Seeking immigration information about Ferdinand Holtz

Was his daughter's married name Martha Gastler b. about 1885?  If so, I may be able to go back a bit farther.  If not, who were his wife and children?

The ship's list that you referenced was

SS Dresden arrival 28 Jul 1891 in Baltimore

Ferdinand Holtz 40, farmer

Wilh(elmina) 37

Marie ? 17

Anna 10

Fritz 7

Martha 4.5

Mariechen? 11 months

Hi Jesse,

Welcome to History Hub,

I found this on familysearch.org...it is a free website, you just need to register to search

Ferdinand Julius Albert Holtz

Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg and Posen, Church Book Duplicates, 1794-1874

Has his parents as Carl and Louise and his birth in

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCFH-FZL

Best Wishes,

Alice Lane

Volunteer Researcher

Although there is a Ferdinand & Louise Holtz in Monroe county NY, it is not your family.  Your family lived in Chaska, Carver Co, Minnesota.  On 19 Jun 1891 they have a child, named Louisa born in Chaska. So you know they arrived before that date.   She must have died prior to the 1895 Minnesota state census, which only lists Ferdinand, Louisa, and their 3 children born in Germany.  Ferdinand's wife Louisa dies in 1896 and is buried in the same cemetery as Ferdinand, who dies in 1934.  Ferdinand appears in Minnesota either living alone or with his daughter in the 1900, 1910, 1920 (twice), and 1930 censuses. 

According his daughter's marriage and death record her mother's maiden name was Grass or Geas.

Carl Friedrich Otto Holtz's (1881-1960) death certificate lists his mother's maiden name as Gras.  [Note that German's are not called by their first given name, but rather by one of their middle names.  Often when they came to the US they flipped their names, putting there called name first.]

In the 1920 Census when Ferdinand is living with his daughter Martha and her family, it states that both were born in Brandenburg Germany, but not the specific town or village within Brandenburg.

Jesse

Found Ferdinand Holtz on findagrave.com

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54692101/ferdinand-holtz

You can get a copy of his obituary from the Carver County Historical Society..there is a fee

https://www.carvercountyhistoricalsociety.org/newspaper/search.php

Ferd Holtz family on the passenger list of ship Ethiopia 1883, his age was transcribed as 31 but list shows 37.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-5YS6-MD?i=380&cc=1849782&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQVSJ-NQ…

Alice Lane

Hi Jesse,

Martha Holtz on ship Westphalia as infant May 25, 1885.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDQ9-DH2

Is this your Martha?

Alice Lane