Came to US on the ship "Augusta Victoria" on 4-28-1894 to New York with brother Joseph
Hamburg, Germany via Southampton, England to New York
http://istg.rootsweb.com/v3/1800v3/augustavictoria18940428_01.htmlThe history of St. Augustine's Catholic Church in Ipswich, Edmonds County, SD notes that Valentine Wentz was one of the trustees signing the incorporation papers for the church in May 1910.
arrived in the USA from Strassburg on April 5, 1898. She was 17 years old at that time and came with her mother (Katherina who was 46), her father (Thomas who was 49), and two brothers and three sisters. They came on the ship Lahn which sailed from Breman, Germany
Burial lot 109 Gr3
Betty Bushnell: Uncle Sam loved to gamble, He had a heart as big as a Mountain.