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BIRTH: 18 Apr 1838, Pelham, Welland Co., Ontario, Canada
BAPTISM:
IMMIGRATION:
DEATH: before June 1900, Denver, Colorado
BURIAL:
SPOUSE: Carria Green, [full name probably Margaret Amelia Green], b.
abt. 1863, near Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
MARRIAGE: 09 Aug 1863, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
SPOUSE: Harriet____, b. abt. 1845, Michigan
SPOUSE: Eliza Jane Hine
MARRIAGE: 18 Jan 1888, St. John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver,
Arapahoe Co., CO
LUTES DESCENDANT CHART
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Children
By Carria Green
Nettie E. Lutze
By Eliza Hine
Jay Hine Lutze
James M. Lutze |
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SOURCES
Census
1870, John J. Lutze, East Saginaw, Ward 3, Saginaw Co., MI
1871, James L. Green, Townsend, Norfolk North, Ontario, Canada
1880, John J. Lutze, Philadelphia, PA, ED222
Directories
Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929
Lutze, John J.
Walter Lutes
Denver Directory
1890: J. J. Lutze, 10 Timerman block, physician, residence 3406 Downing
Avenue [Timerman block is at Champa St. & 17th St.]
1891 John J. Lutze, physician, 11 907 17th, r. 1129 Boulevard, Highlands
1892 John J. Lutze, physician, ws Boulevard bet Ruby and Agate ave, Highlands
1893 John J. Lutze, physician, r 912 Boulevard, Highlands
Marriage
Archives of St. John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, CO
John J. Lutze and Eliza Hine
Unpublished manuscripts
Autobiography of Gertrude Lutze, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Some Records of the McAlpines, Chapmans and Fells, by V. McAlpine, 1882,
transcribed by Kenneth Martin, 1990.
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BIOGRAPHY
John J. Lutze was the son of Jacob Lutes and Jennette McAlpine,
and changed the spelling of his name from Lutes to Lutze before his first
marriage in 1863. The following
description is from McAlpine Records by V. McAlpine.
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Eldest son of Janet [Jeanette McAlpine] and Jacob [Lutes], was a delicate
child, and as a school boy learned readily but was not naturally industrious
at study or work; as a young man was rather "wild" and very erratic for a
time, but at about the age of twenty three became suddenly "converted" and
soon thereafter a Methodist Preacher, and was very popular and successful,
and located for a time near Simcoe Canada, where he married and had one
daughter and lost his wife a few years after and quit the ministry and
drifted to London Canada and was engaged there for a time in the Oil
refining business; and was next heard of at East Saginaw, Mich. as a
Homeopathic Physician; and managed with his special talent for dress, and
with consummate address and unlimited assurance, to secure a good practice,
and not long after married a newly made widow with some money, and they
removed to Philadelphia and established what he designates, "Phila. Thermae,"
where Turkish and Electric baths are given at No. 1013 Chestnut St., and is
apparently in a highly prosperous condition, and "living in a very expensive
style."
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John married first Carria Green, the daughter of James Green and
Elizabeth, of Waterford, Canada. On the marriage record, below Carria's
name, is the citation "Margaret Amelia" which may be her real name, Carria,
being a nickname. Carria was age 25 at the time of their marriage on 9 Aug
1863, in Norfolk County, and they were married by a New Connexion Methodist
minister, which was probably the church John was a preacher for at this
time. The 1871 census provides information on Carria's parents James L.
Green and his wife Elizabeth. James was age 60, thus born about 1810-1811 in
the USA, and his wife Elizabeth was age 66, born about 1804-1805 in Ontario.
At this time James was employed as a "Foundary Man," and was a member of the
New Connexion Methodist Churs. His granddaughter Nette Lutes, age 6,
daughter of John Lutes and Carria,, was living with them.
In the 1870 Saginaw Michigan census John is living with "Maggie," who is his
wife Carria. John and Carria had one child, Nettie E. Lutze, called Mary in
the 1870 census. Nettie E. Lutze's full name was probably a combination of
Mary, Janette (after her paternal grandmother) and either Emilia/Amelia
after her mother or Elizabeth after her maternal grandmother. As Nettie was
living with her maternal grandparents in 1871 we can assume her mother
Carria died in 1870 or 1871, probably in Michigan. After Carria's death John
must have taken five year old Nettie to Canada to live with her maternal
grandparents, while John resumed his practice in Saginaw, Michigan.
