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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)

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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


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