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Jonathan Bernard Cruz 1828–1927 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 OCT 1828

Birth Location: Union Co., KY, USA

Death Date: 16 JAN 1927

Death Location: Waverly Hills, Jefferson Co., KY, USA

Father: Peter Cruz

Mother: Matilda Abell

Spouse(s): Mary Wathen

Children(s): Susan Cruz, Mary Cruz, Susan Cruz, William Cruz, Caroline Cruz, Joseph Cruz, Rosalia Cruz, Jonathan Cruz, Frances Cruz, Francis Cruz, Emma Cruz

The story of Jonathan Bernard Cruz began in 1828 in Union Co., KY, USA. In 1860, Jonathan Bernard Cruz resided in Union Co., KY, USA. Jonathan Bernard Cruz married Mary Araminta Wathen, and had children including Caroline Pauline Cruz, Emma Dunn Cruz, Frances Rosella Cruz, Francis Wathen Cruz, Jonathan Bernard Cruz, Joseph Peter Cruz, Mary Lewis Cruz, Rosalia C Cruz, Susan Catherine Cruz, Susan Matilda Cruz, William Andrew Cruz. Jonathan Bernard Cruz passed away in 1927 in Waverly Hills, Jefferson Co., KY, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Jonathan Bernard Cruz began in 1828 in Union Co., KY, USA.
  • In 1860, Jonathan Bernard Cruz resided in Union Co., KY, USA.
  • Jonathan Bernard Cruz married Mary Araminta Wathen, and had children including Caroline Pauline Cruz, Emma Dunn Cruz, Frances Rosella Cruz, Francis Wathen Cruz, Jonathan Bernard Cruz, Joseph Peter Cruz, Mary Lewis Cruz, Rosalia C Cruz, Susan Catherine Cruz, Susan Matilda Cruz, William Andrew Cruz.
  • Jonathan Bernard Cruz passed away in 1927 in Waverly Hills, Jefferson Co., KY, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Peter Cruz
1785–1875
Birth Location: ITALY
PC
Matilda Abell
1792–1859
Birth Location: Washignton Co., KY, USA
MA

Spouses(s)

Mary Wathen
1832–1896
Birth Location: Union Co., KY, USA
MW

Children(s)

Susan Cruz
1868–1957
Birth Location: Union Co., KY, USA
SC
Mary Cruz
1860–1942
Birth Location: Union Co., KY, USA
MC
Susan Cruz
1858–1929
Birth Location: Union Co., KY, USA
SC
William Cruz
1871–1900
Birth Location: –
WC
Caroline Cruz
1876–1960
Birth Location: Union Co., KY, USA
CC
Joseph Cruz
1852–1941
Birth Location: Union Co., KY, USA
JC
Rosalia Cruz
1855–1856
Birth Location: Union Co., KY, USA
RC
Jonathan Cruz
1864–1909
Birth Location: Union Co., KY, USA
JC
Frances Cruz
1862–
Birth Location: St. Vincent, Union Co., KY, USA
FC
Francis Cruz
1873–1940
Birth Location: Union Co., KY, USA
FC
Emma Cruz
1866–1916
Birth Location: Union Co., KY, USA
EC

Jonathan Cruz's Ancestors

Self
Jonathan Cruz
1828–1927
Birth Place: Union Co., KY, USA
Parents
Peter Joseph Cruz
1785–1875
ITALY
Matilda Abell
1792–1859
Washignton Co., KY, USA
Grandparents
Joshua Abell
1761–1814
St. Marys, St. Marys Co., MD, USA
Susannah (Ann) Mills
1767–1811
St. Marys, MD, USA
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Abell
1710–1795
Susannah Spalding
1725–1790
Justinian Mills
1728–1795
Mary Dant
1736–1814
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Spalding
1706–1768
Katherine Cooper
1700–1775
Nicholas Mills
1696–1768
Margaret Raley
1700–1740
John Dant
1696–1763
Eleanor Mills
1702–1763

