Howard C. Mertz

Male3 March 1897–1 March 1900

Brief Life History of Howard C.

When Howard C. Mertz was born on 3 March 1897, in Saint Charles Township, Saginaw, Michigan, United States, his father, William G Mertz, was 24 and his mother, Nellie Gilchrist, was 24. He died on 1 March 1900, in his hometown, at the age of 2.

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Family Time Line

William G Mertz
1872–
Nellie Gilchrist
1874–1944
Mae Marie Mertz
1894–1968
Howard C. Mertz
1897–1900
Mildred W Meitz
1901–
William N Meitz
1908–

Sources (2)

  • Mertz, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
  • Howard C. Mertz, "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (4)

World Events (3)

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 1

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

Age 3

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome

Age 3

A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.

Name Meaning

German: patronymic from a short form of the personal name Martin .

German: variant of Martz . This surname (in any of the possible senses; see also 1 above) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Poland.

Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian Merc: occupational name for a grain or salt measurer, from a vernacular form of merec ‘measurer’. Compare Merz .

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

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