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George Keller Gantz
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George Keller Gantz 1 2 4 5 6 7 8
- Born: 12 August 1791, Codorus Township, York, PA 2 5 7 8
- Marriage (1): Penelope Lightfoot on 13 April 1824 in Shrewsbury, PA 1 2 3
- Died: 11 September 1858, North Woodbury, OH at age 67 2 5 8
- Buried: After 11 September 1858, North Woodbury, OH 8
 General Notes:
Married a girl from Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania in 1824. Lived in Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania for a time and then moved his family to Woodbury, Ohio about 1837. There were 8 children in his family. Source for this information Delbert E. Gantz, Silver Springs, Maryland.
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Noted events in his life were:
• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Perry Township, Morrow, OH on 10 August 1850. 7
1850 US Census
Page 428A, Family 1100, Roll 716
Perry Township, Morrow, Ohio
George K. Gantz..58..PA..Farmer
John Gantz..16..PA
Matilda Gantz..13..PA
Caroline Gantz..12..OH
(George was widowed and living with 3 children.)
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• He was buried after 11 September 1858 in the Woodbury Cemetery in North Woodbury, OH.
Find A Grave Memorial #86709298
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George married Penelope Lightfoot, daughter of William Lightfoot and Esther Schmidt, on 13 April 1824 in Shrewsbury, PA.1 2 9 (Penelope Lightfoot was born on 9 August 1804 in Codorus Township, York, PA 1 6 9 and died between 1842 and 1850 in North Woodbury, OH 9.)
Marriage Notes:
E-mail from Keith A. Dull:
George and Perneleper were married in York County in 1824. Probably in Shrewsbury Township where Perneleper was living with John and Margaret Gerberich. For the first few years, they lived near Brodbecks, and then bought a farm at York. They remained there for a few more years before moving to North Woodbury, Ohio (Morrow, Perry Township). They had several children: Leah, Carl, John Lightfoot (my ancestor), Hannah, Margaret, George, and Cassie. Perneleper died in North Woodbury between 1840 and 1850, and George died there in 1858. It would appear that Perneleper did not have much to do with her family after being indentured.
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Moved from York County, Pennsylvania to Morrow County, Ohio in 1837
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Sources
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R. Carlton Seitz, Walker Family Genealogy (Personal Web Site).
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Cynthia C. Turk, World Family Tree Vol. 008, Ed. 1, Tree #2982, CD-ROM Database (Novato, California: Brøderbund Software, Inc, January 12, 1997).
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Keith A. Dull, Ashland, Ohio [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Brian L. Lightfoot, e-mail, Jul 2001; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, CA; Extensive E-mail messages beginning in July 2001 regarding the entire line of Lightfoot families especially Perneleper Lightfoot and the Gantz family.
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Shirley Walter (GEDCOM file received March 2004 for Solomon Lightfoot and descendants.).
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Margaret Lindal Sprinkle Sopp, "Margaret's Genealogy Collection," database and images, Family Tree Maker User's Pages (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/o/p/Margaret-L-Sopp/index.html).
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Richard D. Lightfoot, "Descendants of Daniel Lighfoot," supplied 2013 by Lightfoot, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Plymouth, IN.
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1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Perry Township, Morrow County, Ohio, p. 428A (stamped), dwelling 1090, family 1100, George Keller Gantz; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Sep 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 716.
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Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 14 Jul 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86709298.
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Keith A. Dull, Ashland, Ohio [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Brian L. Lightfoot, e-mail, Jul 2001; privately held by Lightfoot, [(E-ADDRESS) & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Ceres, CA.