Jonathan Cruz's Descendants

1.
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Jonathan (Bernard) Cruz (21 OCT 1828–16 JAN 1927) m. Mary (Araminta) Wathen (5 JUN 1832–24 MAR 1896)
  1. 1. Susan (Catherine) Cruz 1868–1957 m. William (Louis) Mills 1861–1932
    1. 1. Mary (Arminta) Mills 1894–1960
    2. 2. Thomas (Bernard) Mills 1907–1977 m. Ollie (May) Kaster 1910–1999
      1. 1. Thomas (Louis) Mills 1934–2011 m. Rita (Jean) French 1934–2016
      2. 2. Chas (Randy) Mills 1943–1943
    3. 3. Mary (Christine) Mills 1906–1985
    4. 4. Charles (Francis) Mills 1901–1999 m. Mary (Gertrude) Kaster 1905–1991
      1. 1. Virginia (Sue) Mills 1931–2017 m. James (Douglas) Syers 1931–2015
        1. 1. Joyce (Darlene) Syers 1951–2019
    5. 5. John (Joseph) Mills 1909–1974
    6. 6. Matilda (E.) Mills 1898–1907
    7. 7. Margaret (Elizabeth) Mills 1904–1957
    8. 8. Willie (Florence) Mills 1900–1996
    9. 9. James (Albert) Mills 1893–1957
  2. 2. Mary (Lewis) Cruz 1860–1942 m. James (William) Hite 1853–1905
    1. 1. Anna (Florence) Hite 1893–1918
    2. 2. Gertrude (Susan) Hite 1882–1915 m. Logan (Raphel) Clements 1880–1944
      1. 1. Mary (A.) Clements 1907–
      2. 2. John (R.) Clements 1905–
      3. 3. William (F.) Clements 1914–
      4. 4. James (Louis) Clements 1909–1969
      5. 5. Anna (Florence) Clements 1911–1953 m. James (Roger) Head 1902–1990
        1. 1. Richard Head 1950–1950
    3. 3. William Hite 1891–
    4. 4. John (Bernard) Hite 1879–
    5. 5. Mary (Emma) Hite 1888–1914
    6. 6. Pauline Hite 1900–
    7. 7. Samuel (Richard) Hite 1896–1915
    8. 8. Arminta Hite 1886–1956
  3. 3. Susan (Matilda) Cruz 1858–1929 m. John (Spalding) Payne 1845–1928
    1. 1. Robert (David) Payne 1888–1941 m. Mary (Catherine) Thomas 1888–1956
      1. 1. Charles Payne 1923–2017
      2. 2. Anne Payne 1915–2005 m. John Neville 1916–1993
        1. 1. Timothy Neville 1943–1943
      3. 3. Rita (Julia) Payne 1921–1999
    2. 2. Joseph (Walter) Payne 1886–1955
    3. 3. Mary (Emma) Payne 1882–1950
    4. 4. Lila (Anna) Payne 1891–1960
    5. 5. Mary (A.) Payne 1900–
    6. 6. John (Hudson) Payne 1884–1959 m. Martha (Lillian) Davis 1893–1980
      1. 1. Mary (Anne) Payne 1925–2015
      2. 2. Betty (J.) Payne 1928–2018
      3. 3. James (E.) Payne 1916–1991
        1. 1. James (Edward) Payne 1940–1941
      4. 4. John (Spaulding) Payne 1917–1974
      5. 5. Joseph Payne 1920–1984
      6. 6. Benard (Robert) Payne 1923–2007
      7. 7. Lillian (Rebecca) Payne 1919–1976 m. Zollie (Sanford) Thurman 1918–1980
        1. 1. Jackie (Lee) Thurman 1942–1943
    7. 7. Jane (Catherine) Payne 1895–1990 m. Robert (Irvin) Hancock 1894–1981
      1. 1. Ben (Hite) Hancock 1929–2017
      2. 2. Mary (Catherine) Hancock 1918–2002
      3. 3. Rita (Emma) Hancock 1923–2017
      4. 4. John (Payne) Hancock 1922–2011
      5. 5. Paul (Joseph) Hancock 1936–1936
      6. 6. Robert (Irvin) Hancock 1917–2009
      7. 7. Teresa (Helen) Hancock 1932–1932
      8. 8. Martha (Jane) Hancock 1927–2017
      9. 9. Matilda (Ann) Hancock 1925–2015 m. Rupert (Eugene) Collins 1924–2004
      10. 10. Frank (Cruz) Hancock 1934–1934
      11. 11. Walter (Anthony) Hancock 1920–2012
      12. 12. Florence (Priscilla) Hancock 1931–1932
    8. 8. Francis (Ignatius) Payne 1893–1972
    9. 9. Bernard (Cruz) Payne 1898–1898
  4. 4. William (Andrew) Cruz 1871–1900
  5. 5. Caroline (Pauline) Cruz 1876–1960 m. Albert (Eugene) Barker 1874–1908
    1. 1. Mary (Araminta) Barker 1900–1987 m. Theodore (Francis) Thomas 1891–1981
      1. 1. Donald (Louis) Thomas 1932–2004
      2. 2. Ursula (Marie) Thomas 1927–2009
      3. 3. Mary (Virginia) Thomas 1924–2019
      4. 4. Raymond (Eugene) Thomas 1922–2016
      5. 5. James (Bernard) Thomas 1925–2010
    2. 2. Ursula (Martina) Barker 1902–1991
    3. 3. Matilda (Irene) Barker 1898–1936 m. Charles (Stephen) Peake 1897–1993
      1. 1. Mary (Eloise) Peake 1921–1935
      2. 2. Albert (Barker) Peake 1925–1985
      3. 3. William (Stephen) Peake 1923–2009
    4. 4. Albert (Francis) Barker 1905–1974 m. Marie (Annetta) Rapier 1910–1961
  6. 6. Joseph (Peter) Cruz 1852–1941 m. Catherine (Victoria) Wimsatt 1860–1893
    1. 1. William (Edward) Cruz 1889–1982
    2. 2. Clement (Victor) Cruz 1893–1893
    3. 3. Bernard (J.) Cruz 1884–1912
    4. 4. Bernard (Wimsatt) Cruz 1886–1914
    5. 5. Robert (Sebastian) Cruz 1888–1964 m. Margarette (Cecilia) O'Donovan 1894–1991
      1. 1. Helen Cruz 1925–
      2. 2. Bill (J.) Cruz 1930–2014
      3. 3. Mary (Ann Victoria) Cruz 1920–2014
      4. 4. Robert (Sebastian) Cruz 1918–2006 m. Elizabeth (Margaret) Schu 1921–1996
        1. 1. Patrick (Edward) Cruz 1949–1973
      5. 5. Pauline Cruz 1922–1996
    6. 6. Charles (Joseph) Cruz 1883–1959
  7. 7. Rosalia (C.) Cruz 1855–1856
  8. 8. Jonathan (Bernard) Cruz 1864–1909 m. Elizabeth (Ann) Fenwick 1867–1933
    1. 1. Mary (Caroline) Cruz 1897–1921 m. George (Ewing) Willett 1898–1968
      1. 1. Thomas (Cruz) Willett 1921–1923
    2. 2. Mary (Oswald) Cruz 1896–1993
    3. 3. Thomas (Bernard) Cruz 1899–1966
    4. 4. Agnes (L.) Cruz 1904–1991
    5. 5. Mary (Mercedes) Cruz 1892–1937 m. Urey (Bertram) Higdon 1891–1975
      1. 1. Mary (Norine) Higdon 1913–2002
      2. 2. Winifred (Anna) Higdon 1915–1999 m. Otha (Nicholas) Carrico 1901–1969
        1. 1. Philip (Nicholas) Carrico 1938–2010
    6. 6. Mary (Alemeta) Cruz 1902–1951 m. Roland (Stephen) Stahr 1890–1962
      1. 1. Paul (Thomas) Stahr 1930–2002 m. Ethyl (Ann) Duncan 1934–1988
      2. 2. William (Vernon) Stahr 1940–1940
      3. 3. Stephen (A.) Stahr 1934–2002
      4. 4. John (Roland) Stahr 1932–2001
      5. 5. Mary (Elizabeth) Stahr 1937–1959
    7. 7. Anna (Arminta) Cruz 1894–
  9. 9. Frances (Rosella) Cruz 1862–
  10. 10. Francis (Wathen) Cruz 1873–1940 m. Florence Unknown 1874–
    1. 1. Mary (F.) Cruz 1898–
  11. 11. Emma (Dunn) Cruz 1866–1916 m. John (Joseph) Roberts 1859–1941
    1. 1. Francis (A.) Roberts 1898–
    2. 2. Emma (Gertrude) Roberts 1894–1979
    3. 3. John (Joseph) Roberts 1903–1963
    4. 4. Joseph (Adrian) Roberts 1901–1988
    5. 5. John (Bernard) Roberts 1892–
    6. 6. Mary (A.) Roberts 1907–
    7. 7. John (J.) Roberts 1889–
    8. 8. William (Aloysius) Roberts 1895–1946
    9. 9. Thomas (B.) Roberts 1893–
    10. 10. Susanna (Maria) Roberts 1891–1923
    11. 11. Henry (R.) Roberts 1900–

