Today's picture was brought to you by Katie Martin. This is another one of the pictures she has shared with me over the last couple of summers and one that might be of extra special interest. This is identified as the Leutz family but who are the three children? On the left we have what appears to be the oldest child. That would make it Oscar Leutz. Next is the father, Gustav Leutz. We will come back to the wee one in the middle. Moving on we have the mother, Mary Washa. Last, but not least, is a little girl as apparent by the dress & braids. That would be Myrtle. Now, back to the baby. As you can see the hair is parted off to the left side and the dress is rather plain, this implies the infant is a boy. Makes since considering of the five children they had there was only one girl. My question is . . . which boy? The third child born to Gustav & Mary was a boy, Lorenz. He was born in December, 1887 and died in 1889. Depending on when he died he could have been as old as 2. There are four years, one month between the birth of Myrtle and the birth of Lorenz. There are two, almost three, years between Lorenz and the next born son. When Leon was born, Myrtle was almost seven. I think that little girl looks much closer to four or five then seven or eight. Therefore I believe the little tyke in the middle is Lorenz Leutz.
Timeframe: Since Lorenz was only alive between December 1887 and 1889 it would be somewhere in there.
Where It Fits: Gustav Leutz is the son of Johann Frederick Leutz & Louisa Fredericka Zink. In June, 1881 he married Mary Washa, daughter of Joseph Washa & Mary Moeureau. Together Gustav and Mary had five children; Oscar, Myrtle, Lorenz, Leon & Berlin. Oscar is the father of Ivan & Grace Leutz. Myrtle is the mother of Bethel Madison. Lorenz fathered no children. Leon is the father of Mary Caroline Rudes, Robert Leutz & A.J. Leutz. Berlin is the father of Beetrice Myerholtz & Monabell Garner.
