delbert harry lantz

[duckcarver]

looking for grandfather, born somwhere in ohio.  parents
from germany.   he was born 1879 and died in california in 1926.  he was warehouse supervisor for bekins van and storage in california and llived in alameda before he died.  he was married to maude miles and they had two children.  one delbert miles lantz and dorothy eunice lantz. ( my mother) can't find any information about him before he went to california.  would like to know where in ohio he was born and if possible his parents name                    

[nickgc]

Presume that you have found the Delbert Lantz who was 10 years old in 1880 Ohio and discarded because of age.  People did (and do) lie about their age.  In 1910 states parents born Germany, but 1920 census says US.

Nick

[duckcarver]

the delbert lantz who was 10 years old was delbert allen lantz who,s parents were allen lantz and susanna.  this is not the delbert lantz who i am looking for.  i have searched all or most of ohio for information pertaining to his
birth but have found nothing.  searching the originality of the lantz name i
find them to be of mennonite origin.  i have searched death certificates
hoping to find an informant delbert harry lantz.  no luck.  i have tried to
search mennonite cemeteries but not knowing the parents name is truley
looking for a needle in a haystack.   thank you for your time.

[Lisa in California]

Duckcarver:

Do you know if he last lived in Alameda County or the City of Alameda?

[nickgc]

Lisa, in case you get back to this sooner than requester:  1920 he is in Oakland, Alameda Co; 1910 is in Los Angeles.

Nick

[duckcarver]

the 1910 and 1920 of california shows delbert living in california and they
report that he was born in ohio and that his parents were born in germany.
i have a copy of the directory of the area with his street address and i also have a copy of his military registration.  he had no social security number
and that is all i have to go on.  nothing shows up in ohio.  some of the
mennonite cemeteries do not give you any information as to who is buried there.  i am in the process of contacting the mennonite church in ohio to see
if they have any records.  i am at a complete loss.   i don't know his parents
name- i don't know where in ohio he was born.- i don't know if he had
sibblings.- i don't know when or where his parents married.- i don't know if
his parents came to california and died there. - i don't know if they died in
ohio.i don't know if they married in germany and when did they come here
either together or separately and met here.  i have been gathering lantz's
in california and will do some searching, hoping to find a link. i belong to two
german genealogy societies, one in burbank and one in sacremento.  one
person served in wwii with a lantz.  he gave me his name and information
but when i tried to find him thru census he didn't show up.  i decided to
search out the name and its background.  i have compiled 4 milk boxes of
individual lantz's.  i am now in the process of putting them together where
i can to make up families.  i am a real stickler as to the correct date, etc so when they fit together, they fit together.  i want to take this time to thank
you so much for getting back to me.  i have been at this for over 3 years and
its nice to have someone come back to me.  thank you again.

[Lisa in California]

Nick, thank you for your reply. 

Duckcarver:  do you know if Delbert Miles had any children and if so, have you communicated with them?  Do you know where Delbert Harry is buried?  I see that he was living in Oakland...do you know if he stayed there until his passing?

I tried searching for every combination of words and dates on the 1900 and 1880 census.  So far, I have not found him (obviously).  Do you know if he had any nicknames?

[Lisa in California]

Delbert H Lantz, Mrs. Maude Land and Delbert Miles Lantz living in Alameda County (at the same address) in 1932. 

I have to leave for a bit, sorry.
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Maude had the last name of Lantz (I was trying to type too quickly.)

[shellyesq]

Do you have Delbert's marriage and death certificates?  If so, I presume there were no hints there, like witnesses?