Jersey ? - )
And
Maria Kantz (Austria 1925-1985) who had two unidentified adult children at the time of her marriage to Paul in the early 1960s; burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303, Map 3A.
1. After the death of his first wife, Margaret or Margaretha Kantz née Amborn (Wonsheim, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein [capital Darmstadt] May 1854 – died New York, New York 25 August 1903), Philipp Valentin Christoph Kantz married the mysterious Mary Hilymüller (New York 1891 - ?) on 29 April 1908 (marriage certificate 7943) at the parish house of The Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession in the City of New York aka The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew aka Trinity Lutheran Church “The Very Old German Meeting-House”, 602 East 9th Street, New York, New York 10009-5239. The parish house is gone, replaced in 1993 by the so-called Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran Parish.
The church itself was located at 323 East 6th Street, New York, NY 10003-8401:
The marriage was performed by the Evangelical Lutheran pastor of Trinity, whose name is illegible. Witness was one Robert Kröhn.
Philipp’s address at the time was 606 East 14th Street, New York, New York 10009-3311, Lower East Side (torn down). He was living with his son Gustav then.
Mary’s address at the time was 784 Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York 11222 (torn down).
Mary’s parents were John Hilymüller and Mary Hilymüller née Mueller.
Mary Hilymüller disappeared from the scene years before the elderly Philipp moved in with his son, Paul Hatch Kantz.
Her burial location is unknown. There were no children.
NOTE: It is possible that this woman was the “gypsy with raven-black” or “jet-black” or “coal-black” hair associated with Philipp and referenced in the mid-1960s.
Philipp’s 1939 death certificate declared him as a widower (i.e, of Margaret or Margaretha Amborn Kantz (1854-1903), his next-of-kin as Paul Hatch Kantz, and makes no mention of Mary Hilymüller.
ONE NEPHEW AND FOUR NIECES OF PHILIPP VALENTIN CHRISTOPH KANTZ:
---On 4 March 1902, one Louise Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein June 1879), a servant, arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Vaderland via Antwerp, Belgium. On the ship's manifest she declared one Heinrich Schneider, an uncle, resident at 1245 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10128 USA (torn down) as a point-of-contact (see Marie Kantz below).
NOTE: An eight-member family of Hessian Schneiders arrived in New York City 6 July 1863; the father’s name was Gustav Heinrich Schneider.
---According to the Großherzoglich hessisches Regierungsblatt für das Jahr 1902. (Darmstadt, Buchhandlung des Großherzoglichen Staatsverlags) page 255, one Wilhelm Kantz of Alzey was described as a Schulamtsaspirant (“candidate” (for doctorate?) in the Grand Ducal Education Board) and had a teaching job at the municipal school (Gemeindeschule) in Bingenheim, Landkreis Büdingen. The information was as of 15 November 1902.
---On 8 August 1905, one Lena or Lina Margaretha Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein June 1889) arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Vaderland via Antwerp, Belgium.
She declared her brother, Wilhelm Weihmann aka Wilhelm Weimann, 224 East 21st Street, New York, New York 10010 (torn down) as point-of-contact.
According to the 1910 census she was living in Staten Island (Richmond Ward 5, District 1329), New York as a servant in the household of the Hammond family: John F. Hammond (born Massachusetts 1850), wife Harriet S. Hammond (born Pennsylvania 1858), son Charles W. Hammond (born Nebraska 1886).
---On 21 June 1909, one Margarete Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein 1889) arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Vaderland via Antwerp, Belgium. On the ship’s manifest she declared one Mrs. Charles Gaissert as point-of-contact resident in Prince’s Bay, Staten Island, New York. She gave as reference her father, Johan Kantz (probably Johannes Kantz born Alzey 14 March 1839; Rupprechtstraße 9 Alzey 55232.
NOTE: There was a Charles Gaissert (1880-?) resident Brooklyn 27th Ward.
---On 10 April 1922, one Marie Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein 1904) arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Mount Clay (formerly the USS DeKalb ID-3010 formerly the SS Prinz Eitel Friedrich) via Hamburg, Germany. On the ship's manifest she declared one Heinrich Schneider, an uncle, resident at 1245 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10128 USA (torn down) as a point-of-contact (see Louise Kantz above and NOTE). Marie predicted that she would return to Germany c. 1927.
Marie declared her mother, Johanna Kantz (no further information), Wartbergstraße, Alzey 55232 as reference.
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Alzey-Worms
Name: Phillip Kantz
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 13 Dec 1939
Event Place: New York City, Queens, New York, United States
Address: 59-66 61st Street
Residence Place: Queens
Gender: Male
Age: 92
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Occupation: Painter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1847
Birthplace: Germany
Burial Date: 16 Dec 1939
Cemetery: Lutheran
Father's Name: Christopher Kantz
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Name: Henrietta Schlegelmilch
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
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Philipp Kantz aka Philipp Valentin Christoph Kantz aka Philipp Kantz aka Philip Kantz was born 2 May 1848 in Großherzoglich Kreisamt Alzey (“Ducal District Administration of Alzey”), Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein (“the Grand-Duchy of Hessen”) and died 13 December 1939 Creedmoor State Hospital, Queens County, Queens Village, New York USA 13 December 1939.
Kantz was a member of the Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche ("Evangelical Reformed Church"). Communicants called themselves Evangelischer, not Lutheraner.
Two administrative actions and one personal action preceded Philipp’s departure from Germany:
(1) PERSONAL Line 3 of Philipp’s Petition to Emigrate of 21 July 1871 (see below) mentions “an uncle in America has established residency in America” and who invited him leave Hessen.
This uncle is unidentified and unlocated.
One Philipp Kantz (Alzey 28 July 1821-?) is a possible match for this uncle; this Philipp emigrated to America in 1848, according to Der Deutsche Pionier: Erinnerungen aus dem Pionierleben der Deutschen In Amerika, Volume 6 (1874-1875, Deutscher Pionier-Verein von Cincinnati, Ohio)
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE Sometime between 1865 (his seventeenth birthday) and 1870 Philipp was summoned for military physical examination and basic training (Musterung).
On 31 January 1871, a mere thirteen days after Bismarck’s declaration of the German Empire with Wilhelm I King of Prussia as Emperor, Philipp was assigned to the Imperial German Ersatz-Reserve I (“Substitute Reserve List 1”) of the German Army ((Kaiserliches Heer or Kaiserreichsheer or Reichsheer or Deutsches Heer).
He may have had a physical/mental disability(-ies) and/or economic/family hardship(s)---if he had one or more of those, it is unknown.
Philipp was likely assigned to one of the two infantry brigades (the 49th and the 50th) of the 25th Division (25. Division), officially the Grand Ducal Hessian (25th) Division (Großherzoglich Hessische (25.) Division), HQs Darmstadt.
For years, family lore circulated the story that there existed a photo (never seen) of Philipp Kantz in a “Prussian lancer’s (German "Ulan") uniform”.
