Lydia Jantzi

1877 - 1970  (92 years)

• Name	Lydia Jantzi
  Born	15 Jun 1877	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Lydia Kuepfer
  Residence	1881	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1903	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-51747
  Died	4 Feb 1970	Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario
  Buried	Edgecombe Amish Cemetery (formerly 7th Line), Mornington Township, Perth Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I51747	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph G. Jantzi,   b. 1 May 1835, , New York State, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Catherine Schwartzentruber,   b. 30 Oct 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	8 Jan 1860	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F13361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Z. Kuepfer,   b. 5 Jul 1881, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1967, Listowel Cemetery, Listowel, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	21 Jan 1903	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. Solomon J. Kuepfer,   b. 9 Jul 1907, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 May 1974, , Norfolk Co., Ontario  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F47768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  KUEPFER, Mrs. Joseph Mrs. Joseph Kuepfer, 92, of Peffers died Wednesday, February 4 at the Milverton Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. The former Lydia Jantzi, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jantzi. She was of the Amish Mennonite faith. She was predeceased by her husband in 1967, a daughter Katie and three brothers and six sisters. She is survived by her four sons, Solomon, Millbank; Menno, Atwood; Daniel and Aaron, both of Peffers; 15 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. The body rested at the home of her son Aaron at Peffers and the service was conducted from the home on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. followed by burial in the Seventh Line Amish Mennonite cemetery, Mornington Township. Bishop William Carter officiated. Pallbearers were Jacob W. Kuepfer, Jacob Steckley, Nick Schmidt, Daniel Albrecht, Sol. Wagler, Noah Kuepfer. Relatives attended from Tavistock, New Hamburg, Stratford, and Penna.

  
  

• Sources

  [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-6 Page 9. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 4 Page 7. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 18819 (1903), Kuepfer-Jantzi. ): Joseph Kuepfer, 21, Yeoman, res. Mornington Twp., b. Mornington Twp., son of Solomon Kuepfer and Katie Zehr, married Lydia Jantzi, 25, res. Wellesley Twp., b. Wellesley Twp., daughter of Joseph G. Jantzi and Katie Schwatzentruber, Witness(s) John Bellen of Mornington and Mary Jantzi of Wellesley Twp., 21 Jan 1903 at Meeting House, Wellesley (Mennonite) [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Yantzie Joseph, 24, res. Wilmot, b. New York state, son of John & Elizabeth, married 8 Jan 1860 Catherine Swartzentruber, 24, res. Wellesley, b. Wilmot, daughter of John & Catherine

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Jun 1877 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1903 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 21 Jan 1903 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 4 Feb 1970 - Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Buried - - Edgecombe Amish Cemetery (formerly 7th Line), Mornington Township, Perth Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth