FIRST GENERATIONS OF MONTZ

THE PROGENITOR:

J. HANNO DEILER, IN HIS WORK INDICATES THAT A CENSUS OF 1724 indicates various names mentioned which were original settlers along the coast. He goes on to mention as "Additional German Names of The Period Not In The Census (of 1724)," or a continuation of the names he did call out. He derived these names not from a public census, but from Church records, presumably from old St. Peter's Church in Reserve. As one of the last names mentioned, he indicates the name of JOHANN BAPTIST MANZ. He also calls out the fact that this man was the "progenitor of all Montz families of Louisiana."

HOW DEILER KNEW THAT THIS MAN WAS THE ORIGINATOR OF ALL persons thereafter in the "Montz" family is unknown.  Through tradition it must have passed on to the date of Deiler's writing of his book in 1909.

IT CAN BE STATED THAT THIS INFORMATION MAY BE CORRECT BECAUSE of today's limited population and present day generations of Montz families living throughout the country, and whose descendents came from Louisiana. Having done light research in this area, this author estimates that during the time of this writing, only fewer than four-hundred families exist with a last name of Montz, and whose original families came from Louisiana. There are other Montz families not directly related to the original descendents from Louisiana, as established by talking with various members of families named Montz in various parts of the country on past occasions.

IT MAY HAVE BEEN THAT JOHANN BAPTIST MANZ DID NOT ORIGINALLY come alone to this country, but may have originally began his trip from Europe with one or more family members having the name, "Manz." One clue is cited from a letter from the Louisiana State Museum as received by this author. The findings of the letter came from

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