Family: Kortz, Jacob / Pflugfelder, Katherine Dorothea (F12864)

• Male Kortz, Jacob

  
  

  Birth	17 Aug 1823	Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany	LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death	12 Nov 1891	Germania, Abbott, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Endowed (LDS)
  Burial	Aft 12 Nov 1891	Abbott Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Sealed P (LDS)
  Marriage	1850  [1]	Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA  [1]	Sealed S (LDS)
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  Mother

  
  

  Female Pflugfelder, Katherine Dorothea

  
  

  Birth	4 Jun 1829	Baden-Württemberg, Germany	LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death	17 Jan 1910	Germania, Abbott, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Endowed (LDS)
  Burial	Aft 17 Jan 1910	Abbott Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Sealed P (LDS)
  Father	Pflugfelder, Joseph | F12871 Group Sheet
  Mother	Staub, Katharine | F12871 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male Kortz, Adolf

  
  

  Birth	17 Oct 1864	Germania, Abbott, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death	17 Feb 1950	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Endowed (LDS)
  Burial	19 Feb 1950	Germania Cemetery, Abbott, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Sealed P (LDS)
  Spouse	Hauber, Louisa Matilda | F54345
  Marriage			Sealed S (LDS)

  
  

  Female + Kortz, Emilia M.

  
  

  Birth	27 Apr 1868	Germania, Abbott, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death	28 Oct 1916	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Endowed (LDS)
  Burial	29 Oct 1916	Germania Cemetery, Abbott, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Sealed P (LDS)
  Spouse	Welfling, Charles Frederick Jr. | F12866
  Marriage	Oct 1892	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Sealed S (LDS)

  
  

  Female + Kortz, Wilhelmina Hedwig

  
  

  Birth	27 Apr 1866	Germania, Abbott, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death	12 Feb 1940	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Endowed (LDS)
  Burial			Sealed P (LDS)
  Spouse	Mosch, Emil Ernest | F11143
  Marriage	21 Sep 1885	Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA	Sealed S (LDS)

  
  

  Female Kortz, Katherine

  
  

  Birth	24 Dec 1855	Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA	LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death	21 Mar 1934		Endowed (LDS)
  Burial			Sealed P (LDS)

  
  

  Female + Kortz, Theresa Charlotte

  
  

  Birth	1859	Germania, Abbott, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death	19 Feb 1928	Germania, Abbott, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Endowed (LDS)
  Burial	Aft 19 Feb 1928	Abbott Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Sealed P (LDS)
  Spouse	Straley, Christian Fredrick Stroele | F12869
  Marriage			Sealed S (LDS)

  
  

  Female + Kortz, Anna L.

  
  

  Birth	27 Jun 1870	Germania, Abbott, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death	6 Jan 1942		Endowed (LDS)
  Burial			Sealed P (LDS)
  Spouse	Handwerk, Marcus J. Jr. | F12865
  Marriage			Sealed S (LDS)

  
  

  Male Kortz, Christian

  
  

  Birth	1 Mar 1851	Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA	LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death	Dec 1851	Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA	Endowed (LDS)
  Burial			Sealed P (LDS)

  
  

  Female + Kortz, Louisa Frederika

  
  

  Birth	7 Apr 1853	Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA	LDS Ordinances	Date	Place
  Christening			Baptized (LDS)
  Death	19 Nov 1940	Hebron Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA	Endowed (LDS)
  Burial			Sealed P (LDS)
  Spouse	Sheldon, Walter King | F35287
  Marriage	Abt 1875		Sealed S (LDS)

  
  

• Photos		Kortz Pflugfelder home BeanHillRd FB201015PLGMoKo 20201020HAv- Paul Lynn Gardner 5d · 15 Oktober 2020 KORTZ - PFLUGFELDER HISTORY THIS KORTZ FAMILY STORY was written by Fred Goodman of Galeton sometime in the 1930’s. Paul Gardner added more details to this story. JACOB KORTZ WAS BORN Aug 17, 1823 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West-Central Germany. Katherine Pflugfelder Kortz was born Jun 4, 1829 in…
  		Kortz Pflugfelder home BeanHillRd FB201015PLGMoKo 20201020HAv- Paul Lynn Gardner 5d · 15 Oktober 2020 KORTZ - PFLUGFELDER HISTORY THIS KORTZ FAMILY STORY was written by Fred Goodman of Galeton sometime in the 1930’s. Paul Gardner added more details to this story. JACOB KORTZ WAS BORN Aug 17, 1823 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West-Central Germany. Katherine Pflugfelder Kortz was born Jun 4, 1829 in…

  
  

