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Peter Baltz

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Peter Baltz

Birth
Germany
Death
21 Jun 1881 (aged 56–57)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.998775, Longitude: -75.1865778
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56y
Married
Beer brewer
518 N. 5th Street, 12th Ward

1881-06-22; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
"DEATH OF A BREWER
Peter Baltz, of the firm of J. & P. Baltz, extensive brewers, at Thirty-first and Thompson streets, died suddenly on Monday night at his residence, No. 518 North Fifth street, aged fifty-seven years. He was born in 1824, at Oermingen, in Alsace, and came to this country when he was fifteen years old. He began business with his brother Jacob with scarcely any means, but long before death had acquired a handsome fortune. Deceased was a member of a number of German societies, and was very popular among German and German American citizens."

1881-06-23; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
"BALTZ - Suddenly, on the morning of the 21st, PETER BALTZ, aged fifty-six years.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Friday, at 3 o'clock, from his late residence, No. 518 N. Fifth street."

1880 Philadelphia Census
Peter Baltz, age 54
Maria M. Baltz, age 49
Josephine Baltz, aged 24
Harry Baltz, aged 20
William Baltz, aged 16
Jenney Kees, aged 25
56y
Married
Beer brewer
518 N. 5th Street, 12th Ward

1881-06-22; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
"DEATH OF A BREWER
Peter Baltz, of the firm of J. & P. Baltz, extensive brewers, at Thirty-first and Thompson streets, died suddenly on Monday night at his residence, No. 518 North Fifth street, aged fifty-seven years. He was born in 1824, at Oermingen, in Alsace, and came to this country when he was fifteen years old. He began business with his brother Jacob with scarcely any means, but long before death had acquired a handsome fortune. Deceased was a member of a number of German societies, and was very popular among German and German American citizens."

1881-06-23; Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer
"BALTZ - Suddenly, on the morning of the 21st, PETER BALTZ, aged fifty-six years.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Friday, at 3 o'clock, from his late residence, No. 518 N. Fifth street."

1880 Philadelphia Census
Peter Baltz, age 54
Maria M. Baltz, age 49
Josephine Baltz, aged 24
Harry Baltz, aged 20
William Baltz, aged 16
Jenney Kees, aged 25


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