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Henry & Anna Metz
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Henry
W Metz was the SD State Representative
from Faulk County (1940-51) |
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Son:
Pete with wife Betty Ford and their daughter
Virginia. 1944
Francis
M. "Pete" Metz was born in
Miranda, South Dakota, on March 5, 1909,
to Henry and Anna (Alexander) Metz.
Francis was the youngest of four
children. Francis grew up in Miranda,
SD, where he attended grade school.
Francis graduated from Faulkton High
School in 1920, farmed with his father
and brother, and was appointed rural
mail carrier from June 1, 1940 to March
of 1944. Francis married Betty Ford on
June 8, 1940, and daughter Virginia Lee
was born to this union on May 7, 1941.
Francis M. Metz was inducted into the
Army on March 28, 1944. Francis received
his basic training at Camp Fannin,
Texas. From there he was sent to Fort
Meade, Maryland, and then overseas. On
October 11, he was assigned to the 119th
Infantry Regiment, Company B, with a
rank of PFC.
Army
Pfc. Francis M. Metz was killed on a
December 21, 1944, in Belgium in the
Battle of the Bulge. He was interred in
a military cemetery in Belgium until
1947, when his body was returned to the
United States and buried in Miranda,
South Dakota.
Pfc.
Metz was awarded the Purple Heart
posthumously on February 3, 1945.
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Daughters: Mae Metz Wells & Amy Metz Johnson.
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Daughters: Mae Metz Wells & Amy Metz Johnson.
Betty Metz Stammer on the right.
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4
Generations: Mae Metz Wells, Mary
Alexander, Anna
Alexander Metz & Jack Wells about 1932
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Henry
W & Anna
Theresa Alexander Metz
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Anna Alexander Metz
& Henry W Metz married on
July 19, 1898.
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Henry W Metz
(1876-1956) & Anna Alexander
Metz (1879-1970) in
1945.
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Henry W and Anna
Metz children:
Top LtoR: Walter Henry, Mae Anna, Ervin
Alexander
Bottom LtoR: Francis (Pete) & Amy Nettie
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LtoR: Philip & Ella
Findeis with daughter Alice
Findeis Moul, Louis
Alexander, Hilbert Alexander,
Eda Findeis (Mrs Adam), Doris Findeis Holden &
Inez Findeis Holden in front, Ed
Alexander (taller
man in back), Rudolph &
Mary Alexander, Eva
Findeis Metz (Adam
& Philip's mother and Henry
W Metz stepmother).
1915
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Christmas 1950
Clockwise, left side: Irene Metz,
? Mary Ann Wells
holding daughter Linda Wells, Anna
Alexander
Metz, Walt Metz, Melvin (Andy) Anderson, Jack
Wells, Ervin Metz, Henry W Metz,
Margie Metz
Hanson, Virginia Metz Stammer, Jack Wells, Bev
Metz Brewer, and Corrine Metz Anderson holding
Tom Anderson.
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Two daughters and grandchildren:
Corrine Metz, Judy
Johnson, Mae Metz, Carol
Johnson, Bev Metz, Margie
Metz, & Amy Johnson.
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Back: Reuben & Velma Ludtke, Ervin
Metz, Merle
Findeis,
Ted Martchinske, Ed Mowry, Left Brewer
holding Gary Brewer.
Martha Mowry, Sandy Mowry, Velda Mowry and
Margie Metz.
Bev Brewer, Corrine Anderson, Ruben & Amanda
Mowry,
Emma Stammer Findeis, Harriet Mowry.
Shirley & Doris Martchinske, Irene Metz holding
Tom
Anderson,
Inez Martchinske, Melvin (Andy)
Anderson
and Mac Mowry.
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Amy Metz Johnson & her mother, Anna Metz.
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Walt Metz, Anna Alexander Metz, Ervin
Metz
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Ervin Metz, Irene Metz, Judy Johnson, Anna
Metz,
Amy Johnson, Marge Metz, Bev Metz, Don Johnson,
Mae Wells, Carol
Johnson,
Henry W Metz.
In front, Virginia (Ginny) Metz and
Amy's
husband,
Harold Johnson.
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Four generations: Anna
Metz, Corrine Metz
Anderson holding
Tom Anderson, Ervin Metz,
Henry W
Metz. 1950-51
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Gary Brewer, Anna
Metz, Richard Wells,
Mae
Metz Wells,
Linda Wells, Henry W and Tom
Anderson. 1950-51
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Front LtoR:
Richard Wells, Gary (Zeke) Brewer,
Vicki
Stammer Bachmayer.
Back LtoR:
Linda Wells and Marilyn Stammer
Hadrick.
At Henry and Anna Metz home in Miranda SD,
probably
1953.
Notice the
two room school house in background.
This
school was tore down shortly after this
picture was
taken.
The cart in
the picture was used to transport
containers of water.
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Arcade Township, Faulk County, SD 1910
(click for larger map)
Henry & Anna
first lived on a farm in LaFoon
Township for about 2 years. In1900, they moved
into this house in Miranda which
was previously
owned by the Frank Byrne Family. They raised
their family here.
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Children:
Ervin
Alexander Metz
(1899-1989)
Married: Irene Mowry 1898
Children: Beverly Brewer, Corrine Marie Anderson,
Marge Hansen
Walter
Henry Metz
(1900-1996)
Mae Anna Metz Wells
(1902-2002)
Married: Hazen G Wells
Children: Hazen (Jack) Wells
Amy Nettie Metz Johnson (1907-1983)
Married: Harold Johnson
Chiildren: Donald Metz, Judith Mae, Carol Ruth
Francis (Pete) Merle Metz (1909-1944)
Married: Betty Ford 1940
Children: Virginia (Ginny) Lee Metz Stammer Gamo
Parents:
 
Henry M & Elizabeth
Schneider Metz
Rudolph & Mary Alexander
1956
1970
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