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  Married: Taxis Family Tree - gtaxis1 / Katherine Dorothea (Kortz) Pflugfelder Katherine Dorothea (Kortz) Pflugfelder 1829-1910 BIRTH 4 JUNE 1829 • Baden-Württemberg, Germany DEATH 17 JAN 1910 • Germania, Potter Co, PA Facts Name and gender Birth 4 june 1829 • Baden-Württemberg, Germany Marriage 1850 • Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA Jacob Kortz (1823-1891) homestead jt: 20201020HAv- Paul Lynn Gardner 5d · 15 Oktober 2020 KORTZ - PFLUGFELDER HISTORY THIS KORTZ FAMILY STORY was written by Fred Goodman of Galeton sometime in the 1930’s. Paul Gardner added more details to this story. JACOB KORTZ WAS BORN Aug 17, 1823 in Darmstadt, Hesse, West-Central Germany. Katherine Pflugfelder Kortz was born Jun 4, 1829 in Wurttemberg, Germany, which is east of the Rhine and near the border of France. Wurttemberg is 124 miles south of Hesse, where Jacob was born. JACOB CORTZ ARRIVED IN AMERICA in order to escape conscription in the German Army. I do not have a date for this arrival, but I do know that there was heightened political unrest in Germany in the 1840s and drafting into the German army hung over the heads of many German men at that time. Two years later, Katherine Pflugfelder arrived with her family in America. According to family history, the Kortzs and Pflugfelders were family friends in the old country. JACOB AND KATHERINE WERE MARRIED in Troy, NY in the year of 1850. Jacob was an expert wood finisher by trade. Our cousin John Peet was fortunate to acquire a few of Jocob’s creations and has them on display in his home near Coudersport. Jacob unfortunately breathed in too much of the fine dust of his occupation, that his lungs were finally affected. He was advised to seek a new home “among the pines”, but we do not know how he happened to select Germania to begin his new life. They arrived in Germania on the date of the birthday of the oldest daughter, Louisa, who was seven years old on Apr 7, 1860. (As a side note: This was 10 years before Carl Herman Mosch emigrated with his family from Saxony, Germany to Germania.) The neighbors in Troy were sure they would return after suffering the hardships of the forests, but it was Grandmother Kortz’s pride and determination that prevented their return to easier living in the more established town of Troy. They built a new house of native pine and it was situated on the high hill about two miles from Germania, PA. THE KORTZ CHILDREN A son Christian Kortz had died in infancy. Born 01 Mar 1851, Died Dec 1851. THREE GIRLS accompanied them to their new home in Germania, Pa. Louisa Frederica Kortz was born 07 Apr 1853 in Troy, NY. She married Walter King Sheldon on 28 Nov 1871 in Lockhaven, PA. She died Nov 1940 in Coudersport, PA. Katherine Dordes Kortz was born 24 Dec 1856 in Troy, NY. She never married. She died 31 Mar 1934 in Coudersport, PA. Thereasa (Thresia) Charlotte Kortz was born 22 Feb 1859 in Troy, NY. She married Christian F. Straley 18 May 1884 in Germania, PA. She died 19 Feb 1928. FOUR CHILDREN were born in Germania: Adolph Kortz was born 17 Oct 1864 in Germania, PA. He married Louise Hauber. He died 17 Feb 1950. Wilhelmina Hedwig Kortz was born 27 Apr 1866 in Germania, PA. She married Emil Ernest Mosch 21 Sep 1885 in Germania, PA. She died 12 Feb 1940 in Coudersport, PA. Emily (Amelia) (Emma) Kortz was born 27 Apr 1868 in Germania, PA. She married Charles Welfling 26 Oct 1892 in Coudersport, PA. She died 26 Oct 1916 in Coudersport, PA. Anna Kortz was born 27 Jun 1870 in Germania, PA. She married Marcus Handwerk 16 Oct 1894. She died 06 Jan 1942. See Less Comments Susanne Brown A beautiful home, winter must have been tough high on a hill. · Reply · 5d Paul Lynn Gardner I've viewed this farm with Google Earth and see that this is a relatively level plateau property. It indicates that being earlier settlers in the area afforded the Kortz family first pickings. · Reply · 4d Susanne Brown That would be better, I remember some wicked winters years ago in Germania. · Reply · 4d Paul Lynn Gardner In some of the stores told by Otto Mosch, the first winter that the Carl Herman Mosch family experienced in 1870-1871 was exceptionally severe. I'm sure they were not completely prepared, having just built their home in Mosch Hollow. Otto also told stores that wild animals were a challenge as well. I presume they had only temporary shelter for their livestock. · Reply · 4d · Edited Write a reply... Gene Taxis Great work fills in a lot of holes in my tree THANKS · Reply · 4d Greg Swartz Where is (or was) Mosch Hollow? · Reply · 3d Paul Lynn Gardner Greg Swartz, this map shows Mosch Hollow in relation to the Kortz farm. No photo description available. · Reply · 3d Susanne Brown South of Germania a few miles. · Reply · 3d

  
  

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