- William Dervin ("Bill") Lotz (1893-1958) was the eldest of the five children of William M. ("Bim") Lotz (1863-1944) and Ella D. ("Nell") Hanley Lotz (1864-1934). He wed Anna Elizabeth Spotswood Lotz with whom he raised their only child, Anna Jean Lotz (Sheets, 1922-2013) who wed Marvin Sheets. Three group photographs -- 1902, 1904 & 1905 -- in which Bill Lotz appears as a child may be viewed on the Memorial to his uncle Henry Lotz, Jr., a Memorial linked to that of Bill's father, "Bim" Lotz, and to those of Bim's and Henry's parents and Bim's and Henry's seven siblings, all of whom are interred at Greenwood Cemetery in Hamilton, seat of Butler County, Ohio.
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Caption for the first photograph: "The family of William (“Bim”) Lotz (1863-1944) and Ella D. (“Nell”) Hanley Lotz (1864-1934), posed for this three-generational photograph at San Jose, California, during the spring of 1933. In the top row standing, left to right, are Nellie Elizabeth Lotz Burleson (1904-1944) and her husband George W. Burleson; Ella D. (“Nell”) Hanley Lotz; Mildred Minaker (wife of Wesley Edward Lotz); William (“Bim”) Lotz; Wesley Edward Lotz (1896-1964); Ina May Patton Lotz (1905-1959, wife of “Bob” Lotz) holding their daughter Nathalie Ina ("Sallie") Lotz (Coleman, Dec. 1932 to 2009); and Robert Vincent Earl (“Bob”) Lotz (1900-1960). In the front row, seated, are Anna Elizabeth Spotswood Lotz (1899-1970) and her husband William Dervin (“Bill’) Lotz (1893-1958); Robert Willis Burleson (1926-2002), son of Nellie Lotz Burleson & George Willis Burleson; Mary Eileen (“Betty”) Knox (Gordon, 1922-1965), daughter of Alan Wooley Knox and Mary Irene Lotz Knox; Anna Jean Lotz (Sheets 1922-2013), daughter of Bill Lotz & Anna E. Spotswood Lotz; Alan Wooley Knox (1898-1979) & Mary Irene Lotz Knox (1898-1983)."
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Caption for the second photograph: The family of William M. (“Bim”) Lotz (1863-1944) and Ella D. (“Nell”) Hanley Lotz (1864-1934), including all five of their children and the oldest three of their grandchildren, posed for this three-generational photograph at San Jose, California, during the summer of 1927: From the right stand Robert Earl Vincent ("Bob") Lotz (1900-1960), Mary Irene Lotz Knox (1898-1983), Nellie Elizabeth Lotz Burleson (1904-1944), and her son Robert Burleson (1926-2002), William Dervin ("Bill") Lotz (1893-1958), his daughter Anna Jean Lotz (Sheets, 1922-2013), William M. ("Bim") Lotz, Ella ("Nell") Hanley Lotz, Wesley Edward Lotz (1896-1964) , and Betty Knox (Gordon, 1922-1965), daughter of Alan Wooley Knox (1898-1979) and Mary Irene Lotz Knox (1898-1983).
Contributor: Bruce Garver (50130582)
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Patriarch & Matriarch |
Georg Adam LOTZ, geb. 21 Nov 1735, Aßlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany gest. 29 Jan 1802, Aßlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany (Alter 66 Jahre) (3 x Urgroßvater) Ella M HANLEY, geb. 4 Jul 1864, West Virginia, USA gest. 3 Jul 1934, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA (Alter 69 Jahre) (Mutter) |