(3) ADMINISTRATIVE On 21 July 1871, Gregor Mayer, Beigeordneter (“alderman”) for the town of Alzey, forwarded Philipp’s Gesuch des Philipp Kanz zu Alzey um Auswanderung-Erlaubniß nach Amerika (“Request on Behalf of Philipp Kanz (sic) for Permission to Emigrate to America”) to the Großherzoglich Kreisamt Alzey (“Ducal District Administration of Alzey”).
The Request mentions an unidentified uncle of Philipp’s who apparently invited him to America.
The Großherzoglich Kreisamt Alzey (“Ducal District Administration of Alzey”) approved the request 24 July 1871:
Alzey 21 July 1871
Re: Request by Philipp Kantz from Alzey for permission to emigrate to America
That in the above request we have the honor to defer in the following comments to (one word illegible) to the below.
The petitioner was born 2 May 1848 and is as of 31 January of the current year transferred to the substitute reserves.
The same indicates that an uncle in America has established residency in America and he wishes to go there.
Our side raises no objection.
Gregor Mayer, Alderman
He arrived in the Port of New York, District of the City of New York on 16 September 1871 (age 23 per the ship’s manifest) aboard the S.S. Hermann.
The processing center at that time was Castle Garden (not Ellis Island).
Philipp made a bee-line for the German Methodist Episcopal Church aka The Second Street Church aka The Second Street Methodist Episcopal aka The First German M.E. Church aka "the little red chapel of the east side", 252 2nd Street (now 252 East 2nd Street) in the Eleventh Ward, where he would spend the next eight years, on and off, in good times and bad (see below).
He signed his intent to become a US citizen on 25 September 1871 and became a US citizen on 22 October 1872 at the Common Pleas Court (abolished 31 December 1895), New York County on Chrystie Street on the Lower East Side. He listed his occupation as painter and the witness was one Charles A. Weisser.
His addresses were, with discrepancies:
1871-1872: German M.E. Church aka The Second Street Church aka The Second Street M.E. Church aka The First German M.E. Church aka "the little red chapel of the east side", 254 2nd Street (now 254 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031 (torn down). This church had an associated but independent Second Street Methodist Episcopal at 252 Second Street, a parish house at 258 2nd Street, a Children’s Aid Mission at 272 Second Street, and a school at 276 East 3rd Street, now a vacant lot.
1872-1876: Unknown; possibly staying with the unidentified and unlocated uncle who preceded him to New York
1876-1878: United Hebrew Charities (UHC), 256 Second Avenue, New York, New York 10003 (torn down)
1878-1880: 266 Second Avenue, New York, New York 10003 (torn down)
[NOTE: 266 was probably a second lot owned by the UHC]
?-22 October 1879: Return to the German M.E. Church aka The Second Street Church aka The Second Street M.E. Church aka “the "little red chapel of the east side", 254 2nd Street (now 254 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031 (torn down)
1880-1885: 523 East 6th Street, New York, New York 10009 (torn down)
1880-1882: 162 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10011-1813
[NOTE: In the 1880 census, one Julia Somerlath (Königreich Preußen „Kingdom of Prussia“ 1830 - ?) a widow, was included in the household. She is otherwise unknown.]
1882-1883: 623 Sixth Avenue, New York, New York 10011 (torn down)
1889 1915: 139 (misread as 189) Avenue A, New York, New York 10009-5105
1915-?: unknown house number on 163rd Street, Queens, New York
1925: 20-18 Palmetto Street, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385 (six apartments with four different Zip+4 extensions). His name is listed as Philipp Kantz, while his son Philip Kantz lived at 20-06 Palmetto Street.
?-1939: 59-66 61st Street, Maspeth, Queens, New York 11378-3435
He listed his occupation as “painter” until 1914 when he retired, and his place of birth as “Hessen” until “Germany” became the standard toponym.
When he became a citizen 22 October 1872 he gave his address as the German M.E. Church 254 2nd Street (remapped as 254 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031---a discrepancy with other records.
Some time prior to 1918, and while resident at 20-18 Palmetto Street, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385, Philipp Kantz had become a registered Democrat.
He was admitted to Creedmoor State Hospital, Queens, New York (death certificate 8474) 2 December 1939 and died there 12:05am 13 December 1939. The principal cause of death was “Chronic Myocarditis” with “Senile Psychosis, Simple Deterioration” (sic) as contributory (“Chronic myocarditis” is the modern “congestive heart failure”; “senile psychosis” would be later “Alzheimer’s” or “dementia”). Creedmoor had been run since 1912 by the New York State Hospital Commission (subdivision of the New York State Department of Health, called the State Commission in Lunacy from 1895 to 1912).
The attending physician was one Anthony Tagliavia, MD.
Philipp was buried 16 December 1939 at Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Public Lot 26, Map 3A, Row 11, Grave 29. Obsequies were handled by the Peter Blasius Funeral Chapel, 1872 Gates Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385-2940, now a two-story four-unit apartment building.
The Lutheran Cemetery (as it was known in Philipp’s time) was owned by the German M.E. Church, 252 Second Street (now 252 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031 (torn down) which Philipp called home at various times during the period 1871-1879.
He was married twice and had a total of seven children:
1. First to Margaret Kantz née Amborn or Margaretha Kantz née Amborn (Wonsheim, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein/Grand Duchy of Hesse May 1854 – Bellevue Hospital, New York 25 August 1903, death certificate 25164 dated 26 August 1903) in 1875. Her parents were Valentin Amborn and Eva Amborn née Scherer (Großbockenheim, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein/Grand Duchy of Hesse 28 September 1830-?). Cause of death was “Malignant (one word illegible) and (one word illegible) carcinoma.” She is buried in Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Public Lot 26, Map 3A, Row 11, Grave 29.
Philip Valentin Christoph and Margaretha had seven children. They were:
a) Philip Valentin Christoph Kantz, (12 May 1875 – 26 March 1929) burial Cypress Hills National Cemetery, 625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11208, Plot 2, 10579.
He was married twice:
Caroline Kantz née Stock (May 1878 – 29 October 1907) 29 July 1905 (marriage certificate number 16274), Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Public Lot 20, Map 3A, Row 24, Grave 50. Philip and Caroline had one child:
Unidentified infant (“male Kantz”) (Manhattan 27 January 1906 – Manhattan 3 February 1906 death certificate 3902; buried on Hart Island; most records of Hart Island burials were destroyed in a fire 1977. Searchable records only exist for the period 1980-);
Second wife:
Blanche Mary Kantz née Grabowski aka Blanche M. Kantz aka Blanche Kantz (3 February 1879 – 10 April 1962) Cypress Hills National Cemetery, 625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11208, Plot 2, 10579, buried 13 April 1962. Her mother Emilia was born in the Russian Empire.
They had four children:
Howard M. Kantz aka Howard Kantz (New York 1 September 1909 –Morristown, New Jersey 26 September 1999) burial place unknown;
Clifford C. Kantz aka Clifford Kantz (New York 1913 – 1952) burial place unknown;
Blanche L. Kantz née Goebel aka Blanche Kantz (Brooklyn, New York 17 January 1917 – Toms River, New Jersey 25 July 1999);
Arthur Kantz (24 October 1920 – Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York 11235 1 October 1981) burial place unknown.
