Family: John Jacob "Jacob" Ratz / Marie Opfer (F22276)

• Father | Male John Jacob "Jacob" Ratz

  
  

  Born	21 Aug 1828	, Germany
  Died	23 Oct 1919
  Buried		Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Married	30 May 1848  [1]	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1]
  Other Spouse	Esther Malinda Shaw | F176555
  Married	4 Jul 1906	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Other Spouse	Marie Opfer | F281304
  Married
  Father	Valentine Ratz | F11278 Group Sheet
  Mother	Anna Gertrute "Gertrude" Lanz | F11278 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Marie Opfer

  
  

  Born	23 May 1827	, Germany
  Died	27 Oct 1905
  Buried		Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Father	Opper | F210865 Group Sheet
  Mother	Catherine | F210865 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Hon. Valentine Henry Ratz

  
  

  Born	12 Nov 1848	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Christened	31 Dec 1848	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	2 Mar 1924	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried		Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Mary Yager | F176680
  Married	13 Feb 1873	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Mary Ann Ratz

  
  

  Born	1849	, Ontario, Canada
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Maria "Mary" Ratz

  
  

  Born	2 Dec 1850	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	25 Jan 1899
  Buried		Lingelbach Cemetery, South Easthope Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Valentine "Val" Yager | F27561
  Married	25 May 1869	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

  
  

  Child 4 | Male John Ratz

  
  

  Born	18 Apr 1853	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	21 Jun 1942
  Buried		Crediton Cemetery, Credition, Stephen Twp., Huron Co., Ontario
  Spouse	Barbara Finkbeiner | F23997
  Married

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Christina Ratz

  
  

  Born	1855	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	3 Feb 1927	Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Daniel Ratz | F281302
  Married	2 May 1882	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Elizabeth Ratz

  
  

  Born	27 Feb 1858	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	7 Jun 1942	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried		Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	John T. Otto | F19931
  Married

  
  

  Child 7 | Female Katrina "Catherine" Ratz

  
  

  Born	1860	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	14 Feb 1929	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried		Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Henry Eidt | F48153
  Married	9 Jan 1883	North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada

  
  

  Child 8 | Male Daniel Ratz

  
  

  Born	1861	, Ontario, Canada
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 9 | Male David Ratz

  
  

  Born	Apr 1862	, Ontario, Canada
  Died	1943
  Buried		Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Emma Elizabeth Eidt | F176452
  Married	14 Sep 1887	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

  
  

  Child 10 | Female Lydia Anna Ratz

  
  

  Born	11 May 1867	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	27 Nov 1923
  Buried		Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Henry "Harry" Wing | F20158
  Married
  Spouse	Christian Heinrich Witzel | F11954
  Married	11 May 1910	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Jacot Ratz, farmer of Woolwich married 30 May 1848 in Greenbush by banns to Maria Opper of Woolwich, wit: Christ. Koehler labourer of Greenbush & Valentine Ratz yeoman of Woolwich