Alwine Marie Friederike "Alvina" Gentz, (immigrant)

1836 - 1863  (27 years)

• Name	Alwine Marie Friederike "Alvina" Gentz
  Suffix	(immigrant)
  Birth	13 Apr 1836	Dewichow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Prussia
  Gender	Female
  Birth	1838	Prussia   [1]
  Immigration	13 Jun 1850	"Bark Neptune," Bremen, Germany
  	Galveston
  		Bark Neptune Manifest Includes Captain Carl Vespermann's signature, information about the baque of the middle 19th century. Family members who sailed this voyage are linked to the respective pages within this file. (d) Albert Peter (Koch) Cook (I22589) Alvenia Emilie Marie Wilhemine (Koch) Cook (I22586) Augusto (Koch) Cook (I22583) Christian Rheinhold (Koch) Cook (I22588) Dorothea Ernistine Johanna (Koch) Cook (I22585) Frederick (Fritz) William (Koch) Cook (I22587) Okonom Friederich (Koch) Cook (I22580) Alwine Marie Friederike "Alvina" Gentz (I1373) Charles* Christopher Gentz, Sr (I1326) Ferdinand "Fred" Gentz (I417)
  Census	14 Nov 1850	Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
  	residence 253 George Block 46 1804 Laborer Germany Augusta 32 1818 Germany Friderick William 14 1835 Germany Charles 14 1836 Germany Albert 9 1841 (attended school)Germany George 6 1844 (attended school)Germany Leopold 4 1846 Germany Adolph 1 1849 Germany Maria C.E. Wippenitz 57 Germany Residence 251: Patridge, Worthy 32 1818 New York assessor/collector (also census taker) Clementine 23 1827 Louisiana Rosalia L. 4 1846 Texas Laura Ann 0 1850 Texas Delano, Norman 31 1819 Ohio Hustin, John C. 55 1875 New York Gentz, Elvine 15 1835 Germany (dau of Geo Christian Gentz) Residence 259: Joseph P. Pulsifer 44 1806 druggist Massachusetts Fredenburg, Rebecca 45 1805 Pennsylvania McCall Francis 21 1829 seaman Pennsylvania McCall, James 19 1831 seaman Pennsylvania McCall John 17 1833 Seaman Illinois Podel, Elisabeth M. 8 1842 Texas Black, Mary Ann 23 1827 Gentz, Fredericka 16 1834 Germany (dau of Geo Christian Gentz) looks like perhaps a rooming house. residence 259/259 (last residence, following this, the census taker entered his certification.(pg 38)
  		Prussian Immigrants A closer look at the Gentz, Maass, Knupple, Koch and Block families in Southeast Texas in 1850. (d)
  Death	27 Jun 1863	Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
  Notes	Sapphire on the Neches: Alvina Gentz married Capt. John Stewart, a steamboat pilot of Sabine Pass, by whom she had five children. It is believed that she died of yellow fever during the Civil War epidemic of 1862.
  Person ID	I1373	Roots
  Last Modified	8 May 2015

  
  

  Father	George* Christian "Johann" Gentz, (immigrant),   b. 11 Aug 1794, Mellenthin, Usedom, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Prussia d. 1868, Grigsby Bluff, Port Neches, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Charlotte* Uecker, (immigrant),   b. 1804, Prussia d. Aft 1880, Smith's Bluff, Port Neches, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age > 77 years)
  Marriage	1 Jun 1821	Mellenthin, Usedom, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Prussia   [2]
  Family ID	F195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Capt. of "Clifton" John W. Stewart, (immigrant),   b. 15 Sep 1829, Glasgow, Scotland d. 3 Nov 1886, Galveston, Galveston Co, Texas (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1853	Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas   [3]
  	Name: Alvina Gentz Marriage Date: 27 Nov 1855 Spouse: Capt. John Stewart Marriage County: Jefferson Marriage State: Texas Source: Texas Marriages, 1814-1909
  Children	+ 1. Hiram Stewart,   b. 28 Nov 1854, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 14 Nov 1932, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 77 years) + 2. John Aden Stewart, Sr.,   b. Apr 1858, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 20 Nov 1942, Mobile, Mobile Co, Alabama (Age ~ 84 years) + 3. Capt. Peter Joseph Stewart,   b. Dec 1862, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 9 Apr 1931, Galveston Co, Texas (Age ~ 68 years) + 4. William J. Stewart,   b. 9 Mar 1863, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 26 Mar 1899, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - 14 Nov 1850 - Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas Marriage - 27 Nov 1853 - Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas Death - 27 Jun 1863 - Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S445] Ships Passenger Lists, Port of Galveston, TX 1846-1871. [S253] GENTZ-IRMELA.FTW. Date of Import: 3 Aug 2008 [S293] Jefferson Co Marriage Records.