Nicholas
Pontius, Prussian Immigrant, of Todd County, Minnesota
1.
NICHOLAS
PONTIUS
(NICHOLAS)
was born 04 August 1828 in Landscheid, Prussia, and died 17 July 1911 in
Todd County, Minnesota, USA. His parents were Nicolas Pontius and Anna
Maria Weyrich. He married (1) MAGDALENA
PIERI
before 1857. She was born 1826 in Prussia, and died 1876 in Todd
County, Minnesota, USA. He married (2) MAGDALENA
WALDACK
after 1876 in Todd County, Minnesota. She was born January 1836 in West
Prussia and died 15 July 1911 in Todd County, Minnesota, USA. Nicholas
entered the United States in 1842 and was naturalized in 1854.
Children of NICHOLAS
PONTIUS
and MAGDALENA
PIERI
are:
2. i.
BERNARD PONTIUS, b. December 1857, Chicago, Cook County, IL; d. About
1908, Grey Eagle, Minnesota
ii. EVA
PONTIUS, b. 1858, Chicago, Cook County, IL.
iii. ANNE
PONTIUS, b. May 1860, Chicago, Cook County, IL.
3. iv. ANNA
MARY PONTIUS, b. 09 July 1861, Chicago, Cook County, IL; d. 21 January
1937, Todd County, Minnesota
v. MARTIN
G. PONTIUS, b. August 1863, Chicago, Cook County, IL; d. 03 November
1905, Ankona County, Minnesota
vi.
NICHOLAS PONTIUS, b. January 1868, Chicago, Cook County, IL
vii. JOHN
F. PONTIUS, b. August 1870, Hartford, Todd, Minnesota
4. viii. JOSEPH
PONTIUS, b. 1873, Hartford, Todd, Minnesota
ix. ORLAN
PONTIUS, b. 1876, Hartford, Todd, Minnesota; d. Before1880.
Children of NICHOLAS
PONTIUS
and MAGDALENA
WALDACK
are:
5. x. PETER
J. PONTIUS, b. 26 August 1878, Hartford, Todd, Minnesota; d. 14 May
1952, Hennepin, Minnesota.
xi.
FREDERICK PONTIUS, b. February 1880, Hartford, Todd, Minnesota.
Note: This must be 'Sild'
Pontius, as per Chronik Pontius-Famalien by Rudi Pontius
xii.
THERESA PONTIUS, b. March 1881, Hartford, Todd, Minnesota.
Generation No. 2
2.
BERNARD
PONTIUS
(NICHOLAS,
NICHOLAS)
was born December 1857 in Chicago, Cook County, ILlinois, and died about
1908 in Grey Eagle, Minnesota. He married CAROLINE
HOFFARTH
About. 1882 in Long Prairie, Minnesota, daughter of LEO
HOFFARTH
and MARGARETH
FISHER.
She was born August 1864 in Carlsrhue, Ontario, Canada, and died 1928.
Children of BERNARD
PONTIUS
and CAROLINE
HOFFARTH
are:
i.
MARGARET PONTIUS, b. July 1885, Grey Eagle, Minnesota; d. Deceased,
Seattle, WA; m. BUN UNKNOWN; d. Before 1970, Auburn, WA.
ii.
WILLIAM G. PONTIUS, b. 28 July 1887, Grey Eagle, Minnesota; d. March
1977, WA
iii. HENRY
PONTIUS, b. 25 September 1889, Grey Eagle, Minnesota; d. December 1961,
Tacoma, WA; m. TESSIE INEZ BARRETT, August 1914, Grey Eagle, Minnesota;
b. 12 June 1891, Grey Eagle, Minnesota; d. 31 October 1918, Admiral,
Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Note - Canadian land grant
near Admiral, Saskatchewan
6. iv.
JOSEPHINE PONTIUS, b. July 1891, Grey Eagle, Minnesota; d. Before. 1945.
v.
FREDERICK PONTIUS, b. 15 April 1894, Grey Eagle, Minnesota; d. December
1962, WA.; m. JACKIE.
- Note - Canadian land grant
near Crichton, Saskatchewan
7. vi.
CAROLINE FREDERIKA PONTIUS, b. 15 June 1896, Grey Eagle, Minnesota; d.
27 November 1986, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
-
Note - Canadian land grant near Weyburn, Saskatchewan
8. vii. EVA
CATHERINE PONTIUS, b. 19 September 1900, Grey Eagle, Todd County,
Minnesota; d. April 1979, Los Angeles, California
viii.
BENJAMIN PONTIUS, b. 20 December 1904, Grey Eagle, Minnesota.
