Johannes Lanz
ID # 8271, (1827-1904)
| Birth | Johannes Lanz was born on 13 February 1827 at Hesse, Germany. |
| Marriage | He married Elizabeth Gies, daughter of Conrad Gies and Magdalena (--?--), on 13 June 1847 at Preston, Wellington District, Canada West. See The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West Vol. 9: Part 1 Wellington District, 1840-1852 Compiled by Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai, Global Heritage Press, 2013, Milton, Ontario (now of Ottawa) Marriages by Rev'd Jacob Huttner, Minister of the Lutheran Church in Preston Page 53 Johannes Lantz, to Elisabeth Giess, both of Wilmot. 13 June 1847, Preston, by banns Rev. Huttner. (Note that the Wellington District marriage register is not to be found on the MS248 series of reels at the Archives of Ontario. The Wellington District register was missing for a very long time. It was found in a bookstore by a woman who recognized what it was, purchased it with her own funds, and donated it to the Wellington County Museum in Fergus, Ontario. The museum placed it on microfilm and it is from this that Walker & Stratford-Devai made the available transcription.) |
| Death | He died on 26 October 1904 at Normanby Twp., Grey Co., at age 77. |
| Burial | He was buried at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Grey Co.. |
| Note | He Per the Wellington District marriage register, Johannes (John) and Elizabeth, were both resident in Wilmot Township at the time of their marriage in 1847. They were married in Preston, according to the marriage register, by Rev. Huttner who was the minister of St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Preston, at the time, was in Waterloo Township of the same Wellington District. The townships of Wilmot and Waterloo were later townships of Waterloo County when the District system of governance was abolished and the county system established. John and Elizabeth were still present in Wilmot Township as of the 1851 census for Canada West. By the time of the 1861 census, they were resident in Normanby Township of Grey County. With them in 1861 are, evidently, Elizabeth's parents, shown as Conrad Giess, age 57, and Magdalene Giess, age 64. Death reg. 011054-04 Normanby Twp., Grey Co. John Lantz died October 26, 1904, age 77. Residence lot 4, concession 12, Normanby. Farmer. Born Germany. Lutheran. Physician and informant Dr. J. L. Easton. |
Children of Johannes Lanz and Elizabeth Gies |
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| Last Edited | 28 Sep 2020 |