4–5.  Andreas Gerald Linz was born in Pettstadt, Bavaria, Germany, on Thursday, August 30, 1866, and died in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., on June 11, 1933. Anna Mary Muth was born in Germany on Sunday, November 11, 1866, and died in Baltimore on February 12, 1936. They were both buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Baltimore. They were married in Baltimore on Tuesday, May 24, 1892. She took the name Anna Mary Linz. He is the son of Michael and Maria Theresia (Pflaum) Linz. They had ten children:

i. John John Linz [#4A]: He was born in Baltimore on March 10, 1893, and died in _____, North Carolina, on June 19, 1948.
ii. Conrad Julius Linz [#2]: He was born in Baltimore on September 13, 1894, and died in Baltimore on January 26, 1966.
iii. Innocence Julius Linz [#4C]: He was born in Baltimore on March 3, 1896, and died in Baltimore on September 24, 1972.
iv. Joseph Joseph Linz [#4D]: He was born in Baltimore on November 9, 1897, and died in Baltimore on February 16, 1975.
v. Mary Anna Margaret Linz [#4E]: She was born in Baltimore on June 30, 1899, and died in Baltimore on December 10, 1964.
vi. Anthony Paul Linz [#4F]: He was born in Baltimore on August 11, 1902, and died in Baltimore on December 6, 1977.
vii. Sebastian Linz was born in Baltimore on September 14, 1903, and died on February 29, 1904. He died in infancy.
viii. Katherine Linz was born in Baltimore on January 28, 1905, and died on September 7, 1907. She died at age two.
ix. Julius Casper Linz [#4I]: He was born in Baltimore on January 4, 1907, and died in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, on April 12, 1975.
x. Andrew Gerald Linz [#4J]: He was born in Baltimore on April 14, 1910, and died in Baltimore on May 17, 1984.


Mary (Muth) and Andreas Linz Wedding
As a young man, Andreas Linz was the caretaker for the family graves in the Pettstadt cemetery. Later, the task fell to one of his sisters, then to one of her daughters. Being far removed from the Linz name, the grave sites were left unattended and fell into such a state of disrepair that, per the custom, they were removed from the cemetery. Therefore, there are no graves to be found for Linzes before this period.

Andreas was drafted into the Prussian army and served his term. When he returned to Pettstadt, his future seemed particularly bleak. Employment was hard to find, and he was subject to being recalled into the military for the next ten years. As the third son, he was not in line to receive the family home if and when he married, and without evidence that he properly support a wife and family, he would not be permitted to marry should the opportunity arise. It is little wonder, then, that the young man decided to seek his fortune in the fabled, distant land of America.