And
b) Adolph Kantz (New York, New York 15 September 1876 – 3 February 1937 death certificate number 3553) burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303 Map 3A,
married
Mary Elizabeth Kantz née Carr aka Mary E. Kantz aka Mary Kantz (1877 – 1960) on 9 April 1902 (certificate number 7304), same burial location as Adolph.
Adolph and Mary Elizabeth had one child, Margaret Amanda Kantz (12 July 1903 - ? who “died as a child”) birth certificate 31028, burial location unknown; possibly Hart Island.
c) Louis Kantz (New York, New York 11 February 1878 – New York, New York 12 February 1878 death certificate 283900), buried on Hart Island (most records of Hart Island burials were destroyed in a fire 1977. Searchable records only exist for the period 1980-).
d) Gustav Kantz aka Gus Kantz (New York, New York 14 December 1882 – New York, New York May 1963):
According to the New York State census of 1905, Gustav was living in the household of one Nicholas Schwanermann in Assembly District 14, Election District 22 (source: Reel 14 FHL microfilm 1433090). This A.D. and E.D. delimited East 13th Street, East 14th Street, Avenue B
and Avenue C in the Lower East Side, now the East Village.
Gustav first married Louise F. C. Kantz née Kahl aka Louise Kantz (1882 – 8 March 1909) on 1 July 1906 (marriage certificate number 16317), at the St. George’s Episcopal Church parish house, 207 East 16th Street New York, New York 10003-3746. Her burial location is Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 1244 Map 3A.
They had two children:
William Kantz (28 March 1907 died at five hours old, birth certificate number 16400, death certificate 10949), burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 1244, Map 3A,
And
Margaret Anna Green née Kantz aka Margaret A. Green aka Margaret Green (New York, New York 14 July 1908 – Los Angeles, California 27 June 1959, burial location Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 West Centinela Avenue, Culver City (or Los Angeles), California 90045, Valley of Remembrance 16-882-3) whose spouse was Phillip Edward Green aka Phillip E. Green aka Phillip Green (Poland 15 December 1906 - 4 October 1962, burial place Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 West Centinela Avenue, Culver City (or Los Angeles), California 90045, Valley of Remembrance 16-882-4). She converted to Judaism.
Margaret Anna and Philip Edward had one son, Louis Robert Green aka Louis R. Green aka Louis Green (New York 30 October 1928 – North Carolina 11 August 1983). Louis Robert is buried in New Bern National Cemetery, 1711 National Avenue, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina 28560, Plot 8, 0, 6233.
In 1910, Gustav’s address was on the Lower East Side, in Manhattan Ward 11 (bounded by Rivington Street on the south, East 14th Street on the north, Avenue B on the west, and by the Harlem River on the east).
Then he married Mary M. Kantz aka Mary Kantz née Buckley “Nana” (city and county unknown, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 22 March 1888 – St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 February 1968) on 7 April 1912 (marriage certificate number 10210) at Church of the Annunciation, 88 Convent Avenue, New York, New York 10027-7520.
[NOTE: “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” was that country’s formal name 1801-1922.]
His address at the time was 606 East 14th Street, New York, New York 10009-3311, Lower East Side (torn down). Her address at that time was 1332 3rd Avenue, New York, New York 10075-1902 on the Upper East Side. She worked in a candy store owned by her parents.
By 1920 Gustav and Mary had moved uptown to Assembly District 23, Enumeration District (E.D.) and Tract unknown. A.D. 23 covered a vast area and their residence was probably 509 West 179th Street, New York, New York 10033-5708 (built 1919) in Washington Heights where they lived for decades with their children. Their last address was a first-floor one-bedroom apartment on Nagle Avenue, New York, New York 10040.
Gustav and Mary had three children:
Florence M. Leonard aka Florence Leonard née Kantz (New York, New York 3 April 1916 - May 1972) married John J. Leonard Sr. (? - ?) on 29 August 1937 (marriage certificate number 19754) three children: Florence Leonard Brennan (1949 -), John J. Leonard Jr. aka Johnny Leonard (1941 - 2015), Philip T. Leonard "Little Philip" (New York 2 August 1945 – Los Angeles, California 28 September 1970), in all cases burial locations unknown.
Grace Lillian O’Connor née Kantz (New York, New York 1918 – North Washington Avenue, Bergenfield, New Jersey ?) married William O’Connor (? - ?, buried Las Vegas, Nevada)
[NOTE: Her name is shown as Grace D. Kantz on the 1940 Census.]
And
Matthew Henderson (no further information); no children in either marriage.
Philip Frank Kantz aka Philip F. Kantz aka Philip Kantz aka Phil Kantz (Harlem Hospital (construction began 1887, now called Harlem Hospital Center), 506 Lenox Avenue, New York, New York 10037 14 July 1922 – Morrisania Hospital (built 1929, closed 1976), 50 East 168th Street, Bronx, New York 10452-7929 4 October 1968)
married
Marcella Marie Kantz aka Marcella M. Kantz aka Marcella Kantz aka Marce Kantz née Shine (New York, New York 5 April 1921 – St. Louis, Missouri 23 December 2004). They are buried in Long Island National Cemetery, 2040 Wellwood Avenue, Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York 11735-1213, Section 2P, Site 1085.
Marcella Marie’s parents were Daniel William Shine aka Dan Shine “Pop” born in Civil Parish (CP) of Rathronan, Barony of Shanid, Athea Town (Part of) (Áth an tSléibhe), District Electoral Division (DED) of Rathronan, Poor Law Union (PLU) of Newcastle West (an Caisleán Nua Thiar), Parliamentary Division (PD) of West Limerick, County Limerick (Contae Luimneach or Luimnigh), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
(8 July 1878 – New York, New York 26 May 1964)
and
Mary Shine née Rochfort (24 August 1887 – Sloane Maternity Hospital (1886; name changed 1910 to Sloane Hospital for Women; moved to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital 1928), 447 West 59th Street, New York 20 January 1927 (death certificate 1861) (buried 22 January 1927)) married 17 June 1917 in New York; both buried Calvary Cemetery, 49-02 Laurel Hill Boulevard, Woodside, Queens, New York 11377, Section 51, Plot 3, Grave 6.
Her home town: Ballaghaderreen (Bealach an Doirín) town, County Roscommon (Contae Ros Comáin), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Prior to 1898 the town and parish of Ballaghaderreen was located in the eastern part of County Mayo.
Her home of record was Cartron More hamlet, Moyne town, Loughglinn or Loughglynn Civil Parish (CP) and District Electoral Division (DED), County Roscommon (Contae Ros Comáin), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Mary Shine’s parents were Martin Rochford (1850 - 7 July 1934) and Catherine Rochford née Gallagher or Katherine Rochford née Gallagher (born/died United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1853 - 26 April 1940 ) married c. 1884.
Their home town and home of record info is the same as that of their daughter.
