Description: Sophie Wentz Sosnowski was the daughter of Christian Wentz, who was court physician to the Duke of Baden. In 1835 she married Polish aristocrat Joseph Sosnowski. They immigrated to the United States not long afterwards. Her husband died there and she became a widow with three children. She supported her family by teaching at a succession of schools for wealthy young women, first in New York State and eventually in Georgia and South Carolina.

Sophia Wentz (Sosnowski)

Name

Sophia Wentz (Sosnowski)

Short Biography

Sophie Wentz Sosnowski was the daughter of Christian Wentz, who was court physician to the Duke of Baden. In 1835 she married Polish aristocrat Joseph Sosnowski. They immigrated to the United States not long afterwards. Her husband died there and she became a widow with three children. She supported her family by teaching at a succession of schools for wealthy young women, first in New York State and eventually in Georgia and South Carolina.

Birth Date

April 24, 1809

Death Date

1899

Siblings

Karoline Wentz (Schlemmer)

Associated Collections

Sosnowski Family Letters

Associated Family Circle

Sosnowski Family Circle

Gender

female

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