Helen Maude Gentz

1873 - 1956  (83 years)

• Name	Helen Maude Gentz
  Birth	05 Feb 1873	Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	7 Jun 1880	Jefferson Co (District 41), Texas
  	Note: It appears the first page is the Sparks Settlement. And the 2nd page seems to be the Port Neches, Grisgsby Bluff area, a few miles north. 7 Jun 1880 District 41 Justice Precinct No. 2 Page 1 residence 1 Gentz Fred 35 Dec 1845 laborer Prussia Prussia Prussia R. Belle 28 Aug 1852 TX NC TN Welby 8 Jun 1872 TX NC TX H.M. 7 Feb 1873 TX NC TX M.J. dau 6 1874 TX J.W. son 4 1876 TX Buler 2 dau May 1878 TX J. Lee 4/12 son Jan 1880 TX Charlotte 77 mother widow Prussia NC TX (census taker just carried the NC down the columns. Only person from NC is Belle's father. residence 2 Lee, Samuel 62 farmer Denmark Denmark Denmark E. Jane 36 Oct TX NC TN Emma A. 12 Jul 1868 TX Hayes, Eliza Black 19 Jan 1861 servant Texas Texas Alabama Eddy, Albert 37 Jul 1843 carpenter Ireland Ireland Ireland Sparks, William E. 27 Mar 1853 TX residence 3 Melinda Sparks 61 Mar 1819 TN VA TN Worthy 24 Mar 1856 TX NC TN James 26 son Dec 1854 TX NC TN Ella 23 Nov 1857 dau-in-law TX TN PA Thomas George, Black 8 1872 servant TX residence 4 Sparks, Caroline 60 May 1820 self widow SC VA SC Sparks, J.M. 26 Aug 1854 son TX residence 5 Kilgore, James S 28 1852 Mar Michigan Michigan Michigan Elizabeth 50 Oct 1830 mother wid Michigan Michigan -- Columbus 28 25 May 1855 brother Texas Michigan Michigan Susan F. 20 Feb 1860 sister Texas Michigan Michigan Eugenia 17 Jun 1863 sister Texas Michigan Michigan Swift, Fuller 3 May 1877 nephew Texas Michigan Michigan Swift, Ida 3/12 Feb 1880 niece Texas Michigan Michigan residence 6 Brewton, W.P. 47 Aug 1833 Sarah C. (Sparks) 30 Dec 1850 Grace 15 Feb 1865 TX Silas F. 10 Oct 1870 TX Esther 8 Dec 1872 TX Almond 6 Apr 1874 TX Inas 3 dau Aug 1877 TX John Smith 14 June 1866 TX TN PA residence 7 Gray, H.L. 33 head Sep 1847 Michigan VA MI Gray, S.E. 33 wife Aug 1847 LA PA Indiana Carey, Coy 11 son May 1873 TX Indiana Louisiana Clara 7 dau Mar 1873 TX Indiana Louisiana Gray H.E. son 9 Sep 1871 TX MI TX Smith, T.F. 21 Apr 1859 TX TN PA Courts, E.M. 20 1860 TX unk TX ___________ page 2 8 Jun 1880 residence 8 Yantz (Gentz), Wm Apr 42 1838 farmer Prussia Prussia Prussia Susan 31 Jan 1849 wife TX GA LA Leuvinia 12 Jan 1868 dau William Y. 10 Jan 1870 son H.L. 6 mos Nov 1879 son residence 9 J. T. Rogers 28 Aug 1852 TX TN TX Izzie J. Rogers 27 Aug 1853 TX NY LA C. O. Rogers 3 Dec 1877 Wm. A. Rogers 1 Sep 1879 Levina Keith 68 Feb 1812 mother-in-law tx ga tn residence 10 Keith, O 39 Feb 1841 Self TX OH LA Margaret 39 Jun 1841 TX TN TN George 7 Jun 1873 son LA TX TN William O. 5 Mar 1875 son Berry, Lethean female 11 Jan 1869 servant TX Prussia Prussia
  		1880, Texas, Jefferson County, District 41 Gentz, Fred and family, with Charlotte Gentz; Samuel Lee and family, Melinda Jones Sparks, and family; Brewton, Smith, Gray, Emmett Courts.
  Other-Begin	22 Oct 1936	Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Jefferson Co, Texas
  		Mrs. Jack C. Beaumont Recalls Early School Days When She Was One of First Five Port Arthur Pupils Port Arthur News Sunday, March 22, 1936 Mentioned in article and linked to: Emma Lee, husband Jack Beaumont, daughter Pearl Beaumont Fred Gentz and wife Bell Sparks, children Welby Gentz and Helen Gentz and husband M.E. (Mathew Edmond) Nobles John Sidney Sparks and wife Melinda Jones; their sons: Albert, Frank, William, Thomas, James, Worth, Henry; daughters: Julia, Sarah and husband Frank Brewton and heir children Grace and Frank, Eliza Jane and husband Samuel Lee (parents of Emma Lee); Belle and husband Fred Gentz
  Death	06 Nov 1956	Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
  	d.c. informant: Mrs. RA Webb has her b.d. as 1872 rather than 1873 says father born Denmark rather than Prussia
  Burial	Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
  		Magnolia Cemetery - Gentz, Helen and Matthew E. Nobles
  		Magnolia Cemetery, Main Entrance 2291 Pine Street; Beaumont, Texas Magnolia Cemetery History webpage http://www.magnoliacemetery.org/index.asp?page=history
  Person ID	I422	Roots
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

