Person:Johanna Schlotzer (1)

Initially obtained Johanna's last name from Diana Winsor in June 1999.

Found her tombstone in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo NY. Her tombstone calls her "Hannah." There are two markers at Forest Lawn. One is a monument with her name as well as that of Philip Betz. It has her birth year as 1832. Her individual marker has her birth year as 1831. 1900 Soundex records her birth as December 1831.

1890 Buffalo City Directory: shows a Johanna Betz, saloonkeeper, at 478 Eagle with Jacob Betz, machinist; initially thought this was Johanna Schlotzer Betz, but I no longer think so because in the 1900 census we find her and her family living at 26 West Avenue; a Christian Betz and his wife Elizabeth are living at 478 Eagle in 1900. There's no overlap in names of children between the two families, so I now think that the 1890 Johanna Betz at 478 Eagle is NOT our Johanna Schlotzer Betz. (-Jillaine Smith, 9 Sept 2000)

1900 Census, Ward 21, ED 177, sheet 8A: 26 West Avenue: Betz, Hannah; head, b. Dec 1831; 68; widowed; 6 births; 5 living; b. NY; father b. Germany; mother b. Germany Betz, John C., son, b. Jan. 1860; 40, single; b. NY; f. b. Germany; m.b. NY; occupation: jewelry manufacture Claybo, Johannah, daughter, b. Nov 1853, age 49; widowed; 0 births/ 0 living; b. NY... seamstress Betz, Elizabeth, daughter, Nov. 1859, age 41, single, b. NY... dry goods Claybo, William, boarder, Dec. 1869, 20, single, self and parents b. NY; occ: telegraph operator Grass, Jennie, daughter, b. Apr. 1862, 38; Divorced; married 17 years; 2 births, 2 living; b. NY; no occupation Grass, Willard, grandson, b. Jun 1885; 15; single, self and parents b. NY; office clerk Grass, Elmer W., grandson, b. Jan 1886; 14; single, self and parents b. NY; office boy.

In 1900 soundex we find Johanna Betz, head of family, at 26 West Avenue living with her son John C (who becomes the city assessor and dies single in 1921), Elizabeth (who also never marries), and two widowed (?) daughters and their children: Johanna Betz Clabeaux (spelled Claybo in 1900 soundex) with her son William; and Eugenia (Jennie) Grass with two sons, Willard and Elmer.

We also find her in the 1905 NY State Census (FHL Film #825,700, 5th E/D, 21st Ward, Block J, page 49). She is enumerated with her son John (who is head of household); see comments on his record for details.

Forest Lawn Cemetery Record: Name: Nannah Betz Place of birth: Eden, New York Place of Death: 26 West Ave., Buffalo, NY Date of death: April 14, 1911 Marital status: Widow Late residence: 26 West Ave., Buffalo, NY Age: 79 years, 4 months, 6 days Cause of death: cancer of the small intestine Location: Section 10, Lot 706 Undertaker: Kraft Parents: Jacob and Magdelena

1. ↑ St. Paul's and St. Mark's United Church of Christ, Buffalo. (Mormon Church)
   Marriages, p. 165.

   3 Jul 1849: Philipp Betz, 21, & Johanna Catharina Schlotzer, 17

2. ↑ St. Paul's and St. Mark's United Church of Christ, Buffalo, NY
   Item 1, Marriages Year 1849, pg. 165.

   Johanna Schlotzer, age 17

3. ↑ Forest Lawn Cemetery Records.

   Date of Death: April 14, 1911
   Age: 79 years, 4 months, 6 days

4. ↑ 1870 U.S. Census - NY
   Buffalo, Ward 5, M 593, p. 177, line 19.

   "Anna" is 38 and born in New York.

5. ↑ Memorial and Family History of Erie County, v. 2
   Page 95.

   "She was born near Hamburg, Erie County, in 1830."

6. ↑ Forest Lawn Cemetery Records
   Lot 706, Section 10.

   Date of Death: April 14, 1911

7. ↑ Forest Lawn Cemetery Records.
8. ↑ Forest Lawn Cemetery Headstone Reading.
9. ↑ Buffalo City Directory.

   1890.

10. ↑ 1900 U.S. Census Soundex - NY.
11. ↑ Forest Lawn Cemetery Records.

    Last residence.

12. ↑ Erie County NY Surrogate's Records General Index.

    Johanna Betz, Case #28127, Nov. 26, 1912 (see paper copy for additional information)