Mary’s cause of death was declared “hemorrhage etc. chronic bronchitis” (sic).
Daniel and Mary’s address in early 1927 was 151 West 102nd Street, New York, New York 10025 in East Harlem (torn down).
Interred in the same grave with Daniel and Mary is Marcella Marie Rochfort aka Marcella M. Rochfort aka Marcella Rochfort (11 June 1888 [NOTE: headstone reads ‘1889’] – New York, New York 17 January 1976).
Same home town and home of record info as that of the other Rochforts above.
Philip Frank and Marcella Marie had three children:
---APK (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 22 March 1951 - ) birth record 156-51-111731 filed Monday 26 March 1951
married
Diane Marie Kantz née Mundschenk (born Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa 21 August 1951 - ) on 22 December 1977 in Clayton, Missouri;
two adopted children Noëlle Lucinda (born Guatemala City, Guatemala (formal name La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, República de Guatemala) 4 March 1982 -) with four children born in Arlington, Virginia:
---Ingrid (born 16 June 2004) father unknown
---Jeans Brian (30 April 2006-) aka Brian, father is William Cali, born Bolivia
---Violeta (22 February 2008-) father is José Israel Morales, born Puebla (formal name Heróica Puebla de Zaragoza), Puebla, Mexico
---Natalie (15 August 2012-)
and Molly Lucrecia (Guatemala City, Guatemala (La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, República de Guatemala) 20 July 1985 -) with two children born in Arlington, Virginia:
---Christina Angel Armendariz (born 12 August 2008)
---Selena Marie Armendariz (born 1 December 2010)
with Daniel Armendariz (born 29 June 1983)
---Philip Jude Kantz aka Philip J. Kantz aka Philip Kantz (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 1 August 1958 - ) married Karen Marie Kantz née Knight (St. Louis, Missouri 12 November 1960 - ) in St. Louis, Missouri 30 April 1983; three children
Timothy Jude Kantz aka Timothy J. Kantz aka Timothy Kantz aka Tim Kantz (St. Louis, Missouri 30 April 1989-),
Joseph Philip Kantz aka Joseph P. Kantz aka Joseph Kantz aka Joe Kantz (St. Louis, Missouri 5 March 1995 -),
Kristen Marie Banks née Kantz aka Kristen M. Banks aka Kristen Banks (St. Louis, Missouri 31 October 1985-). married Jason Edward Banks aka Jason E. Banks aka Jason Banks (Springfield, Illinois 12 June 1976-) 30 November 2013 in Sappington, Missouri;
two children: Evan Michael Banks aka Evan M. Banks aka Evan Banks (St. Anthony’s Medical Center, 10018 Kennerly Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63128 10 November 2007 -) and Hayden Sophia Banks aka Hayden S. Banks aka Hayden Banks (St. Anthony’s Medical Center, 10018 Kennerly Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63128 14 December 2010-).
---Marie Gerardette Kantz (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 born/died 1963); as indicated in the NOTE above, she is possibly the unidentified infant interred in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 10 West Stevens Avenue, Hawthorne CDP, Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York 10532-2205, Section 44, Lot 511, Grave 15 along with Gustav and Mary Kantz.
e) Philipine Margaretha Louise Kantz aka Philippine Margaretha Louise Kantz (1 September 1879 – 11 February 1881). Burial - Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, exact location unknown.
f) Margaretha born 19 September 1881 “died in infancy”. Burial place unknown.
g) Paul Hatch Kantz aka Paul H. Kantz aka Paul Kantz (24 July 1889 certificate number 21342 – 21 September 1971), burial Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303, Map 3A.
Paul Hatch had two marriages:
Louisa Augusta Kantz née Abel aka Louise Augusta Kantz née Abel (9 July 1892 – 26 February 1960) married 30 March 1914 (marriage certificate number 8257), burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303 Map 3A.
Child:
Helen Mae Grosch née Kantz (27 July 1915 – 14 December 2000), burial Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Section 5, Map 8, Block 1, Grave 132.
NOTE: Helen Mae was probably the only enthusiastic Lutheran in the Kantz family; quoting from her obituary “She was a member of the Ladies Aid Society of Emmaus Evangelical Lutheran Church” (60-10 67th Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385).
Emmaus’ German-language service survived until 2002.
married
Theodore Louis Grosch, Jr. (5 June 1913 - 16 September 1967) same burial location as Helen Mae; daughter Lorraine Grosch (Queens, New York ? - ?) granddaughter Carolee Lowry (Bergen County, New Jersey ? - )
And
Maria Kantz (Austria 1925-1985) who had two unidentified adult children at the time of her marriage to Paul in the early 1960s; burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303, Map 3A.
1. After the death of his first wife, Margaret or Margaretha Kantz née Amborn (Wonsheim, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein [capital Darmstadt] May 1854 – died New York, New York 25 August 1903), Philipp Valentin Christoph Kantz married the mysterious Mary Hilymüller (New York 1891 - ?) on 29 April 1908 (marriage certificate 7943) at the parish house of The Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession in the City of New York aka The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew aka Trinity Lutheran Church “The Very Old German Meeting-House”, 602 East 9th Street, New York, New York 10009-5239. The parish house is gone, replaced in 1993 by the so-called Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran Parish.
The church itself was located at 323 East 6th Street, New York, NY 10003-8401:
The marriage was performed by the Evangelical Lutheran pastor of Trinity, whose name is illegible. Witness was one Robert Kröhn.
Philipp’s address at the time was 606 East 14th Street, New York, New York 10009-3311, Lower East Side (torn down). He was living with his son Gustav then.
Mary’s address at the time was 784 Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York 11222 (torn down).
Mary’s parents were John Hilymüller and Mary Hilymüller née Mueller.
Mary Hilymüller disappeared from the scene years before the elderly Philipp moved in with his son, Paul Hatch Kantz.
Her burial location is unknown. There were no children.
NOTE: It is possible that this woman was the “gypsy with raven-black” or “jet-black” or “coal-black” hair associated with Philipp and referenced in the mid-1960s.
Philipp’s 1939 death certificate declared him as a widower (i.e, of Margaret or Margaretha Amborn Kantz (1854-1903), his next-of-kin as Paul Hatch Kantz, and makes no mention of Mary Hilymüller.
ONE NEPHEW AND FOUR NIECES OF PHILIPP VALENTIN CHRISTOPH KANTZ:
---On 4 March 1902, one Louise Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein June 1879), a servant, arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Vaderland via Antwerp, Belgium. On the ship's manifest she declared one Heinrich Schneider, an uncle, resident at 1245 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10128 USA (torn down) as a point-of-contact (see Marie Kantz below).
NOTE: An eight-member family of Hessian Schneiders arrived in New York City 6 July 1863; the father’s name was Gustav Heinrich Schneider.
