Section V  Massey Excursi One Maryland Massey Family by George Langford, Jr. 1901-1996
©Cullen G. Langford and George Langford, III, 2010


Massey Excursus: Goetz

In 1951 my first cousin, Mrs. Michael Karl (Nancy Russell) Goetz sent me all the information known to her husband about the Goetz ancestry.
George Langford, Jr.

Date
1.Michael Goetz
1771
Birth

Death

Marriage: Margaretha Blaess

Children:
2.Michael Goetz, b.1 Mar.1805, in Ingenheim, Alsace; d.9 Jan.1834. Married Marie Katharina Koell, b.22Jan.1811, in Ingenheim; daughter of Johannes Koell, b.1782, a weaver, and wife Katherina Goetz.  Children:
Marie Katharina Goetz, b.15 May 1831, in Ingenheim, m.19 Sep.1854 in Ingenheim to Johannes Lienhart.
3.Michael Karl Goetz, b.1833 in Ingenheim.



3.Michael Karl Goetz (1.Michael)
15 Jan.1833
Birth: in Ingenheim, Alsace.
11 Aug.1901
Death: in St. Joseph, Missouri.
7 Sep.1864
Marriage: at Sparta, Missouri, to Caroline W. Klink, b.9 May 1844, d.21 Mar.1902.
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Spent childhood on a farm in Alsace
24 Jun.1854
Sailed from Havre on sailing vessel, Connecticut.
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Clerked in a Buffalo, New York, grocery store owned by a second cousin.
1858
Left Buffalo, headed for California, getting as far as St. Joseph, Mo. and settled there as a brewery employee of Henry Nunning.
1859
Founded the M.K. Goetz Brewing Company.

Children:
Emma Goetz, b.15 Oct.1865 in St. Joseph; m.6 Sep.1893 to Theodore J. Benkendorf, b.1866, d.22 Oct.1942.
William Ludwig Goetz, 17 Jun.1867 in St. Joseph; m,1st, 19 Oct.1898 to Anna Louisa Pape, b.14 Aug.1874, d.29 May 1946; m,2nd, 22 Nov.1947, to Flora Evans.
4.Frank L. Goetz, b.1869.
Albert R. Goetz, b.20 Nov.1871 in St. Joseph, d.14 Oct.1945; m.22 May 1902, to Flora Weidmaier, b.1871, d.6 May 1950.
Henry E. Goetz, b.21 Jun.1875, d.20 Feb.1947; m.5 Feb.1913, to Inez Moore, b.1879, d.24 Nov.1945.
Anna L. Goetz, b.11 Jul.1878; m.26 Jul.1904, to Eugene A. Sunderlin, b.1874, d.1 Oct.1928.



4.Frank L. Goetz (3.Michael Karl, 1.Michael)
31 Jul.1869
Birth
11 Sep.1938
Death
20 Sep.1899
Marriage: Lena Meierhoffer, b.1878.  She was daughter of George Meierhoffer, b.1852 in Boonville, Missouri, d.1903 in Boonville, who m.1876, Louisa Herwig, b.1856 in Germany, d.1943 in St. Joseph, Mo.  The father of George was Jacob Meierhoffer, b.1821 in Zurich, Switzerland, who came to Boonville in 1849 and died there in 1898; his wife was Elizabett Lantz, b.1821 in Berne, Switzerland, who came to Boonville in 1849 and died there in 1904.

Children:
Mildred Louise Goetz, b.Sep.1903; m.Sep.1924 to Robert Jornayvaz.
5.Michael Karl Goetz, b.1909.
Frances Enrestine Goetz, b.Dec.1912; m.Sep.1932 to Jerome Porter, Jr.
Frank Louis Goetz, Jr., b.Jul.1916; m.Aug.1947 to Elaine Victor.



5.Michael Karl Goetz (4.Frank L., 3.Michael Karl, 1.Michael)
23 May 1909
Birth
Feb.1960
Death
1 Oct.1935
Marriage: in Kansas City, Missouri, to Nancy Holmes Russell, b.31 Jul.1907, in Kansas City.

Children:
Mignon Goetz, b.7 Oct.1936, in St. Joseph, Mo.
Michael Karl Goetz, Jr., b.16 Jul.1939 in St. Joseph.


Source
Typed genealogy [1st page; 2nd page; 3rd page] prepared by Mrs. Michael Karl (Nancy Russell) Goetz in 1951.