  Father	Ferdinand "Fred" Gentz, (immigrant),   b. 21 Dec 1844, Dewichow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Prussia d. 04 Oct 1927, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Arabelle "Belle" Sparks,   b. 1 Aug 1851, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 6 Oct 1906, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1869	Jefferson Co, Texas   [2]
  	Name: Ferdinand Gantz Gender: Male Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1869 Spouse: Isabella Sparks Marriage City: Jefferson Marriage State: Texas Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900
  Family ID	F192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mathew Edmond Nobles,   b. 06 Jan 1869, Sour Lake, Hardin Co, Texas d. 24 Aug 1955, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	2 Mar 1892	Jefferson Co, Texas   [3]
  	Name: Hellen M. Gentz Gender: Female Marriage Date: 2 Mar 1892 Spouse: Mathew E. Nobles Marriage City: Jefferson Marriage State: Texas Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900
  Children	+ 1. Kelley Tucker Nobles,   b. 09 Feb 1895, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 19 Apr 1933, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 38 years)   2. Glenwood Nobles,   b. 1897, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Aft 1940, of, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age > 44 years) + 3. Clyde Marvin Nobles,   b. 20 Sep 1899, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Bef 8 Dec 1986, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age < 87 years) + 4. Shirley Nobles,   b. 1901, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Aft 1930, of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age > 30 years)   5. Sidney Nobles,   b. 1903, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Bef 13 Oct 1996, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age < 93 years) + 6. Lawrence Edward Nobles, Jr.,   b. 19 Jul 1904, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas d. May 1972, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 67 years)   7. Audrey Nobles,   b. 1906, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Aft 1915 (Age > 10 years)   8. Laura Nobles,   b. Abt 1907, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Abt 1917 (Age ~ 10 years) + 9. Jennings Bryan Nobles,   b. 15 Dec 1909, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 11 Mar 1976, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 66 years)   10. Leon Stanley Nobles,   b. 1911, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Aft 1931, of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age > 21 years)   11. Byron E. Nobles,   b. 1915, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Aft 1930, of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 16 years) + 12. Irene Berdelle Nobles,   b. 10 May 1916, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 2 Feb 2006, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 05 Feb 1873 - Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas Marriage - 2 Mar 1892 - Jefferson Co, Texas Death - 06 Nov 1956 - Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas Burial - - Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Sparks and Aurora Originally published in about 1940, and published on the Internet by "Old and Sold, Turn-of-the-Century wisdom for today." Tells of life among the Sparks and families who lived in the Sparks Settlement in the mid to late 1800s. (d) http://www.oldandsold.com/articles11/port-arthur-4.shtml

  
  

• Sources

  [S147] 1880 Jefferson Co, Texas, Census. [S350] Marriage Books A&B Jefferson Co 1837-1899. [S351] Marriage Books A&B Jefferson Co 1837-1899.