Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameAmanda Berry 
Birth1835
Memo(find-a-grave)
Death1922
Memo(find-a-grave)
BurialFairview Cemetery, Shawnee, OK
Spouses
Birthabout 1828
Memo(age 22 in 1850 Census)
Deathabout 1905
Memo(present in 1900 Census, not present in 1910)
FatherJacob Martz (S1b) (1793-1873)
MotherElizabeth Smith (1793-1883)
Marriage25 August 1855
Marr Memo(several sources, seems to have been documented)
Census History notes for Amanda Berry
In 1910, she was age 74 and lived with son James M in Franklin County.
Find-a-Grave notes for Amanda Berry
She’s on find-a-grave in Shawnee, OK sharing a tombstone with her brother.
Birth, Parent-Proof, Designation notes for Michael (Spouse 1)
Kathleen Fite’s Family Group Sheet shows 11 children for Jacob and Elizabeth Martz including son Michael, no birth date given, who married Amanda Berry 25 Aug 1855.
A message board post cites their marriage record as saying he was the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Martz.
So I believe it is well documented that Michael was indeed a son of Jacob and he is designated S1b3.
This was posted in 2000 on the genealogy.com message board by an unidentified person. My great aunt, Amanda Berry, m. Michael Martz in McGaheysville, Rockingham, VA, 25 Aug 1855. Michael's parents are identified as Jacob and Elizabeth Martz on their marriage license.
Michael and Amanda moved to Kansas and then to Shawnee, OK, where Amanda and her son, Charles Martz, are buried in Fairview Cemetery next to my great-grandfather, Lewis Richard Berry. Charley's wife, Laura, is buried adjacent, also.
I have a photo (ca. 1908) that includes Lewis Berry and his family, along with another family that I assume to be that of Charley Martz, who was his best friend. The Berry family moved west from McGaheysville in 1905 to join Mandy and Charley Martz in Kansas or Shawnee.
A message board post cites their marriage record as saying he was the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Martz.
So I believe it is well documented that Michael was indeed a son of Jacob and he is designated S1b3.
This was posted in 2000 on the genealogy.com message board by an unidentified person. My great aunt, Amanda Berry, m. Michael Martz in McGaheysville, Rockingham, VA, 25 Aug 1855. Michael's parents are identified as Jacob and Elizabeth Martz on their marriage license.
Michael and Amanda moved to Kansas and then to Shawnee, OK, where Amanda and her son, Charles Martz, are buried in Fairview Cemetery next to my great-grandfather, Lewis Richard Berry. Charley's wife, Laura, is buried adjacent, also.
I have a photo (ca. 1908) that includes Lewis Berry and his family, along with another family that I assume to be that of Charley Martz, who was his best friend. The Berry family moved west from McGaheysville in 1905 to join Mandy and Charley Martz in Kansas or Shawnee.
Death and Find-a-Grave notes for Michael (Spouse 1)
I don’t know when he died. He and Amanda were in Franklin County, KS in the 1900 Census. It says they were married in 1856.