---According to the Großherzoglich hessisches Regierungsblatt für das Jahr 1902. (Darmstadt, Buchhandlung des Großherzoglichen Staatsverlags) page 255, one Wilhelm Kantz of Alzey was described as a Schulamtsaspirant (“candidate” (for doctorate?) in the Grand Ducal Education Board) and had a teaching job at the municipal school (Gemeindeschule) in Bingenheim, Landkreis Büdingen. The information was as of 15 November 1902.
---On 8 August 1905, one Lena or Lina Margaretha Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein June 1889) arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Vaderland via Antwerp, Belgium.
She declared her brother, Wilhelm Weihmann aka Wilhelm Weimann, 224 East 21st Street, New York, New York 10010 (torn down) as point-of-contact.
According to the 1910 census she was living in Staten Island (Richmond Ward 5, District 1329), New York as a servant in the household of the Hammond family: John F. Hammond (born Massachusetts 1850), wife Harriet S. Hammond (born Pennsylvania 1858), son Charles W. Hammond (born Nebraska 1886).
---On 21 June 1909, one Margarete Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein 1889) arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Vaderland via Antwerp, Belgium. On the ship’s manifest she declared one Mrs. Charles Gaissert as point-of-contact resident in Prince’s Bay, Staten Island, New York. She gave as reference her father, Johan Kantz (probably Johannes Kantz born Alzey 14 March 1839; Rupprechtstraße 9 Alzey 55232.
NOTE: There was a Charles Gaissert (1880-?) resident Brooklyn 27th Ward.
---On 10 April 1922, one Marie Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein 1904) arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Mount Clay (formerly the USS DeKalb ID-3010 formerly the SS Prinz Eitel Friedrich) via Hamburg, Germany. On the ship's manifest she declared one Heinrich Schneider, an uncle, resident at 1245 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10128 USA (torn down) as a point-of-contact (see Louise Kantz above and NOTE). Marie predicted that she would return to Germany c. 1927.
Marie declared her mother, Johanna Kantz (no further information), Wartbergstraße, Alzey 55232 as reference.
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Alzey-Worms
Name: Phillip Kantz
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 13 Dec 1939
Event Place: New York City, Queens, New York, United States
Address: 59-66 61st Street
Residence Place: Queens
Gender: Male
Age: 92
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Occupation: Painter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1847
Birthplace: Germany
Burial Date: 16 Dec 1939
Cemetery: Lutheran
Father's Name: Christopher Kantz
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Name: Henrietta Schlegelmilch
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
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Philipp Kantz aka Philipp Valentin Christoph Kantz aka Philipp Kantz aka Philip Kantz was born 2 May 1848 in Großherzoglich Kreisamt Alzey (“Ducal District Administration of Alzey”), Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein (“the Grand-Duchy of Hessen”) and died 13 December 1939 Creedmoor State Hospital, Queens County, Queens Village, New York USA 13 December 1939.
Kantz was a member of the Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche ("Evangelical Reformed Church"). Communicants called themselves Evangelischer, not Lutheraner.
Two administrative actions and one personal action preceded Philipp’s departure from Germany:
(1) PERSONAL Line 3 of Philipp’s Petition to Emigrate of 21 July 1871 (see below) mentions “an uncle in America has established residency in America” and who invited him leave Hessen.
This uncle is unidentified and unlocated.
One Philipp Kantz (Alzey 28 July 1821-?) is a possible match for this uncle; this Philipp emigrated to America in 1848, according to Der Deutsche Pionier: Erinnerungen aus dem Pionierleben der Deutschen In Amerika, Volume 6 (1874-1875, Deutscher Pionier-Verein von Cincinnati, Ohio)
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE Sometime between 1865 (his seventeenth birthday) and 1870 Philipp was summoned for military physical examination and basic training (Musterung).
On 31 January 1871, a mere thirteen days after Bismarck’s declaration of the German Empire with Wilhelm I King of Prussia as Emperor, Philipp was assigned to the Imperial German Ersatz-Reserve I (“Substitute Reserve List 1”) of the German Army ((Kaiserliches Heer or Kaiserreichsheer or Reichsheer or Deutsches Heer).
He may have had a physical/mental disability(-ies) and/or economic/family hardship(s)---if he had one or more of those, it is unknown.
Philipp was likely assigned to one of the two infantry brigades (the 49th and the 50th) of the 25th Division (25. Division), officially the Grand Ducal Hessian (25th) Division (Großherzoglich Hessische (25.) Division), HQs Darmstadt.
For years, family lore circulated the story that there existed a photo (never seen) of Philipp Kantz in a “Prussian lancer’s (German "Ulan") uniform”.
(3) ADMINISTRATIVE On 21 July 1871, Gregor Mayer, Beigeordneter (“alderman”) for the town of Alzey, forwarded Philipp’s Gesuch des Philipp Kanz zu Alzey um Auswanderung-Erlaubniß nach Amerika (“Request on Behalf of Philipp Kanz (sic) for Permission to Emigrate to America”) to the Großherzoglich Kreisamt Alzey (“Ducal District Administration of Alzey”).
The Request mentions an unidentified uncle of Philipp’s who apparently invited him to America.
The Großherzoglich Kreisamt Alzey (“Ducal District Administration of Alzey”) approved the request 24 July 1871:
Alzey 21 July 1871
Re: Request by Philipp Kantz from Alzey for permission to emigrate to America
That in the above request we have the honor to defer in the following comments to (one word illegible) to the below.
The petitioner was born 2 May 1848 and is as of 31 January of the current year transferred to the substitute reserves.
The same indicates that an uncle in America has established residency in America and he wishes to go there.
Our side raises no objection.
Gregor Mayer, Alderman
He arrived in the Port of New York, District of the City of New York on 16 September 1871 (age 23 per the ship’s manifest) aboard the S.S. Hermann.
The processing center at that time was Castle Garden (not Ellis Island).
Philipp made a bee-line for the German Methodist Episcopal Church aka The Second Street Church aka The Second Street Methodist Episcopal aka The First German M.E. Church aka "the little red chapel of the east side", 252 2nd Street (now 252 East 2nd Street) in the Eleventh Ward, where he would spend the next eight years, on and off, in good times and bad (see below).
He signed his intent to become a US citizen on 25 September 1871 and became a US citizen on 22 October 1872 at the Common Pleas Court (abolished 31 December 1895), New York County on Chrystie Street on the Lower East Side. He listed his occupation as painter and the witness was one Charles A. Weisser.
His addresses were, with discrepancies:
1871-1872: German M.E. Church aka The Second Street Church aka The Second Street M.E. Church aka The First German M.E. Church aka "the little red chapel of the east side", 254 2nd Street (now 254 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031 (torn down). This church had an associated but independent Second Street Methodist Episcopal at 252 Second Street, a parish house at 258 2nd Street, a Children’s Aid Mission at 272 Second Street, and a school at 276 East 3rd Street, now a vacant lot.
