Harry Edward Waltz1 
M, (8 November 1874 - 25 April 1928)
- Relationship
- 5th great-grandson of Hans Peter Walz
Harry Edward Waltz was born on 8 November 1874.2 He was the son of Wilhelm G. Waltz and Margaret Elizabeth Bower. Harry Edward Waltz married, at age 21, C. Jenny Waltz, age 20, daughter of Jonathan Waltz and Rosanna Entz, on Monday, 23 December 1895.3,1 Harry Edward Waltz died on 25 April 1928 at Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 53 years, 5 months and 17 days. He was buried in the Wildwood Cemetery, located in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
He was killed by a run away team of horses on his farm near Anthony Baptist Church. The horses were western and had been purchased and shipped into Williamsport by train. The sound of wind scared the horses and they spooked.
The obituary for C. Jenny Waltz in February 1938 in the local paper, printed in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, listed Harry Edward Waltz as her deceased husband.1
He was killed by a run away team of horses on his farm near Anthony Baptist Church. The horses were western and had been purchased and shipped into Williamsport by train. The sound of wind scared the horses and they spooked.
The obituary for C. Jenny Waltz in February 1938 in the local paper, printed in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, listed Harry Edward Waltz as her deceased husband.1
Children of Harry Edward Waltz and C. Jenny Waltz
- Elmer Ellsworth Waltz+ (1 Apr 1900 - 19 Jan 1986)
- Helen Grace Waltz (5 Jun 1901 - )
- Paul E. Waltz+ (9 Dec 1909 - 20 Jun 1963)
Last Edited=28 Nov 2007
Citations
- [S932] C. Jenny Waltz obituary, undated clipping from an unidentified newspaper presumably from a local paper in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, February 1938. The original article was from a scrapbook of personal memorabilia compiled by Lena [Hafer] Bower (1915-1998). Viewed at her home, RD #5 (now Bower Road), Williamsport, PA in September of 1993, by Kevin Sholder. The scrapbook that contains this article is now owned by her daughter. Phyllis Jane Bower, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.
- [S24] Harold Eugene Jr. Bower, "Family Group Sheets (The Families of Blooming Grove)," supplied 24 November 1999 ([address for private use,] Valrico, Florida; USA).
- [S21] Watson Kiess, History of the Kiess Family, Who Came From Germany and Settled In Pennsylvania In The Early 1800's (Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: n.pub., 1957), p. 34.