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Johann Georg "George" Jantz[1]

Male 1816 - 1865  (49 years)


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  • Name Johann Georg "George" Jantz 
    Born 9 Apr 1816  , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Name George Jantz 
    Occupation Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    tavern keeper 
    Residence 1848  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Occupation 1851  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    cabinet maker 
    Occupation 1852  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    cabinet maker 
    Occupation 1861  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gentleman 
    Residence 1861  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Roman Catholic 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-79238 
    Died 5 Oct 1865  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Buried Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I79238  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Family Anna Maria Roth,   b. 20 Jan 1815, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1893, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
     1. Franciska Jantz,   b. 27 Aug 1837, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Jacob Jantz,   b. 25 Mar 1838, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Christina Jantz,   b. 30 Oct 1840, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Theresia Jantz,   b. 2 Oct 1844, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. George Jantz,   b. 11 Jan 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1868, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
     6. John Nicholas Jantz,   b. 8 Nov 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1920, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     7. August Lorenz Joseph Jantz,   b. 10 Aug 1855, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1890, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F20630  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • King Street, Kitchener

      Benton to Eby Street.-Successive occupation was as follows: From Benton Street easterward, before 1855, a one-story brick building with gable facing King Street was erected at the corner and used by Jacob Benner as blacksmith shop. Later Benner moved to West Montrose and the next occupant was Valentine Gildner and after him his son John Gildner . This blacksmith shop continued until comparatively recent years. A frame building painted white, with veranda in front, was Gildner s residence..

      Vacant lot.

      A tinsmith shop owned by Mr. Lehnen . This had a nice front with two good-sized glass windows on either side of the door.

      A dwelling house built by Henry Rothaermel 1848-9. He was a carpenter and later was market clerk and tax collector.

      A lane.

      A one and one-half story building, with gable facing King Street and a verandah extending over the sidewalk, occupied by a Mr. Coleman 1855-1860. Adjoining it was a warehouse. The store passed to Coleman's son and then to John Kegel. Later John George Schmidt, shoemaker, occupied the building.

      A lane.

      A double, frame building about 50 feet along King St.; the east half used as a dwelling had a veranda; the west half was occupied by Charles Koehn, shoemaker.

      Open space.

      Dwelling of Gabriel Bowman, carpenter, who built the house.

      A one and one-half story building occupied by Balzar Allendorf, a coverlet weaver, about 1840. Allendorf later moved to New Hamburg. There was a veranda at the front of the house and under it a well. Cattle ran at large in the streets at this time and one Sunday afternoon a steer got on the veranda floor, which was partly rotted, broke through, fell into the well and had to be pulled out by means of a windlass. The building was torn down later.

      frame building ocupied by Henry Sippel, former employee of Allendorf, as a weaver's shop.

      In 1855 there was a frame building one and one-half story high along King Street divided into two parts, one part a dwelling and the other part a hat shop, owned by John Kidder, who made felt hats and old-fashioned bonnets. The shop was a few steps above the sidewalk level.

      A dwelling.

      A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with King street occupied by a widow, Mrs. Caroline Lehnen.

      A driveway.

      A two story brick building with gable toward King Street, occupied by J. J. Lehnen, son of the widow Lehnen, as a copper and tinsmith shop and a store. Lehnen made his own tinware. Later Jacob Doebler occupied this building as a bakery.

      A one and one-half story frame building with gable toward King Street occupied by George Yantz, a cabinet maker. He had a tavern in this same building for a time, and lived there.

      In the early years a garden.

      A small shop with sloping roof used by Christian Enslin as a book store and book-bindery, the first book-bindery in Berlin Enslm arrived in Berlin about 1830. Jacob Stroh remembers going with his father to the store to buy school supplies. Enslin later was editor, for Henry Eby, the publisher, of the Deutsche Canadier which began publication in 1840.

      Enslin's House, one-half story, frame, standing lengthwise with King Street and having a veranda over the door, was on the site of Dr. Hetts present office and house. At the rear there was an orchard.

      About 60 feet back of King Street there was a house built by Henry Eby. Shubel Randall, brother of George Randall, lived in it later. In 1860 the building was destroyed by fire and a servant girl Dina Hertz, perished in the flames. The walls remaining standing, the house was re-built, and is still in use.

      A brick building, abutting on King Street with gable facing the street, was Henry Eby's printing office. The main floor was she or seven feet above the sidewalk level. In 1860 this building was changed to a church and was the first Anglican Church in Berlin.

      A frame building, one end of which was used by Henry Bowman as a general store; he lived in the other end. This was known as the Bowman building. Later William Stein had a tailor shop in it and after him William Thoms used it as a shoe repair shop.

      REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.

      Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930


  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11234-80.
      August Jantz, 25, Occ. Bricksmith, b. Canada, Res. Berlin, son of George and Anna, married to Ludwina Heckler, 25, b. Canada, Res. Berlin, daughter of John and Christena, Witn: August and Henry Lang, Emily Schario and Josephine Spetz, All of Berlin, 1 Nov 1880 at Berlin

    2. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 1.
      George JANTZ Cabinet Maker Germany 36 Roman Catholic b. 9-Apr
      Anna Maria JANTZ Germany 38 Roman Catholic b. 20-Jan
      Franciska JANYZ USA 15 Roman Catholic b. 27-Aug
      Jacob JANTZ Bookbinder USA 13 Roman Catholic b. 25-Mar
      Christina JANTZ Canada 11 Roman Catholic b. 30-Oct
      Theresia JANTZ Canada 8 Roman Catholic b. 2-Oct
      George JANTZ Canada 4 Roman Catholic b. 11-Jan
      John V. JANTZ Canada 2 Roman Catholic b. 8-Nov
      George JANTZ Cabinet Maker Canada 18 Roman Catholic b. 1-Mar

    3. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 4 Page 37.

    4. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 18 Oct 1865.
      Jantz, George died 5 Oct 1865 At Berlin. Age 49 years and 6 months.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137347190/george-jantz.

    6. [S419] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot Twp - Roman Catholic minsters Lucas Caveng and Ruber Ebner.
      George Jantz & Ann Marg. b. Roth. Res: Waterloo Born: 11 Jan 1848 Name of Child George

    7. [S2070] Directory - Ontario Directory for 1851.

    8. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 1.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Apr 1816 - , Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - tavern keeper - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1848 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - cabinet maker - 1851 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - cabinet maker - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Gentleman - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Oct 1865 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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