Nicholas PORTZ was born about 1823 in Prussia, Germany.  He was married to Margaret BRAUN (daughter of Joseph BRAUN and Barbara HOFFMAN) about 1844/45.  Margaret BRAUN was born on 11 June 1825 in Germany.  The family appeared on the census in 

• 1850 in Jackson Township, Seneca County, Ohio (Household 145) 
• 1860 in Jackson Township, Seneca County, Ohio (Household 1422)
• 1870 Washington Township, Mercer County, Ohio (Household #2) - Census taker evidently misunderstood and wrote backwards - wrote the last name as Nicolas and first name is scribbled but appears to be Portz. The son Nicholas Portz is listed as the same, so census taker was probably just told he was named after his father!

Nicholas died on 27 March 1877 in Mercer County, Ohio.  Margaret appears on the census in:

• 1880 in Washington Township, Mercer County, Ohio (Household #240)
• 1900 in Washington Township, Mercer County, Ohio (Household #45)
• 1910 in Washington Township, Mercer County, Ohio (Household #59 living in household son Robert)

Margaret died on 4 April 1911 in Washington Township, Mercer County, Ohio, USA of bronchitis.  She was buried on 8 April 1911 at St Peters Cemetery.  Nicholas PORTZ and Margaret BRAUN had the following children:

1. Margaret PORTZ was born about 1845.
2. **Peter PORTZ.  (see below)
3. Jacob PORTZ was born on 8 April 1849. He appeared on the census in 1880 in Coldwater, Mercer County, Ohio, Household #235. He died on 6 July 1913. He was buried in St Peter Cemetery, Washington Township, Mercer County, Ohio
4. Jacob PORTZ was born on 8 April 1849. He appeared on the census in 1880 in Coldwater, Mercer County, Ohio, Household #235.  He died on 6 July 1913. He was buried in St Peter Cemetery, Washington Township, Mercer County, Ohio.
5. Catherine PORTZ was born about 1851.
6. Mary PORTZ was born about 1853.
7. Nicholas PORTZ was born about 1855.
8. John PORTZ was born on 15 April 1858 in Fostoria, Hancock County, Ohio, USA. He appeared on the census in 1930 in Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, Household #69. He was married to Elizabeth Ann WAGNER (daughter of John WAGNER and Andrea LIPPS) in May 1881. Elizabeth Ann WAGNER was born on 22 October 1858 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA. She died on 25 February 1948 in Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, USA.  John died on 11 March 1950 in Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, USA. Both were buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, SR 119 and Lowry Rd, Recovery Township, Mercer County, Ohio, USA.  John and Elizabeth had the following children:  John B PORTZ, Bertha PORTZ, and Ethel Mary PORTZ.
9. Robert PORTZ was born in 1860. He died in 1923. He was buried in St Peter Cemetery, Washington Township, Mercer County, Ohio, USA.
10. Joseph PORTZ was born on 19 Feb 1862 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA. He was a brewer. Left Mercer County, Ohio, about March 1889 for Uniontown, Washington. He was married to Angelina JACOBS (daughter of J Nicholas JACOBS and Anna SCHNEIDER ) on 30 Aug 1892 in Uniontown, Whitman County, Washington, USA. Angelina JACOBS was born on 24 Sep 1871 in Minnesota, USA. Joseph died on 11 Jan 1913 in Uniontown, Whitman County, Washington, USA. He was buried in Uniontown Cemetery, Uniontown, Whitman County, Washington, USA. Angelina died on 29 Aug 1938 in Lewiston, New Perce County, Idaho, USA. She was buried in St Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Uniontown, Whitman County, Washington, USA. Joseph PORTZ and Angelina JACOBS had the following children: Florence Sophia PORTZ, Elsie Kathryn PORTZ, Angela A PORTZ, and Estella L PORTZ.
11. Barbary PORTZ was born about 1864.
12. Susan PORTZ was born in Jul 1865 in Ohio, USA. She was married to Peter ULEMAN on 8 May 1883 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA. Peter ULEMAN was born in 1862 in Ohio, USA. They appeared in the census in Wabash Township, Jay County, Indiana in: 1900 (Household #50) 1910 (Household #77) 1920 (Household #48) Susan PORTZ and Peter ULEMAN had the following children: Salesta M ULEMAN, Edward T ULEMAN, Clara ULEMAN, Norra G ULEMAN, Susanna Margaret ULEMAN, Harman S ULEMAN, Martha M J ULEMAN, Katherine A ULEMAN, and Noah Nicholas ULEMAN.
13. Agnes PORTZ was born about 1868.
14. Son PORTZ.  The 1880 census has a son, but the name is unreadable.

**Peter PORTZ was born on 11 September 1847 in Prussia, Germany.  During the Civil War he was a soldier in the Union Army, having run away from home at the age of 15 years, in order to enlist.  His father brought him home again, but he ran away the second time and served until he was honorably discharged.  He served in 57th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Sept 1862 - May 1864.  He was married to Catherine GIBSON (daughter of James Gibson) on 11 July 1876 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA by John McAfee, J P.  The family appeared on the census in 1880 in Washington Township, Mercer County, Ohio, USA (Household #249).  Catherine, also known as Katy, died on 29 January 1884 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA.  She was buried in Green Mound Cemetery, Recovery Township, Mercer County, Ohio. 

Peter PORTZ and Catherine GIBSON had the following children:

1. Otto PORTZ was born about 1878. He was married to Betty TANNER on 3 Jul 1903 in Madison County, Indiana, USA. Betty TANNER was born about 1881 in Switzerland. They lived in Charleston, West Virginia. Otto PORTZ and Betty TANNER had the following children: Raymond PORTZ, Sylvia PORTZ, Belvia PORTZ, Robert PORTZ, Leonard PORTZ, and Clyde PORTZ.
2. **Mazzie Lulu PORTZ was born on 20 August 1880 in Macedon, Mercer County, Ohio, USA.  She was married to Daniel Evi BOLEY (son of John BOLEY Jr and Catherine B AMMON) on 29 August 1897.  For information on their family, see the Boley Family home page.
3. James C PORTZ was born about 1884 in Macedon, Mercer County, Ohio, USA.  He died on 28 January 1920 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana, USA.

Peter operated a general store at Macedon, Washington Township,Mercer County, Ohio.  He later moved to Jay County, Indiana.  He was married second to Amanda ARBAUGH (daughter of John S ARBAUGH and Sarah Jane CRING) on 15 September 1889 in Jay County, Indiana, USA.  Amanda ARBAUGH was born about 1864 in Jay County, Indiana, USA.  She had been previously married to John Wesley DRAKE. 

Peter and Amanda had the following children:

1. Opal PORTZ was born on 21 October 1891.
2. Peter Lavern PORTZ was born on 18 November 1893 in Macedon, Mercer County, Ohio, USA.  He died on 3 April 1895 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA.
3. Nicholas Admiral PORTZ was born on 6 June 1895 in Jay County, Indiana, USA.  He died on 2 Sep 1955 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
4. Daughter PORTZ was born on 30 May 1900 in Jay County, Indiana, USA.
5. Daughter 2 PORTZ was born on 9 February 1903 in Jay County, Indiana, USA.

Peter died on 25 February 1909 in Jay County, Indiana, USA.