Family Group Sheet for FRANCIS FANTZ
Submitted by Harvey W.HENRY
hwhenry@inav.net
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Husband: FRANCIS FANTZ
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Born: 11 DEC 1819 in Baden Baden, Germany
Baptized: in Landed in Baltimore, MD July 4, 1832
Died: 12 APR 1872 in McLean Co IL
Buried: in Park Hill Cemetery, Lexington, IL
Occupation Farmer
Father: MR. FANTZ
Mother: MRS. FANTZ
Francis was not yet 13 when he arrived at Somerset, PA. He lived with the
David Sill family after his father died at sea on the voyage to America.
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Wife: ELIZABETH BOYER
Married: 09 JUL 1843 in
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Born: 04 APR 1824 in Allegany Twp, Somerset Co PA
Died: 20 JUL 1874 in McLean Co IL
Buried: in Park Hill Cemetery, Lexington, IL
Father: BENJAMIN BOYER
Mother: ELIZABETH BOYER
Elizabeth Boyer Fantz's sister Theresa (Tarfey) married Jonas Sill.
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M Child 1: AMOS FANTZ
Born: 19 NOV 1844 in Somerset Co PA
Baptized: 19 FEB 1845 in by Rev. John Edgar
Died: 10 NOV 1893 in Hepler, KS
Spouse: SARAH ELLEN FINK b. 29 OCT 1850 d. 27 NOV 1935
Married: 21 JUL 1867 in
He moved to Hepler, KS in 1878. Committed suicide. See article in Walnut Journal, Friday 11 Nov 1893.
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M Child 2: JOSIAH FANTZ
Born: 04 MAR 1847 in Somerset Co PA
Baptized: 15 NOV 1849 in by D. H. Long
Died:
Age 33 in 1880 IL Census.
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F Child 3: MARY FANTZ
Born: 28 AUG 1848 in Somerset Co PA
Baptized: in by D. H. Long
Died: 03 AUG 1943 in
Buried: in Longmont, CO beside her sister Theresa
Spouse: JOHN SWALLOW b. 16 DEC 1845 d. 28 SEP 1923
Married:
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F Child 4: CAROLINE (CAL) FANTZ
Born: 08 OCT 1850 in Somerset Co PA
Baptized: 24 APR 1851 in by Rev. Jacob Rank
Died: 1942 in Denver, CO
Buried: in Carlisle Iowa Cemetery, Warrren Co IA
Spouse: WILLIAM E. HENRY III b. 14 OCT 1846 d. 18 JUN 1904
Married: 18 FEB 1875 in Anchor, McLean Co IL Book H Page 7
Caroline signed her name as "Callie" on papers after the death of her father.
Her nieces and nephew called her "Aunt Cal"
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M Child 5: BENJAMIN FANTZ
Born: 13 DEC 1852 in Somerset Co PA
Baptized: 26 DEC 1852 in by Rev. J. Dick
Died: 1935 in
Buried: in Nevada Iowa Cemetery
Spouse: MARY PLEASANT (AUNT PLEAS) McGAVACK b. 1854 d. 1928
Married:
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M Child 6: JOHN W. FANTZ
Born: 10 DEC 1854 in Somerset Co PA
Baptized: 24 DEC 1860 in by J. L. Baker
Died:
Spouse: LOUISA LORD b. FEB 1855
Married:
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F Child 7: ELIZABETH FANTZ
Born: 21 OCT 1856 in Somerset Co. PA
Baptized: 24 DEC 1860 in by J. L. Baker
Died: 07 DEC 1949 in Ames, Story Co IA
Buried: in Carlisle Cemetery, Warren Co IA
Spouse: DORWIN E. S. HENRY b. 11 JUL 1857 d. 14 JUN 1925
Married: 22 NOV 1882 in Anchor, McLean Co IL Book I Page 200
Elizabeth signed her name as "Lizzie" on papers after the death of her father.
Later, according to her son Roy, she was "Aunt Liz" to nieces and nephews. She
along with her parents and ten siblings traveled from PA to IL by covered
wagon in about
1865 when she was 9 years old.
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F Child 8: LYDIA FANTZ
Born: 28 JAN 1859 in Somerset Co PA
Baptized: 24 DEC 1860 in by J. L. Baker
Died: 24 MAY 1916 in
Buried: in Mausoleum in Ontario, CA
Spouse: DAVID GRING b. 06 FEB 1856 d. 12 NOV 1955
Married:
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M Child 9: WILLIAM MARION FANTZ
Born: 17 APR 1861 in Somerset Co PA
Baptized: 29 NOV 1864 in by W. K. Shimp
Died: 31 JUL 1945 in
Buried: in New Hampton Iowa Cemetery
Spouse: EMMA ORILLA TRACY b. 07 JUL 1860 d. 10 DEC 1921
Married: 14 JAN 1883 in Bloomington, McLean Co IL
Divorced: in
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M Child 10: CHARLES FANTZ
Born: 03 JAN 1864 in Somerset Co PA
Baptized: 29 NOV 1864 in by W. K. Shimp
Died: 10 OCT 1958 in Nevada, Story Co IA
Buried: in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA
Spouse: MARIE (FANTZ)
Married:
Age 16 in 1880 IL Census.
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F Child 11: THERESA S. (TRACY) FANTZ
Born: 05 NOV 1866 in Somerset Co PA
Died:
Buried: in Longmont, CO Cemetery
Occupation Medical doctor in CO
Theresa was only 5 1/2 years old when her father died and 7 1/2 when her
mother died. She signed her name Therasah S. Fantz on a note in her
father's will. Buried beside her sister Mary Fantz Swallow in Longmont, CO
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