Jonathan Cruz's Timeline

10 Records

1828
21 OCT 1828
Birth of Jonathan Bernard Cruz in Union Co., KY, USA
Union Co., KY, USA
1828
30 NOV 1828
Jonathan Bernard Cruz was christened in Union Co., KY, USA
Union Co., KY, USA
1860
1860
Age 32
Jonathan Bernard Cruz resided here in Union Co., KY, USA
Union Co., KY, USA
1870
1870
Age 42
Jonathan Bernard Cruz resided here in KY, USA
KY, USA
1880
1880
Age 52
Jonathan Bernard Cruz resided here in Waverly Hills, Jefferson Co., KY, USA
Waverly Hills, Jefferson Co., KY, USA
1900
1900
Age 72
Jonathan Bernard Cruz resided here in Waverly, KY, USA
Waverly, KY, USA
1910
1910
Age 82
Jonathan Bernard Cruz resided here in Boxville, Union Co., KY, USA
Boxville, Union Co., KY, USA
1920
1920
Age 92
Jonathan Bernard Cruz resided here in Waverly Hills, Jefferson Co., KY, USA
Waverly Hills, Jefferson Co., KY, USA
1927
16 JAN 1927
Age 99
Burial of Jonathan Bernard Cruz in St. Vincent, Union Co., KY, USA
St. Vincent, Union Co., KY, USA
1927
16 JAN 1927
Age 99
Death of Jonathan Bernard Cruz in Waverly Hills, Jefferson Co., KY, USA
Waverly Hills, Jefferson Co., KY, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 OCT 1828
    Event Place: Union Co., KY, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 30 NOV 1828
    Event Place: Union Co., KY, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Union Co., KY, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: KY, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Waverly Hills, Jefferson Co., KY, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Waverly, KY, USA

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Boxville, Union Co., KY, USA

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Waverly Hills, Jefferson Co., KY, USA

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 16 JAN 1927
    Event Place: St. Vincent, Union Co., KY, USA

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 JAN 1927
    Event Place: Waverly Hills, Jefferson Co., KY, USA
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