George Batz

Brief Life History of George

George Batz was born on 30 November 1807, in Plankenfels, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany. He had at least 4 sons and 5 daughters with Margeretha Roder. He died on 13 January 1905, in Wauconda, Lake, Illinois, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Fairfield, Lake, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Batz
1807–1905
Margeretha Roder
1807–
George Batz
1831–1918
Mary Batz
1833–1894
Anna Batz
1833–1899
Johann H Batz
1835–1923
Barbara Batz
1837–1899
Anna Margaretha Batz
1844–1927
Margaret Batz
1850–1930
John Edward Batz
1852–1934
Friedrick Batz
1854–1860

Sources (6)

  • George Batz, "Find A Grave Index"
  • John Batz in entry for Margretha Baumann, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1955-1994"
  • John Batz in entry for Margretha Baumann, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"

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World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1818

Illinois is the 21st state.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

South German: from Alemannic, Swabian Batz ‘pile, large quantity’, possibly applied as a nickname either for a man of large physical proportions or for a man of wealth. The term also denoted a coin and may have been used metonymically for a coiner. The name of the coin is believed to have been derived from its imprint of a bear, known in folklore as Betz or Petz.

South German (Bätz): variant of Betz . Compare Baetz .

Germanized or Americanized form of Polish and Slovenian Bac .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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