Pennsylvania Family Group Sheet for the Francis FANTZ Family

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Submitted by: Harvey W. Henry
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Husband: Francis FANTZ
Birthdate: 11 DEC 1819
Birthplace: Baden Baden, Germany
Death date: 12 APR 1872
Place of death: McLean Co IL
Burial: Park Hill Cemetery, Lexington, IL
Father: MR. FANTZ
Mother: MRS. FANTZ

Marriage date: 09 JUL 1843
Marriage place:

Wife: Elizabeth BOYER
Birthdate: 04 APR 1824
Birthplace: Allegany Twp, Somerset Co PA
Death date: 20 JUL 1874
Place of death: McLean Co IL
Burial: Park Hill Cemetery, Lexington, IL
Father: BENJAMIN BOYER
Mother: ELIZABETH BOYER

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: AMOS FANTZ
Sex: M
Birthdate: 19 NOV 1844, Somerset Co PA
Death date: 10 NOV 1893, Hepler, KS
Burial:
Marriage date: 21 JUL 1867
Spouses' names: SARAH ELLEN FINK b. 29 OCT 1850 d. 27 NOV 1935

Child No. 2: JOSIAH FANTZ
Sex: M
Birthdate: 04 MAR 1847, Somerset Co PA
Death date:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Spouses' names:

Child No. 3: MARY FANTZ
Sex: F
Birthdate: 28 AUG 1848, Somerset Co PA
Death date: 03 AUG 1943
Burial: Longmont, CO beside her sister Theresa
Marriage date:
Spouses' names: JOHN SWALLOW b. 16 DEC 1845 d. 28 SEP 1923

Child No. 4: CAROLINE (CAL) FANTZ
Sex: F
Birthdate: 08 OCT 1850, Somerset Co PA
Death date: 1942, Denver, CO
Burial: Carlisle Iowa Cemetery, Warrren Co IA
Marriage date: 18 FEB 1875, Anchor, McLean Co IL Book H Page 7
Spouses' names: WILLIAM E. HENRY III b. 14 OCT 1846 d. 18 JUN 1904

Child No. 5: BENJAMIN FANTZ
Sex: M
Birthdate: 13 DEC 1852, Somerset Co PA
Death date: 1935
Burial: Nevada Iowa Cemetery
Marriage date:
Spouses' names: MARY PLEASANT (AUNT PLEAS) McGAVACK b. 1854 d. 1928

Child No. 6: JOHN W. FANTZ
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10 DEC 1854, Somerset Co PA
Death date:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Spouses' names: LOUISA LORD b. FEB 1855

Child No. 7: ELIZABETH FANTZ
Sex: F
Birthdate: 21 OCT 1856, Somerset Co. PA
Death date: 07 DEC 1949, Ames, Story Co IA
Burial: Carlisle Cemetery, Warren Co IA
Marriage date: 22 NOV 1882, Anchor, McLean Co IL Book I Page 200
Spouses' names: DORWIN E. S. HENRY b. 11 JUL 1857 d. 14 JUN 1925

Child No. 8: LYDIA FANTZ
Sex: F
Birthdate: 28 JAN 1859, Somerset Co PA
Death date: 24 MAY 1916
Burial: Mausoleum, Ontario, CA
Marriage date:
Spouses' names: DAVID GRING b. 06 FEB 1856 d. 12 NOV 1955

Child No. 9: WILLIAM MARION FANTZ
Sex: M
Birthdate: 17 APR 1861, Somerset Co PA
Death date: 31 JUL 1945
Burial: New Hampton Iowa Cemetery
Marriage date: 14 JAN 1883, Bloomington, McLean Co IL
Spouses' names: EMMA ORILLA TRACY b. 07 JUL 1860 d. 10 DEC 1921

Child No. 10: CHARLES FANTZ
Sex: M
Birthdate: 03 JAN 1864, Somerset Co PA
Death date: 10 OCT 1958, Nevada, Story Co IA
Burial: Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA
Marriage date:
Spouses' names: MARIE (FANTZ)

Child No. 11: THERESA S. (TRACY) FANTZ
Sex: F
Birthdate: 05 NOV 1866, Somerset Co PA
Death date:
Burial: Longmont, CO Cemetery
Marriage date:
Spouses' names:
 
 
Documentation:
* Francis Landed in Baltimore, MD July 4, 1832. 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. He was a Farmer.
* Elizabeth Boyer Fantz's sister Theresa (Tarfey) married Jonas Sill.
* Amos was baptized 19 FEB 1845 by Rev. John Edgar. He moved to Hepler, KS in 1878. Committed suicide. See article in Walnut Journal, Friday 11 Nov 1893.
* Josiah was Baptized: 15 NOV 1849 by D. H. Long. Age 33 in 1880 IL Census.
* Mary Baptized: by D. H. Long
* Caroline Baptized: 24 APR 1851 by Rev. Jacob Rank. She signed her name as "Callie" on papers after the death of her father. Her nieces and nephew called her "Aunt Cal".
* Benjamin Baptized: 26 DEC 1852 by Rev. J. Dick
* John Baptized: 24 DEC 1860 by J. L. Baker
* Elizabeth Baptized: 24 DEC 1860 by J. L. Baker. She 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.
* Lydia Baptized: 24 DEC 1860 by J. L. Baker
* William Baptized: 29 NOV 1864 by W. K. Shimp
* Charles Baptized: 29 NOV 1864 by W. K. Shimp. Age 16 in 1880 IL Census.
* 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. Occupation Medical doctor in CO.