1872-1876: Unknown; possibly staying with the unidentified and unlocated uncle who preceded him to New York
1876-1878: United Hebrew Charities (UHC), 256 Second Avenue, New York, New York 10003 (torn down)
1878-1880: 266 Second Avenue, New York, New York 10003 (torn down)
[NOTE: 266 was probably a second lot owned by the UHC]
?-22 October 1879: Return to the German M.E. Church aka The Second Street Church aka The Second Street M.E. Church aka “the "little red chapel of the east side", 254 2nd Street (now 254 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031 (torn down)
1880-1885: 523 East 6th Street, New York, New York 10009 (torn down)
1880-1882: 162 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10011-1813
[NOTE: In the 1880 census, one Julia Somerlath (Königreich Preußen „Kingdom of Prussia“ 1830 - ?) a widow, was included in the household. She is otherwise unknown.]
1882-1883: 623 Sixth Avenue, New York, New York 10011 (torn down)
1889 1915: 139 (misread as 189) Avenue A, New York, New York 10009-5105
1915-?: unknown house number on 163rd Street, Queens, New York
1925: 20-18 Palmetto Street, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385 (six apartments with four different Zip+4 extensions). His name is listed as Philipp Kantz, while his son Philip Kantz lived at 20-06 Palmetto Street.
?-1939: 59-66 61st Street, Maspeth, Queens, New York 11378-3435
He listed his occupation as “painter” until 1914 when he retired, and his place of birth as “Hessen” until “Germany” became the standard toponym.
When he became a citizen 22 October 1872 he gave his address as the German M.E. Church 254 2nd Street (remapped as 254 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031---a discrepancy with other records.
Some time prior to 1918, and while resident at 20-18 Palmetto Street, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385, Philipp Kantz had become a registered Democrat.
He was admitted to Creedmoor State Hospital, Queens, New York (death certificate 8474) 2 December 1939 and died there 12:05am 13 December 1939. The principal cause of death was “Chronic Myocarditis” with “Senile Psychosis, Simple Deterioration” (sic) as contributory (“Chronic myocarditis” is the modern “congestive heart failure”; “senile psychosis” would be later “Alzheimer’s” or “dementia”). Creedmoor had been run since 1912 by the New York State Hospital Commission (subdivision of the New York State Department of Health, called the State Commission in Lunacy from 1895 to 1912).
The attending physician was one Anthony Tagliavia, MD.
Philipp was buried 16 December 1939 at Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Public Lot 26, Map 3A, Row 11, Grave 29. Obsequies were handled by the Peter Blasius Funeral Chapel, 1872 Gates Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385-2940, now a two-story four-unit apartment building.
The Lutheran Cemetery (as it was known in Philipp’s time) was owned by the German M.E. Church, 252 Second Street (now 252 East 2nd Street), New York, New York 10009-8031 (torn down) which Philipp called home at various times during the period 1871-1879.
He was married twice and had a total of seven children:
1. First to Margaret Kantz née Amborn or Margaretha Kantz née Amborn (Wonsheim, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein/Grand Duchy of Hesse May 1854 – Bellevue Hospital, New York 25 August 1903, death certificate 25164 dated 26 August 1903) in 1875. Her parents were Valentin Amborn and Eva Amborn née Scherer (Großbockenheim, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein/Grand Duchy of Hesse 28 September 1830-?). Cause of death was “Malignant (one word illegible) and (one word illegible) carcinoma.” She is buried in Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Public Lot 26, Map 3A, Row 11, Grave 29.
Philip Valentin Christoph and Margaretha had seven children. They were:
a) Philip Valentin Christoph Kantz, (12 May 1875 – 26 March 1929) burial Cypress Hills National Cemetery, 625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11208, Plot 2, 10579.
He was married twice:
Caroline Kantz née Stock (May 1878 – 29 October 1907) 29 July 1905 (marriage certificate number 16274), Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Public Lot 20, Map 3A, Row 24, Grave 50. Philip and Caroline had one child:
Unidentified infant (“male Kantz”) (Manhattan 27 January 1906 – Manhattan 3 February 1906 death certificate 3902; buried on Hart Island; most records of Hart Island burials were destroyed in a fire 1977. Searchable records only exist for the period 1980-);
Second wife:
Blanche Mary Kantz née Grabowski aka Blanche M. Kantz aka Blanche Kantz (3 February 1879 – 10 April 1962) Cypress Hills National Cemetery, 625 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11208, Plot 2, 10579, buried 13 April 1962. Her mother Emilia was born in the Russian Empire.
They had four children:
Howard M. Kantz aka Howard Kantz (New York 1 September 1909 –Morristown, New Jersey 26 September 1999) burial place unknown;
Clifford C. Kantz aka Clifford Kantz (New York 1913 – 1952) burial place unknown;
Blanche L. Kantz née Goebel aka Blanche Kantz (Brooklyn, New York 17 January 1917 – Toms River, New Jersey 25 July 1999);
Arthur Kantz (24 October 1920 – Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York 11235 1 October 1981) burial place unknown.
And
b) Adolph Kantz (New York, New York 15 September 1876 – 3 February 1937 death certificate number 3553) burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303 Map 3A,
married
Mary Elizabeth Kantz née Carr aka Mary E. Kantz aka Mary Kantz (1877 – 1960) on 9 April 1902 (certificate number 7304), same burial location as Adolph.
Adolph and Mary Elizabeth had one child, Margaret Amanda Kantz (12 July 1903 - ? who “died as a child”) birth certificate 31028, burial location unknown; possibly Hart Island.
c) Louis Kantz (New York, New York 11 February 1878 – New York, New York 12 February 1878 death certificate 283900), buried on Hart Island (most records of Hart Island burials were destroyed in a fire 1977. Searchable records only exist for the period 1980-).
d) Gustav Kantz aka Gus Kantz (New York, New York 14 December 1882 – New York, New York May 1963):
According to the New York State census of 1905, Gustav was living in the household of one Nicholas Schwanermann in Assembly District 14, Election District 22 (source: Reel 14 FHL microfilm 1433090). This A.D. and E.D. delimited East 13th Street, East 14th Street, Avenue B
and Avenue C in the Lower East Side, now the East Village.
Gustav first married Louise F. C. Kantz née Kahl aka Louise Kantz (1882 – 8 March 1909) on 1 July 1906 (marriage certificate number 16317), at the St. George’s Episcopal Church parish house, 207 East 16th Street New York, New York 10003-3746. Her burial location is Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 1244 Map 3A.
They had two children:
William Kantz (28 March 1907 died at five hours old, birth certificate number 16400, death certificate 10949), burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 1244, Map 3A,
And
Margaret Anna Green née Kantz aka Margaret A. Green aka Margaret Green (New York, New York 14 July 1908 – Los Angeles, California 27 June 1959, burial location Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 West Centinela Avenue, Culver City (or Los Angeles), California 90045, Valley of Remembrance 16-882-3) whose spouse was Phillip Edward Green aka Phillip E. Green aka Phillip Green (Poland 15 December 1906 - 4 October 1962, burial place Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 West Centinela Avenue, Culver City (or Los Angeles), California 90045, Valley of Remembrance 16-882-4). She converted to Judaism.
