Ward-Spittler-Metz-Lyon Family Heritage Center: Metz Photos

JOHN (1789-1858) &
EVA CATHARINA LANG (1793-1859) METZ

of Blankenloch, Baden, Germany brought their family to the US in 1835 and first settled in a crude log cabin on a 66-acre tract of land on what is now March Rd. in Eden, NY. When the home burned in 1840, John built the house on the left on Shadagee Rd. which has been occupied by several Metz descendants.

John Metz (1789-1858)
Father of Jacob Metz

Jacobine Josephine Metz Lang
1815-1875
(married Ernest Lang, nephew of Eva Catarina Lang Metz, moved to IL and had 17 children)

Eva Catarina Lang Metz (1793-1859)
Mother of Jacob Metz
(thought to be the daughter of an American Indian girl taken to Germany)

Sons of John and Eva Catarina Lang Metz

Godfrey Metz
1824-1885

John Metz
1829-1900

Christopher Metz
1826-1849

Jacob Metz
1832-1925

Henry Metz
1838-1910

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Jacob Metz

Carolyn Erb Metz

The Family of Jacob & Caroline Erb Metz Eden, NY (c 1904)
(Edith Metz in lower right corner)

VIEW MORE METZ INFO GO TO METZ PHOTOS - PG. 2

Edwin Metz 1875-1971
(brother of Edith)

Jacob Metz with grandson Howard Metz
son of Alfred & Bertha Schrum Metz
(c 1910) Howard died at about age 10

Julia Metz 1857-1929
(sister of Edith)

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EDWIN METZ CELEBRATES
90th BIRTHDAY
EDEN, NY. October 31, 1965 - In his own blithesome way, Edwin J. Metz, one of the oldest residents of Eden, celebrated his 90th birthday on Sunday, October 31, at his home on Shadagee Rd. where he was born and raised. His only living sister, Edith Metz Spittler of Lake View, spent the day reminiscing with him. He lives with his only daughter Evelyn and her husband the Rev. P. Walter Meisenheimer.

Frontier Herald-1962

SPITTLER-METZ FAMILY NARRATIVE    METZ FAMILY TREE
         SPITTLER FAMILY TREE        DESCENDANTS of GEORGE W. & EDITH METZ SPITTLER
NAMES/LOCATIONS IN SPITTLER-METZ LINEAGE             FAMILY RECIPES
GERMAN ORIGIN OF METZ FAMILY    BADEN GERMANY IN 1800
FAMILY HERITAGE CENTER      FAMILY PHOTOS HOMEPAGE
Susan Ward Merk's HOMEPAGE