lisa; delbert miles lantz was born c 1909 and was on board the mromacswan arriving in the papama on mar. 2,1927 as you stated that who is delbert lantz who worked at the zoo in 1926. my grandfather, delbert lantz died in 1929 stated by gen forum and genealogy .com.
studying back to the origination of the lantz name is quite interesting.
landsnetch first originated 1003 and didn't change much until the romans had trouble pronouncing it so they shortened it to lantz thru one other variation.
now that variation is the basic name and all other variations came off of that.
lanss or lans came from switzerland. lantio came from italy. the other variation came from just plain bad writing. lance came from the french and
most settled in new jersey. there is lentz, lans, lants, and several other
variations. never heard of lautz but maybe thats why i can't find her under
the social security index.
you might be right that delbert lantz assumed some of the burden of the
family taking the zoo job to help out.
in talking to my mother in my teen years she stated that her father never
talked to her until she was 10/11 years old when he was ill and she used to
change his dressings. i wonder if he was the one with the injuries and might
have died from gangorine. since i don't have any definate records to contact the state of california it would be hard to get any information. i have looked
up cemeteries and can't find him or my grandmother who died in 1929. now
she went into a hospital for a hystorectomy and died on the operating of
dehydration. this information is from my mother. she was always very bitter
towards the family because no one of the lantz family would take her in
apparently and she was sent to live with an old maid aunt, jessie, who was
maude mile lantz sister. jessie owned a farm and my mom says that they
only thing she had to do was iron the hired hands clothes and set the table
for the hands. this was some life for a young teen.
shelly,
i have no death certificate, marriage license or any legal papers of any kind.
my grandmother gave my mom a bible when my mom was 7 years old but
there is not information in that.
between the two delberts and one harry and the other miles is a little
confusing sometimes. good records were not kept because they didn't know
the importance nor that anyone would be looking up records later on down
the years.
well now i have information from two people and am so thrilled. all these
years i have flying by the seat of my britches. now some one is flying with
me. i can't say enough thanks to you both for your help. shirley