3.
ANNA
MARY
PONTIUS
(NICHOLAS,
NICHOLAS)
was born 09 July 1861 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and died 21
January 1937 in Todd County, Minnesota, USA. She married FREDERICK
DINKEL
03 June 1879 in Long Prairie, Todd County, Minnesota. He was born 15
March 1854 in Germany, and died 02 April 1917 in Todd County, Minnesota.
Children of ANNA
PONTIUS
and FREDERICK
DINKEL
are:
i. MARY
ANN DINKEL, b. 1880, Todd County, Minnesota.
ii. JOHN
B. DINKEL, b. 17 July 1881, Hartford, Todd, Minnesota; d. 14 July 1967,
Cass, Minnesota.
iii.
FRANCIS BENJAMIN DINKEL, b. 09 March 1883, Minnesota; d. 31 May 1971,
Todd County, Minnesota.
iv.
MAGDALENA L. DINKEL, b. July 1884, Hartford, Todd, Minnesota
v. LOUIS
BENJAMIN DINKEL, b. 08 April 1886, Hartford, Todd, Minnesota; d. 15 May
1955, Otter Tail, Minnesota
9. vi. THERESA
ELIZABETH DINKEL, b. 22 January 1889, Hartford, Todd, Minnesota; d. 21
February 1973, Morris, Stevens, Minnesota.
vii.
ALLMINIA DINKEL, b. 15 May 1891, Hartford, Todd, Minnesota; d. 03 July
1955, Hennepin, Minnesota.
viii.
CLEMENTINE DINKEL, b. 20 February 1893, Hartford, Todd, Minnesota; d.
08 March 1971, Clay, Minnesota.
ix.
UNKNOWN DINKEL, b. about 1897, Todd County, Minnesota
x. GEORGE
H. DINKEL, b. 02 December 1900, Todd County, Minnesota
xi. HELEN
M. DINKEL, b. 26 February 1902, Todd County, Minnesota d. 05 March 1991,
Ramsey, Minnesota; m. UNKNOWN SCHOEN.
xii.
ISABELLE DINKEL, b. 30 September 1902, Todd County, Minnesota.
4. JOSEPH
PONTIUS
(NICHOLAS,
NICHOLAS)
was born 1873 in Hartford, Todd, Minnesota. He married ELIZABETH
NESSLINE
1895 in Iowa, USA. She was born 1874 in Germany.
Children of JOSEPH
PONTIUS
and ELIZABETH
NESSLINE
are:
i.
BENJAMIN PONTIUS, b. 1899, Minnesota.
ii. MARY
PONTIUS, b. 1900, Iowa.
iii.
MARGARET PONTIUS, b. 1902, Iowa.
iv.
MATTHEW PONTIUS, b. 1905, Iowa.
v. HERMAN
PONTIUS, b. 1907, Iowa.
vi. IDA
PONTIUS, b. 1908, Iowa.
vii. PETER
EDWARD PONTIUS, b. 16 November 1909, Minnesota.
viii. HENRY
A. PONTIUS, b. 17 November 1911, Minnesota.
ix. IRENE
PONTIUS, b. 1915, Minnesota.
x. DONALD
PONTIUS, b. 1917, Minnesota.
xi.
RICHARD PONTIUS, b. 1921, Minnesota.
5.
PETER
J.
PONTIUS
(NICHOLAS,
NICHOLAS)
was born 26 August 1878 in Hartford, Todd, Minnesota, and died 14 May
1952 in Hennepin, Minnesota. He married MARY
E.
FROELICH
1906 in Minnesota, daughter of UNKNOWN
FROELICH
and UNKNOWN
DANNENFELDT.
She was born 13 October 1881 in Minnesota, and died 21 December 1970 in
Hennepin, Minnesota.
Children of PETER
PONTIUS
and MARY
FROELICH
are:
i.
WILLEBALD J.
(Willard) PONTIUS, b. 25 December 1906,
Todd County, Minnesota, USA.
ii. MARIE
THERESA PONTIUS, b. 04 February 1908, Minnesota; d. 17 March 1994, Todd
County, Minnesota; m. UNKNOWN KNAPP.
iii.
HILARIA MAGDELENA PONTIUS, b. 02 May 1909, Todd County, Minnesota, USA.
iv. NESTOR
AUGUSTINE PONTIUS, b. 29 March 1910, Long Prairie, Todd, Minnesota; d.
01 April 1987, St Louis, Minnesota.
v.
