If not for Max Heinz, there would have never been a "Heinz Family: 1810 - 1975, by Mrs. Wm. L. Heinz and Robert D. Heinz " book published in 1975, or any of the research many of us have been able to conduct and publish over these last few years. While he stopped in 1948, the legacy continues. He could have never imagined how he, and his work, was going to be in full digital and end up far beyond his wildest dreams @ https://ejheinz.center/GedSite/EJ-o/g1/p17.htm#i412
"Max Joseph Heinz never married. He stayed at home on the farm until he was 25 years old, then rented land and went into farming for himself. In two years, he went broke. First the land was too wet, and later it was too dry. There was no crop and no grain prices to pay expenses. Later he did carpenter work and paper hanging.
In 1930 Mr. Heinz moved to Dalhart, Texas. In 1931 he borrowed the money to go into farming and went broke again because of the depression. Then he worked on the W.P.A. until he was 65 years of age, when he was taken off that. He then received Old Age Assistance.
In 1941 he moved to San Angelo, Texas, on account of his high blood pressure. There he lived the rest of his life.
Mr. Heinz undertook the task of writing a Heinz Historical Book. It is that book which provided the inspiration for the compiling of the Heinz Family History; by Mrs. William L. Heinz, Genealogy book. Mr. Heinz gathered facts and dates at family reunions and other social gatherings. If he had not pursued that interesting hobby, most of the early information contained in the book would have been lost from memory and gone forever! He continued the book until 1948."
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