Erie County NyArchives Photo Group.....John & Eva Catarina Lang Metz 1858
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susan ward merk sbmerk@verizon.net July 18, 2009, 12:28 am

Source:             Donald J. Spittler, Sr. (great-grandson)
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The John and Eva Catarina Lang Metz family (with 9 children) came to the US 
from Blakenloch, Germany in 1832 and settled in Eden, NY, 1st in a log cabin 
and then in a house they built on Shadagee Rd. in 1840, which was occupied by 
Metz descendants until 1997.  John Metz (1789 – 1858) and his wife Catarina 
(1793 – 1859) were devoted to the worship and service of God and often held 
religious services in German in their home.

The story passed down in the Metz family is that Eva Catarina was the daughter 
of an American Indian girl taken back to Germany as a servant.  No birth ecord 
can be found for Magdalene Jacobine Feigler Lang in Germany, which lends 
credence to this story.

Additional Comments:
More info can be sound at 
http://seiz2day.com/sbmerk/family/sptlrmtznarrative.html#metz

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