Elizabeth Gies
ID # 8272, (1828-1914)
| Father | Conrad Gies (1804-1865) |
| Mother | Magdalena (--?--) (1797-1872) |
| Birth | Elizabeth Gies was born on 25 July 1828 at Hesse, Germany. |
| Marriage | She married Johannes Lanz on 13 June 1847 at Preston, Wellington District, Canada West. See The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West Vol. 9: Part 1 Wellington District, 1840-1852 Compiled by Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai, Global Heritage Press, 2013, Milton, Ontario (now of Ottawa) Marriages by Rev'd Jacob Huttner, Minister of the Lutheran Church in Preston Page 53 Johannes Lantz, to Elisabeth Giess, both of Wilmot. 13 June 1847, Preston, by banns Rev. Huttner. (Note that the Wellington District marriage register is not to be found on the MS248 series of reels at the Archives of Ontario. The Wellington District register was missing for a very long time. It was found in a bookstore by a woman who recognized what it was, purchased it with her own funds, and donated it to the Wellington County Museum in Fergus, Ontario. The museum placed it on microfilm and it is from this that Walker & Stratford-Devai made the available transcription.) |
| Death | She died on 15 June 1914 at age 85. |
| Burial | She was buried at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Grey Co.. |
| Note | A death registration for Elizabeth Gies Lanz has not been found. |
Children of Elizabeth Gies and Johannes Lanz |
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| Last Edited | 24 Mar 2024 |