Category Archives: Koontz

152 years ago Ezra Peter Koontz married Mary Anna Sibert

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Pat Shaul

On 29 December 1867, in Noble County, Indiana, Ezra Peter Koontz [my great great grandfather] married Mary Anna Sibert, the daughter of Phenias and Mary Jahne Sibert. Mary Anna was Grandfather’s second wife as his first wife, Mary Ann Allen … Continue reading →

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Happy 124th Birthday, Cousin Fay!

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Pat Shaul

My first cousin, twice removed [that makes him my grandmother’s first cousin], Dwight Fay Koontz was born 124 years ago, 7 November 1895, in Minnesota, to Orrin DeForest and Cora Agnes Gnaga Koontz.  Fay was the second of five children … Continue reading →

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Happy 130th Birthday, Aunt Ethel!

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was 130 years ago, 9 October 1889, in Ligonier, Noble County, Indiana, that my Grandaunt, Ethel Jeannette Koontz was born to Casmear P. and Phebie Ann Gardner Koontz.  Aunt Ethel was the second in birth order of C.P. and … Continue reading →

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Happy 162nd Birthday, Grandpa Koontz!

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was 162 years ago, 5 October 1857, in Navarre, Stark County, Ohio, that Casmear P. (CALL ME C.P.) Koontz [my great grandfather] was born to Ezra Peter and Mary Ann Allen Koontz.  From Ohio, the family of Ezra Koontz … Continue reading →

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Remembering Great Great Grandmother Koontz

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Mary Ann Allen Koontz died 155 years ago today, 7 September 1864, in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.  Mary Ann was born in 1836, also in Indiana, to Robert and Mary Allen.  She was the second of seven children.  On … Continue reading →

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Happy 105th Birthday, Gardner!

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was on 30 August 1914 in Toledo.Lucas County. Ohio, that my mother’s cousin, Charles Gardner Griste was born to Charles McKinley and Ethel Jeanette Koontz Griste.  To keep things simple and to keep with the German tradition of using … Continue reading →

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Remembering Billy G.

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Pat Shaul

My mother’s cousin, William Gardner Koontz, called Billy G., was born 94 years ago on 19 August 1925, to William Peter and Ethel Emma Chidester Koontz.  William Peter was my grandmother’s brother.  Billy G. was 6 years younger than my … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to Great Great Great Grandparents, an ocean apart!

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Two of my great, great, great grandparents were born on 11 August.  One in Würtenburg; one in New York. Alexander Gaertner was born in 1785 in Klein Ingersheim, Würtemburg, to Johannes Gaertner and Christina Leibbrandt.  He married Christina Regina Bauer on … Continue reading →

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Cousin Dorothy would have been 101 today!

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Pat Shaul

Dorothy Jane Griste [my first cousin, once removed] was born on 7 August 1918 in Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio, to Charles McKinley and Ethel Jeannette Koontz Griste.  Dorothy was the second child in birth order and the eldest daughter.  Her … Continue reading →

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It’s the 99th Anniversary of Helen and Ward Quarles!

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was 21 July 1920 that Helen Louise Gardner married Ward O Quarles in Wardner, Idaho.  But who was this couple and why am I including them in my blog?  Well, Helen was my ½ first cousin, twice removed and … Continue reading →

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