Margaret Anna and Philip Edward had one son, Louis Robert Green aka Louis R. Green aka Louis Green (New York 30 October 1928 – North Carolina 11 August 1983). Louis Robert is buried in New Bern National Cemetery, 1711 National Avenue, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina 28560, Plot 8, 0, 6233.
In 1910, Gustav’s address was on the Lower East Side, in Manhattan Ward 11 (bounded by Rivington Street on the south, East 14th Street on the north, Avenue B on the west, and by the Harlem River on the east).
Then he married Mary M. Kantz aka Mary Kantz née Buckley “Nana” (city and county unknown, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 22 March 1888 – St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 February 1968) on 7 April 1912 (marriage certificate number 10210) at Church of the Annunciation, 88 Convent Avenue, New York, New York 10027-7520.
[NOTE: “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” was that country’s formal name 1801-1922.]
His address at the time was 606 East 14th Street, New York, New York 10009-3311, Lower East Side (torn down). Her address at that time was 1332 3rd Avenue, New York, New York 10075-1902 on the Upper East Side. She worked in a candy store owned by her parents.
By 1920 Gustav and Mary had moved uptown to Assembly District 23, Enumeration District (E.D.) and Tract unknown. A.D. 23 covered a vast area and their residence was probably 509 West 179th Street, New York, New York 10033-5708 (built 1919) in Washington Heights where they lived for decades with their children. Their last address was a first-floor one-bedroom apartment on Nagle Avenue, New York, New York 10040.
Gustav and Mary had three children:
Florence M. Leonard aka Florence Leonard née Kantz (New York, New York 3 April 1916 - May 1972) married John J. Leonard Sr. (? - ?) on 29 August 1937 (marriage certificate number 19754) three children: Florence Leonard Brennan (1949 -), John J. Leonard Jr. aka Johnny Leonard (1941 - 2015), Philip T. Leonard "Little Philip" (New York 2 August 1945 – Los Angeles, California 28 September 1970), in all cases burial locations unknown.
Grace Lillian O’Connor née Kantz (New York, New York 1918 – North Washington Avenue, Bergenfield, New Jersey ?) married William O’Connor (? - ?, buried Las Vegas, Nevada)
[NOTE: Her name is shown as Grace D. Kantz on the 1940 Census.]
And
Matthew Henderson (no further information); no children in either marriage.
Philip Frank Kantz aka Philip F. Kantz aka Philip Kantz aka Phil Kantz (Harlem Hospital (construction began 1887, now called Harlem Hospital Center), 506 Lenox Avenue, New York, New York 10037 14 July 1922 – Morrisania Hospital (built 1929, closed 1976), 50 East 168th Street, Bronx, New York 10452-7929 4 October 1968)
married
Marcella Marie Kantz aka Marcella M. Kantz aka Marcella Kantz aka Marce Kantz née Shine (New York, New York 5 April 1921 – St. Louis, Missouri 23 December 2004). They are buried in Long Island National Cemetery, 2040 Wellwood Avenue, Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York 11735-1213, Section 2P, Site 1085.
Marcella Marie’s parents were Daniel William Shine aka Dan Shine “Pop” born in Civil Parish (CP) of Rathronan, Barony of Shanid, Athea Town (Part of) (Áth an tSléibhe), District Electoral Division (DED) of Rathronan, Poor Law Union (PLU) of Newcastle West (an Caisleán Nua Thiar), Parliamentary Division (PD) of West Limerick, County Limerick (Contae Luimneach or Luimnigh), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
(8 July 1878 – New York, New York 26 May 1964)
and
Mary Shine née Rochfort (24 August 1887 – Sloane Maternity Hospital (1886; name changed 1910 to Sloane Hospital for Women; moved to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital 1928), 447 West 59th Street, New York 20 January 1927 (death certificate 1861) (buried 22 January 1927)) married 17 June 1917 in New York; both buried Calvary Cemetery, 49-02 Laurel Hill Boulevard, Woodside, Queens, New York 11377, Section 51, Plot 3, Grave 6.
Her home town: Ballaghaderreen (Bealach an Doirín) town, County Roscommon (Contae Ros Comáin), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Prior to 1898 the town and parish of Ballaghaderreen was located in the eastern part of County Mayo.
Her home of record was Cartron More hamlet, Moyne town, Loughglinn or Loughglynn Civil Parish (CP) and District Electoral Division (DED), County Roscommon (Contae Ros Comáin), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Mary Shine’s parents were Martin Rochford (1850 - 7 July 1934) and Catherine Rochford née Gallagher or Katherine Rochford née Gallagher (born/died United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1853 - 26 April 1940 ) married c. 1884.
Their home town and home of record info is the same as that of their daughter.
Mary’s cause of death was declared “hemorrhage etc. chronic bronchitis” (sic).
Daniel and Mary’s address in early 1927 was 151 West 102nd Street, New York, New York 10025 in East Harlem (torn down).
Interred in the same grave with Daniel and Mary is Marcella Marie Rochfort aka Marcella M. Rochfort aka Marcella Rochfort (11 June 1888 [NOTE: headstone reads ‘1889’] – New York, New York 17 January 1976).
Same home town and home of record info as that of the other Rochforts above.
Philip Frank and Marcella Marie had three children:
---APK (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 22 March 1951 - ) birth record 156-51-111731 filed Monday 26 March 1951
married
Diane Marie Kantz née Mundschenk (born Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa 21 August 1951 - ) on 22 December 1977 in Clayton, Missouri;
two adopted children Noëlle Lucinda (born Guatemala City, Guatemala (formal name La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, República de Guatemala) 4 March 1982 -) with four children born in Arlington, Virginia:
---Ingrid (born 16 June 2004) father unknown
---Jeans Brian (30 April 2006-) aka Brian, father is William Cali, born Bolivia
---Violeta (22 February 2008-) father is José Israel Morales, born Puebla (formal name Heróica Puebla de Zaragoza), Puebla, Mexico
---Natalie (15 August 2012-)
and Molly Lucrecia (Guatemala City, Guatemala (La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, República de Guatemala) 20 July 1985 -) with two children born in Arlington, Virginia:
---Christina Angel Armendariz (born 12 August 2008)
---Selena Marie Armendariz (born 1 December 2010)
with Daniel Armendariz (born 29 June 1983)
---Philip Jude Kantz aka Philip J. Kantz aka Philip Kantz (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 1 August 1958 - ) married Karen Marie Kantz née Knight (St. Louis, Missouri 12 November 1960 - ) in St. Louis, Missouri 30 April 1983; three children
Timothy Jude Kantz aka Timothy J. Kantz aka Timothy Kantz aka Tim Kantz (St. Louis, Missouri 30 April 1989-),
Joseph Philip Kantz aka Joseph P. Kantz aka Joseph Kantz aka Joe Kantz (St. Louis, Missouri 5 March 1995 -),
Kristen Marie Banks née Kantz aka Kristen M. Banks aka Kristen Banks (St. Louis, Missouri 31 October 1985-). married Jason Edward Banks aka Jason E. Banks aka Jason Banks (Springfield, Illinois 12 June 1976-) 30 November 2013 in Sappington, Missouri;
two children: Evan Michael Banks aka Evan M. Banks aka Evan Banks (St. Anthony’s Medical Center, 10018 Kennerly Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63128 10 November 2007 -) and Hayden Sophia Banks aka Hayden S. Banks aka Hayden Banks (St. Anthony’s Medical Center, 10018 Kennerly Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63128 14 December 2010-).
