Tag Archives: Koontz

Great Great Grandfather Koontz did get off his rocker…

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Pat Shaul

Ezra Peter Koontz, my great-great grandfather, did more that patent a rocking chair (see prior post). As indicated in the above advertisement for his furniture and bedding store in Ligonier, Indiana, he was a cabinet maker by trade. Once in … Continue reading →

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Ezra Peter Koontz

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Pat Shaul

Not only did Great-great Grandfather Ezra Peter Koontz sit in a rocking chair, he invented one! Below are the drawings and patent document for that chair.

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Lost in the Rabbit Hole of DNA

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Pat Shaul

I seem to be lost in trying to connect my DNA matches (Ancestry, MyHeritage, 23andMe) to my documentation on my genealogy database. As of today, I have 51,308 matches on Ancestry, 5,000 matches on 23andMe, 5,701 matches on FamilyTreeDNA, and … Continue reading →

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Where’s Baltzer Koontz?

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Pat Shaul

My grandmother defined the structure of her Koontz lineage from her father, C.P., to her grandfather, Ezra Peter, to her great-grandfather Peter who married Gertrude Derr. Well, I have since found that GGGG Grandfather Peter Koontz may have been called … Continue reading →

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Grandma graduated from High School in 1914

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Pat Shaul

It was June 18, 1914, and my grandmother, Florence Marie Koontz, became the first female in her family to graduate from High School. Grandma was the third of five children of Casmear and Phebe Gardner Koontz, and the youngest girl. … Continue reading →

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Great-Great Grandpa Before, During and After

Posted on November 15, 2021 by Pat Shaul

The building of a photograph: This is the way the photograph arrived from one of my cousins. I uploaded the photo to MyHeritage and used the repair damaged photo option. This is the improved Great Great Grandfather Koontz I then … Continue reading →

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Great Great Grandfather Koontz – chillin’

Posted on August 16, 2021 by Pat Shaul

Patent Application 430,963, Refrigerator, Ezra P. Koontz, Ligonier, Ind. Filed Sept. 1, 1888. Serial No. 284,364. Claim: 1 In a refrigerator, an inner compartment containing an ice-tank, and waste-water tank, in combination with a pipe leading from the bottom of … Continue reading →

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Aunt Essie’s “sugar bowl”

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Pat Shaul

As we were clearing out my parents’ home after my father’s passing, I found this among the items my mother had accumulated from her parents’ home. The bowl has no marking as to it’s provenance, but the real treasure is … Continue reading →

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Grandma Was Hope Filled!

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Pat Shaul

My Great-grandfather, Casmear Pramasis Koontz (call me C.P.) was a cabinet maker by trade. He learned from his father, Ezra Peter Koonz, who was also a cabinet maker. He made this Hope Chest for his youngest daughter, Florence Marie, my … Continue reading →

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