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Joseph Frantz (frantz4001)

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Mother:

b. April 2, 1830 in Alsace, France [Huron]

d. after 1884 [Huron]

m. November 2, 1856 in Dereham Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada, Almira Gardner, b. September 24, 1837 in Ontario, Canada [Huron]

Issue [census-MI]

Anthony Frantz (frantz5001), b. October 1857

William Frantz, b. 1860 in Michigan

John Frantz, b. 1862 in Michigan

Joseph A. Frantz, b. 1867 in Michigan

Sarah A. Frantz, b. 1871 in Michigan

George Frantz, b. 1873 in Michigan

Lewis Frantz, b. 1875 in Michigan

Clara Frantz, b. 1878 in Michigan

Ambrose Frantz, b. April 1880 in Michigan

Information:

1853:
Joseph received a good education in Alsace and spoke both French and German. He and his cousin, Joseph Deachin, arrived in the city of Buffalo, New York and then located in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. They stayed there for three years, both marring and engaging in agricultural pursuits. Page 1 , Page 2

1856:
Joseph and his cousin, Joseph Deachin, each purchased 160 acres of land from the Detroit Land Office in what was to become Bingham Township in Huron County, Michigan. [Gwinn]. When attempting to locate their property, they discovered that the township was actually without settlers; there were no roads for miles, and the entire county seemed one tract of swamp. They cut a trail to their land through eight miles of forest and had to bring supplies from Forestville which was 24 miles away. [Huron]

1860-80:
Joseph and his family were farming in Bingham, Huron County, Michigan [census-MI]

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