LEONA CAROLINA PONTIUS,
b. 27 July 1911, Todd County, Minnesota; d. 22 October 1911, Todd
County, Minnesota, USA.
vi. LYDIA
CATHERINA PONTIUS, b. 27 July 1911, Todd County, Minnesota; d. 02
November 1911, Todd County, Minnesota, USA.
vii.
GERTRUDE HELEN PONTIUS, b. 01 September 1912, Long Prairie, Todd County,
Minnesota; d. 21 May 1989, Hennepin, Minnesota; m. UNKNOWN SEDERBERG.
viii. EDWARD
B. PONTIUS, b. 13 December 1913, Long Prairie, Todd County, Minnesota;
d. 16 October 1986, Pennington, Minnesota.
ix. ALBERT
JOHN PONTIUS, b. 08 September 1915, Long Prairie, Todd County,
Minnesota.
x. HELENA
B. PONTIUS, b. 1918, Long Prairie, Todd County, Minnesota.
xi. JOHN
F. PONTIUS, b. 1919, Long Prairie, Todd County, Minnesota.
xii. LEO
STEPHEN PONTIUS, b. 21 November 1920, Long Prairie, Todd County,
Minnesota; d. 23 March 1996, Hennepin, Minnesota.
Generation No. 3
6.
JOSEPHINE
PONTIUS
(BERNARD,
NICHOLAS,
NICHOLAS)
was born July 1891 in Grey Eagle, Minnesota, and died before 1945. She
married UNKNOWN before 1930 in Grey Eagle, Minnesota.
Child of JOSEPHINE
PONTIUS
and UNKNOWN
is:
i. ROBERT
UNKNOWN, b. 1930.
- Note - Raised by Margaret
Pontius and her husband Bun in Auburn, WA, after the death of his
mother.
7.
CAROLINE
FREDERIKA
PONTIUS
(BERNARD3,
NICHOLAS2,
NICHOLAS1)
was born 15 June 1896 in Grey Eagle, Minnesota, and died 27 November
1986 in Toronto, Ontario. She married LESTER
ROY
ANDERSON
1917 in Grey Eagle,
Minnesota, son of JOSHUA
ANDERSON
and ELIZABETH
STOTHERS.
He was born 04 June 1883 in Northfield, Masham Township, Ottawa County,
Quebec, and died 1951 in Hamilton, Ontario.
Lived for a time in
Nashwalk, Minnesota. Moved to Ottawa in 1930.
Children of CAROLINE
PONTIUS
and LESTER
ANDERSON
are:
i.
FREDERICK EARL ANDERSON, b. 18 May 1918, Weyburn, Saskatchewan; d. 11
April 1971, Toronto, Ontario; married in 1945.
ii.
GORDON ROY ANDERSON, b. 1920, Weyburn, Saskatchewan; d. 1971, Ottawa,
Ontario; married in 1947.
9.
EVA
CATHERINE
PONTIUS
(BERNARD,
NICHOLAS,
NICHOLAS)
was born 19 September 1900 in Grey 8Eagle, Todd County, Minnesota, and
died April 1979 in Los Angeles, CA. She married DENNIS
BERGSTROM
about 1920 in Grey Eagle, Minnesota. He was born 16 March 1894, and
died November 1974 in Los Angeles, CA.
Children of EVA
PONTIUS
and DENNIS
BERGSTROM
are:
i. JUNE
BERGSTROM, b. about 1922.
ii.
GLORIA BERGSTROM, b. about 1930.
9.
THERESA
ELIZABETH
DINKEL
(ANNA
MARY3
PONTIUS,
NICHOLAS2,
NICHOLAS1)
was born 22 January 1889 in Hartford, Todd, Minnesota - Page 302A- age
22, and died 21 February 1973 in Morris, Stevens, Minnesota. She
married CONRAD
FRANCIS
BOTZ
29 October 1907 in Long Prairie, Todd County, Minnesota, son of JACOB
BOTZ
and ELIZABETH
WOLTER.
He was born 29 January 1881 in Getty Twp., Benton, Minnesota, and died
19 September 1963 in Sauk Centre, Stearns, Minnesota.
Children of THERESA
DINKEL
and CONRAD
BOTZ
are:
i.
MARGARET ANN BOTZ, b. 04 September 1908, Spaulding, Todd, Minnesota; m.
CLARENCE WILLIAM GOULDE; b. 15 May 1912, Minneapolis, Hennepin,
Minnesota.
ii.
SYLVESTER JOHN BOTZ, b. 28 April 1910, Sauk Centre, Stearns, Minnesota;
d. 03 April 1992, St Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota; m. MARINE VERONICA
MEYER, 15 October 1935, Meire Grove, Stearns, Minnesota; b. 27 August
1912, Meire Grove, Stearns, Minnesota.
iii.
