Eva Elisabetha Bintz

1852 - 1913  (61 years)

• Name	Eva Elisabetha Bintz
  Born	8 Jul 1852	Nothweiler, Pfalz, Bayern   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	17 Dec 1913	Donnybrook, Ward County, North Dakota, USA
  Person ID	I22187	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Friedrich Wilhelm Bintz,   b. 5 Jun 1831, Nothweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 10 Sep 1898, Rheiderland Township, Chippewa County, Minnesota, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Eva Elisabetha Rauch,   b. 31 May 1833, Nothweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 24 Apr 1919, Santa Ana, Orange County, California, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	2 May 1854	Nothweiler, Pfalz, Bayern
  Family ID	F11128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Philipp Kuntz,   b. 30 Dec 1850, Nothweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 10 Jun 1937, Woodland, Yolo County, California, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Married	8 May 1877	Nothweiler, Pfalz, Bayern
  Children	1. Heinrich Kuntz,   b. 18 Jul 1878, Nothweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 29 Jun 1915, Donnybrook, Ward County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 36 years)   2. Alice Kuntz,   b. 18 Jul 1880, Nothweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 7 Dec 1963, Patterson, Stanislaus County, California, USA  (Age 83 years)   3. Karolina Kuntz,   b. 14 May 1882, Nothweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 3 Mar 1953, Patterson, Stanislaus County, California, USA  (Age 70 years)   4. Philipp Kuntz,   b. 29 Apr 1884, Nothweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 26 Nov 1978, Yolo County, California, USA  (Age 94 years)   5. Friedrich Kuntz,   b. 15 Jul 1886, Nothweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 31 May 1971, Patterson, Stanislaus County, California, USA  (Age 84 years)   6. Ludwig Kuntz,   b. 18 May 1888, Nothweiler, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 13 Aug 1965, Woodland, Yolo County, California, USA  (Age 77 years)   7. Charles Kuntz,   b. 22 Jul 1894, Clara City, Chippewa County, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 8 Aug 1965, Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA  (Age 71 years)   8. Louise Lydia Kuntz,   b. 26 Dec 1898, Clara City, Chippewa County, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 25 Feb 1966, Patterson, Stanislaus County, California, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F11127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: The Gomes/Kuntz/Rembas/Spring Families Entries: 28125 Updated: 2006-09-08 14:01:11 UTC (Fri) Contact: Leilani Spring swleilani@yahoo.com Eva Elizabeth; the eldest daughter of the Bintzes, was called ?Avlis? by her family. It should like a contraction of Eva & Eliz. Avlis married Philipp Kuntz in Germany. Likely in Nothweiler, since that was where her parents lived. Philipp was a small man, about 5?4?? tall. In contrast Avlis was quite tall, & in later years quite heavy. Philipp worked as a forester for the German government, marking trees to be cut. They lived in the village of Nothweiler where their 6 oldest children were born: Henry, Alice, Carolina, Philipp, Fred & Louis. The younger Philipp, who is now living in Woodland, CA, can recall many things about their home in Germany, & many things that happened there. He recalled vividly the little gnarled fellow that used to play his accordion on the streets. As an added attraction for tourists he would go up on a high pinnacle on a nearby mountain near a castle & stand on his head on a projecting ledge. I?m sure this brought him a few extra coins. The townspeople called him the ?Oma Yokel?. In 1892 the Kuntz family immigrated to the United States. All of Avlis?s brothers, sisters & her parents had left Germany between 1880 & 1886, & by this time were all living in Minnesota with the exception of Louise & her husband, John Jordy, who had not yet moved from Chinoa. Philipp worked in a lumberyard at Clara City for awhile, but eventually they settled on a farm 12 miles north of that village. Their 2 youngest children, Charley & Louise were born in Minnesota. On September 6, 1901 (the day President McKinley was shot) Alice & Henry left for Donnybrook to file on homesteads; they were the first of their family to make the move to North Dakota. The others likely came shortly afterward. Philipp Kuntz Sr. filed on a quarter section of land, as did Carolina who was 19 years old at that time. It was required that homesteaders live on the land at least 6 months out of the year & at the end of 5 years they could prove up & get title to the land. It would seem that these young girls must have been made of pretty sturdy stuff to live alone in their homestead shacks. Homesteaders usually tried to build their houses as close as they could to one another, often just across the road or quarter line. I have tried to locate these homestead houses in the approximately the right places on my map. The older children in the family were married during the period that the Kuntzes lived near Donnybrook. Philipp Jr. married Annie Lubitz from Balfour, ND & Henry also married a Balfour girl, Bertha Bethke. Carolina married Frank Horman who farmed near Balfour. Probably they got acquainted through church activities because at that time the span of acquaintances was a radius of about 5 miles. Horses & buggies were not Conducive to long-distance traveling. (Balfour is about 85 miles from Donnybrook.) Alice married Henry Franke, a carpenter. Fred & Louis, who homesteaded at Shaeffer, ND, married girls from that area. A very bad tragedy occurred in the Kuntz family in 1915 with the death of Henry Kuntz who died suddenly of a brain hemorrhage. This left his wife with 3 small children to raise. She went back to Balfour to live near her own folks, & after a few years sold their homestead quarter at Donnybrook. Louise was only 15 years old when her mother died of cancer & Louise had to take over the housekeeping for her father & brother Charley. Mrs. Philipp (Eva Elizabeth) Kuntz is buried in the Donnybrook Cemetery. Eventually all of the Philipp Kuntz families went to California, except Henry?s family. Father Philipp & Louise moved there in 1919. She later married Roger (Scotty) Martin & lived on a farm near Patterson. Alice & Carolina settled in or near Patterson when they moved to California, & Mr. Kuntz lived with his daughters in his old age. His grave is in the Patterson Cemetery. Carolina & Louise?s families are still living in that area. Charley Kuntz married Lydia Witte & they lived in Anaheim where he worked for the city street maintenance department. The only one of the Philipp Kuntz Sr. that is still living is Philipp who lives in Woodland, CA. His 4 sons are also in that part of CA as are the sons & daughters of Louise Kuntz. gonqhadded this on 4 Mar 2010 ErickSchoenrockoriginally submitted this to Erick Schoenrock on 20 Dec 2009

  
  

• Sources

  [S19] 1900 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Alice Kuntz Home in 1900: Louriston, Chippewa, Minnesota Age: 47 Birth Date: Jul 1852 Birthplace: Germany Race: White Gender: Female Immigration Year: 1892 Relationship to Head of House: Wife Father's Birthplace: Germany Mother's Birthplace: Germany Mother: number of living children: 8 Mother: How many children: 9 Spouse's name: Philipp Marriage Year: 1876 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 24 Residence : Louriston & Woods Townships, Chippewa, Minnesota