Sophia Louisa (aka Sylvia L.) Bentz

1887 -

• Name	Sophia Louisa (aka Sylvia L.) Bentz
  Born	10 Feb 1887	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  Christened	13 Feb 1887	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  Gender	Female
  Siblings	3 siblings
  + 1. Sophia Louisa (aka Sylvia L.) Bentz ,   b. 10 Feb 1887, Baltimore, Maryland, United States   2. George Henry Bentz | Bents ,   b. 17 Jun 1888, Baltimore, Maryland, United States   3. John T. Bentz | Bents ,   b. 21 Nov 1891, Baltimore, Maryland, United States ,   d. 18 Jan 1936, Baltimore, Maryland, United States  (Age 44 years)   4. Joseph Frederick Bentz ,   b. 20 Apr 1898, Baltimore, Maryland, United States ,   d. Bef 1900, Baltimore, Maryland, United States  (Age 1 years)
  Person ID	I8417	Simon and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	John Theodore Bentz | Bents,   b. Abt 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ,   d. Bef 1930, Baltimore, Maryland, United States  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Wilhelmina Margaretha Ruhland,   b. Abt 1862, Baltimore, Maryland, United States ,   d. 1899, Baltimore, Maryland, United States  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Married	4 Feb 1886	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  Documents		Bentz, John Theodore | Ruhland, Wilhelmina - Marriage 1886 marriage record of the marriage of John Theodore Bentz and Wilhelmina Marg. Ruhland, from the parish registers of St. Michael's RC Church, Baltimore.
  Family ID	F2645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph B. Stafford,   b. 1872, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  Married	3 Sep 1907	Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland, United States
  Children	1. Catherine A. Stafford,   b. 1907, Maryland, United States
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F3159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 10 Feb 1887 - Baltimore, Maryland, United States Christened - 13 Feb 1887 - Baltimore, Maryland, United States Married - 3 Sep 1907 - Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  BIRTH: - Full date given as 10 February 1887 in baptismal record in "Baptisms, 1884-1888," page 31, entry no. 70 for 1887, in the church records of St. Michael's RC Church, Baltimore, Maryland, in the Maryland State Archives. Named as Sophia Louisa, the daughter of Joannes F. Bents and Wilhelmina Marg. Ruhland. - Month and year given as February 1887 in 1900 U.S. Census for Maryland, Baltimore, E.D. 108, Sheet 4A, Line 9. State of birth given as Maryland. Enumerated as Sophia Bentz, with father John Bentz and two siblings, in the household of his uncle, Frederick Kaufman. - Consistent with age (33 years) in 1920 U.S. Census for Maryland, Baltimore, E.D. 114, Sheet 16B, Line 74. State of birth given as Maryland, and father's place of birth given as New Orleans, Louisiana. Enumerated as Sylvia A. Stafford, with husband and daughter, and brother John T. Bents. Address is the same as in John Bents' World War I Draft Registration. CHRISTENING: Full date given as 13 February 1887 in baptismal record in "Baptisms, 1884-1888," page 31, entry no. 70 for 1887, in the church records of St. Michael's RC Church, Baltimore, Maryland, in the Maryland State Archives. Witness--Sophia Bents (likely her grandmother). NAMES: Identified as Sylvia Bents in her 1907 marriage record and the 1920 U.S. Census. Her age in the 1920 Census is consistent with this being the same person as Sophia Bents.