John's second wife was Harriet____, and they married in Michigan
according to the McAlpine Family History manuscript. It may have been upon
John's second marriage that his daughter Nettie returned to live with him,
for in 1880, John, Harriet and Nettie are all living together in
Philadelphia.
Although John was a practicing physician, and claimed to have received his
degree in 1869 from Victoria College of Medicine, a search of the archives
show only his cousin Walter Lutes graduating from there in 1869. As far as
can be ascertained, John never attended medical school. We find John Lutze,
physician in the 1870 Saginaw, Michigan, census and next in 1880 in
Philadelphia.
Both John J. Lutze and his cousin Walter Lutes practiced medicine in
Colorado. Walter was licensed first in 1881, but left for Los Angeles where
he died in February 1885. John J. Lutze received his license to practice in
Colorado in 1886, a year after Walter left.
John’s second wife Harriet probably passed away between 1881 and 1887, as he
married next Eliza Jane Hine of Naugatuck,
Connecticut. Eliza was born the same year as John’s daughter Nettie, and
John was 26 years older than Eliza. Family descendants believe Eliza may
have answered a “lonely hearts” advertisement, but whatever the reason she
appears on the scene and marries the good doctor on January 18, 1888, at the
chapel of the old St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral in Denver. At the time of
their marriage both John and Eliza were listed as residents of Denver.
However, four months later John’s daughter Nettie Lutze was married in the
same church, and John’s residence was reported as Akron, Colorado. In 1890
John was listed in the Denver Directory with a residence and a home in the
north east suburbs of the city, and an office downtown. He then moved across
the Platte River to the Highlands.
John suffered from tuberculosis, which may have drawn him to the Denver area
with its dry, clear climate. He died, probably in 1889, but the place of his
death and burial haven’t been found. Most likely he is buried in the Denver
area, perhaps in Akron or near there as his daughter Nettie lived in that
area.
John and Eliza had five children, but only two survived, Jay Hine Lutze and
James McAlpin Lutze. The names of the three children who died in infancy are
unknown, and searches of the Denver birth, death and burial records have
produced no results.
The following is Courtesy of Gertrude Lutze, daughter of Jay and Margaret
Lutze
John Lutze, born about 1850 [date incorrect], came from Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania. His father was a well-to-do Pennsylvania Dutch farmer,
whose ancestors settled there in the early 1700s. What part of Germany
the Lutze family came from is unknown to me, but I have been told it could
have been the Black Forest area. Supposedly the original spelling was
"Lutes" but when Grandpa was in college it was the fad to put a "Z" in your
name, so he changed it to "Lutze". [NOTE: The name in the
1790-1830 censuses is spelled Lutes/Luts/Lutz]
Grandpa's mother was a McAlpin, from Canada. (Carolyn, my sister, has
McAlpin as her middle name.)
After completing his studies at Medical School, John Lutze became Doctor
Lutze, which is what Grandma always called him, even in the intimacy of
marriage, so she told me. She said he graduated from the first class
at John Hopkins Medical School, but the dates of that class make it somewhat
doubtful. We can only assume he earned his degree somewhere.
Dr. Lutze met Eliza Jane Hine while on business in Naugatuck, Conn.
Although he was fifteen years or so older than she [actually 25+],
romance followed and they were married. Denver, Colorado became their
home, as the climate was favorable for him, suffering as he did from
tuberculosis.
In spite of this disease, he practiced medicine as a horse and buggy doctor
attending to the miners and local townspeople. I can only hope his TB
was arrested while practicing his art.
He delivered all Grandma's five children, but only two survived: Jay, my
father, and Jamie, my Uncle. Grandma said she overheard Dr. Lutze
remark that childbearing was not all that bad. Thereafter, during her
deliveries, she screamed and carried on just to impress him with the pain
women had to bear.
My father [Jay Hine Lutze] was ten years old, and my Uncle Jamie [James
McAlpine Lutze], eight, when Dr. Lutze died. He is buried in some
graveyard in the Denver area.
Grandma had a full length picture of him in formal attire. He looked
very dignified, however, his long beard tended to hide his features so I had
no distinct impression of his face.
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