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Excerpt from Record of the Descendants of Johann Jost Wentz When I first contemplated writing this record, I had no idea that it would ever be put in book form. I merely intended it as an employment for my evening hours, and as a reference for myself only, consequently a preface to my work was not considered necessary; but, in writing to different relatives for information, I found several who were desirous of having copies. This has made an ex planation on my part somewhat important. In the Summer of 1879 I was informed that a gentle man in New York had a history of the Wentz family, written in German. I became quite curious to see this book, in order, if possible, to trace the ancestry of our family. The owner, Wilhelm Wentz, who had lately arrived in this country from Hanover, Germany, very kindly loaned me the work, but I was considerably dis appointed on looking it over (with a translator) at finding nothing whatever concerning our line. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Johann Henrich Ludwig Thoren (1795-1875) was born at Brakelsiek, Lippe-Detmold, Germany and married twice, but both wives died. He then married Catherine Sophia Beckmeier (1802-1883) and emigrated to Stephenson County, Illinois. Ancestors and descendants lived in Germany, Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas.

Excerpt from Johannes Heintz and His Descendants The name first appears in American records in 1730, the first person noted being Johan Ludwig Heintz, Who qualified at the Port of Philadelphia, November 3oth of that year. From that date until 1775, there were upward of thirty-two individuals bearing the name Heintz, or What is meant for the same, who entered Pennsylvania, and strangely too, half of these included the Christian names John, Johan, and Johannes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Explores European civilisation as a concept of twentieth-century political practice and the project of a transnational network of European elites. This title is available as Open Access.