RAYMOND FREDERICK BOTZ, b. 08 July 1911, Sauk Centre, Stearns,
Minnesota; d. 19 October 1990, Todd County, Minnesota, USA; m. ABBIE MAE
WOOD, 07 July 1945, Sauk Centre, Stearns, Minnesota; b. 24 April 1911,
Brekenridge, Wilkin, Minnesota.
iv.
LAWRENCE BOTZ, b. 31 May 1914, Freeport, Stearns, Minnesota.
v.
LAURETTA THERESA BOTZ, b. 02 August 1916, Freeport, Stearns, Minnesota;
m. JULIUS EDWARD KORF, 03 January 1942, Sauk Centre, Stearns, Minnesota;
b. 30 November 1917, Getty Twp., Benton, Minnesota.
vi.
NORBERT LOUIS BOTZ, b. 06 June 1918, Freeport, Stearns, Minnesota; m.
IRENE EVELYN THOMPSON.
vii. RUTH
MARIE BOTZ, b. 26 September 1920, Sauk Centre, Stearns, Minnesota; m.
BASIL ADOLPH HERBST, 12 January 1946, St-Paul's Church, Sauk Centre,
Stearns, Minnesota; b. 30 September 1913, St-George Twp., Benton,
Minnesota.
viii. CONRAD
GEORGE BOTZ, b. 1922, Todd County, Minnesota, USA; m. (1) EVELYN MARY
SCHIEFFER; m. (2) BEVERLY JEANNE HAUGBERG.
ix.
RICHARD PETER BOTZ, b. 30 July 1924, Todd County, Minnesota, USA; d. 28
April 1998, Jordan, Scott, Minnesota; m. VERONICA CATHERINE LAIS.
References
Chronik Pontius-Familien
by Rudi Pontius:
“Nicolaus
PONTIUS (Nicolaus PONTIUS, Peter PONTIUS - COLERS ALIAS
GRETEN,
Johann (Joes) PONTIUS - PONTZIN - PONSAIN, Matthias) wurde am
04.
August 1828 in Landscheid geboren. Er starb am 17. Juli 1911 in Todd CO,
Minnesota, USA. Er wurde auf St.Mary`s Cemetery bestattet.
Taufpaten waren Nicolas Eller und Catharina Schiffer, geb. Heinz, aus
Landscheid. Nicolaus Pontius war ebenfalls nach Nordamerika
ausgewandert.
Nicolaus
heiratete Magdalena PLERI in Todd CO, Minnesota, USA . Magdalena wurde
in
Deutschland geboren. Sie starb 1876 in Todd CO, Minnesota, USA.
Nicolaus und
Magdalena hatten die folgenden Kinder:
55 M i.
Bernard PONTIUS wurde im Dezember 1857 in Illinois, USA geboren.
56 M ii.
Martin G. PONTIUS wurde im August 1863 in Illinois, USA geboren.
57 W
iii. Anna Mary PONTIUS wurde 1865 in Illinois, USA geboren.
58 M iv.
Nicholas, Jr. PONTIUS wurde im Januar 1868 in Illinois, USA
geboren.
59 M v.
John PONTIUS wurde im August 1870 in Minnesota, USA geboren.
60 M vi.
Joseph PONTIUS wurde 1873 in Minnesota, USA geboren.
61 M
vii. Orlan PONTIUS wurde 1876 in Minnesota, USA, geboren.
62 M
viii. Peter J. PONTIUS wurde am 26. August 1878 in Long Prarie,
Todd CO,
Minnesota geboren.
63 M ix.
Sild PONTIUS wurde im Februar 1880 in Minnesota, USA geboren.
64 W x.
Theresa PONTIUS wurde im März 1887 in Minnesota, USA geboren.
In 2.
Ehe heiratete Nicolaus Magdalena WALDACK (WOLDACH). Magdalena
wurde am
08. Januar 1836 in Deutschland (West-Preussen) geboren. Sie starb
am 15.
Juli 1911 in Todd CO, Minnesota, USA und wurde auf St.Mary`s Cemetery
bestattet. Kinder aus dieser Ehe sind nicht bekannt.”
Note: The
reference in the second paragraph to the marriage in 1876 of Nicolas
Pontius to Magdalena Pieri in Todd County, Minnesota is not correct. I
believe that his first wife was Magdalena Pieri. His second wife was
Magdalena Waldack.
Federal Census – 1860, 1890,
1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
Canadian Census – 1881, 1901
Minnesota Historical Society –
Birth Index, Death Index
Researcher:
Jeri Anderson
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