---Marie Gerardette Kantz (St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (built 1926, went co-op in 1981), 689 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10040 born/died 1963); as indicated in the NOTE above, she is possibly the unidentified infant interred in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 10 West Stevens Avenue, Hawthorne CDP, Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York 10532-2205, Section 44, Lot 511, Grave 15 along with Gustav and Mary Kantz.
e) Philipine Margaretha Louise Kantz aka Philippine Margaretha Louise Kantz (1 September 1879 – 11 February 1881). Burial - Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, exact location unknown.
f) Margaretha born 19 September 1881 “died in infancy”. Burial place unknown.
g) Paul Hatch Kantz aka Paul H. Kantz aka Paul Kantz (24 July 1889 certificate number 21342 – 21 September 1971), burial Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303, Map 3A.
Paul Hatch had two marriages:
Louisa Augusta Kantz née Abel aka Louise Augusta Kantz née Abel (9 July 1892 – 26 February 1960) married 30 March 1914 (marriage certificate number 8257), burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303 Map 3A.
Child:
Helen Mae Grosch née Kantz (27 July 1915 – 14 December 2000), burial Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, 67-29 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Section 5, Map 8, Block 1, Grave 132.
NOTE: Helen Mae was probably the only enthusiastic Lutheran in the Kantz family; quoting from her obituary “She was a member of the Ladies Aid Society of Emmaus Evangelical Lutheran Church” (60-10 67th Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385).
Emmaus’ German-language service survived until 2002.
married
Theodore Louis Grosch, Jr. (5 June 1913 - 16 September 1967) same burial location as Helen Mae; daughter Lorraine Grosch (Queens, New York ? - ?) granddaughter Carolee Lowry (Bergen County, New Jersey ? - )
And
Maria Kantz (Austria 1925-1985) who had two unidentified adult children at the time of her marriage to Paul in the early 1960s; burial location Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery aka Lutheran Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, New York 11379-1620 USA, Lot 15303, Map 3A.
1. After the death of his first wife, Margaret or Margaretha Kantz née Amborn (Wonsheim, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein [capital Darmstadt] May 1854 – died New York, New York 25 August 1903), Philipp Valentin Christoph Kantz married the mysterious Mary Hilymüller (New York 1891 - ?) on 29 April 1908 (marriage certificate 7943) at the parish house of The Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession in the City of New York aka The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew aka Trinity Lutheran Church “The Very Old German Meeting-House”, 602 East 9th Street, New York, New York 10009-5239. The parish house is gone, replaced in 1993 by the so-called Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran Parish.
The church itself was located at 323 East 6th Street, New York, NY 10003-8401:
The marriage was performed by the Evangelical Lutheran pastor of Trinity, whose name is illegible. Witness was one Robert Kröhn.
Philipp’s address at the time was 606 East 14th Street, New York, New York 10009-3311, Lower East Side (torn down). He was living with his son Gustav then.
Mary’s address at the time was 784 Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York 11222 (torn down).
Mary’s parents were John Hilymüller and Mary Hilymüller née Mueller.
Mary Hilymüller disappeared from the scene years before the elderly Philipp moved in with his son, Paul Hatch Kantz.
Her burial location is unknown. There were no children.
NOTE: It is possible that this woman was the “gypsy with raven-black” or “jet-black” or “coal-black” hair associated with Philipp and referenced in the mid-1960s.
Philipp’s 1939 death certificate declared him as a widower (i.e, of Margaret or Margaretha Amborn Kantz (1854-1903), his next-of-kin as Paul Hatch Kantz, and makes no mention of Mary Hilymüller.
ONE NEPHEW AND FOUR NIECES OF PHILIPP VALENTIN CHRISTOPH KANTZ:
---On 4 March 1902, one Louise Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein June 1879), a servant, arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Vaderland via Antwerp, Belgium. On the ship's manifest she declared one Heinrich Schneider, an uncle, resident at 1245 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10128 USA (torn down) as a point-of-contact (see Marie Kantz below).
NOTE: An eight-member family of Hessian Schneiders arrived in New York City 6 July 1863; the father’s name was Gustav Heinrich Schneider.
---According to the Großherzoglich hessisches Regierungsblatt für das Jahr 1902. (Darmstadt, Buchhandlung des Großherzoglichen Staatsverlags) page 255, one Wilhelm Kantz of Alzey was described as a Schulamtsaspirant (“candidate” (for doctorate?) in the Grand Ducal Education Board) and had a teaching job at the municipal school (Gemeindeschule) in Bingenheim, Landkreis Büdingen. The information was as of 15 November 1902.
---On 8 August 1905, one Lena or Lina Margaretha Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein June 1889) arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Vaderland via Antwerp, Belgium.
She declared her brother, Wilhelm Weihmann aka Wilhelm Weimann, 224 East 21st Street, New York, New York 10010 (torn down) as point-of-contact.
According to the 1910 census she was living in Staten Island (Richmond Ward 5, District 1329), New York as a servant in the household of the Hammond family: John F. Hammond (born Massachusetts 1850), wife Harriet S. Hammond (born Pennsylvania 1858), son Charles W. Hammond (born Nebraska 1886).
---On 21 June 1909, one Margarete Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein 1889) arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Vaderland via Antwerp, Belgium. On the ship’s manifest she declared one Mrs. Charles Gaissert as point-of-contact resident in Prince’s Bay, Staten Island, New York. She gave as reference her father, Johan Kantz (probably Johannes Kantz born Alzey 14 March 1839; Rupprechtstraße 9 Alzey 55232.
NOTE: There was a Charles Gaissert (1880-?) resident Brooklyn 27th Ward.
---On 10 April 1922, one Marie Kantz (born Alzey, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein 1904) arrived at Ellis Island aboard the SS Mount Clay (formerly the USS DeKalb ID-3010 formerly the SS Prinz Eitel Friedrich) via Hamburg, Germany. On the ship's manifest she declared one Heinrich Schneider, an uncle, resident at 1245 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10128 USA (torn down) as a point-of-contact (see Louise Kantz above and NOTE). Marie predicted that she would return to Germany c. 1927.
Marie declared her mother, Johanna Kantz (no further information), Wartbergstraße, Alzey 55232 as reference.
Bio by: Udo
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KANTZ
MARGARET PHILIP
1854-1903 1848-1939
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Christine Kantz
1837–1914
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Johannes Kantz
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Michael Kantz
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Franz Kantz
1845–1924
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Theodor Kantz
1850 – unknown
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Jacob Kantz
1851 – unknown
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Elizabetha Kantz
1852–1923
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Karl Kantz
1853 – unknown
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Wilhelmina Kantz
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Louise Kantz
1861–1922
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