Christening: 28 May 1821, Unionville,, Neffs, Lehigh, PA , at age 7 [1][8]
Parents
NOTE: More research is needed to determine which below set of parents is the correct set. Possibilities to consider:
There is only one Elizabeth and therefore only one set of parents is correct. If this is the case, then Johannes and Margaret are likely the correct parents as they are the only set with primary sources connecting them together.
There are two different Elizabeth FRANTZ'S. This is unlikely as both sets of parents appear to be from two different FRANTZ lines, and thus it is highly unlikely that these two different Elizabeth FRANTZ's are married into the same family, living in the same small county.
Both Frantz families could be related, for Isaac's parents are unknown. In this case, Elizabeth could have been born to Johannes and Margaret, then moved in with her relatives, Isaac and Anna later in childhood where she met her husband and was eventually buried in the same cemetery as her adopted parents. Thus the confusion.
Mother (?), Mary, between 16 and 26, (calculated: age 26)
Brother (?), William FRANTZ, under 10, (calculated born between 1810 and 1820)
Brother (?), Jonas FRANTZ, under 10, (calculated born between 1810 and 1820)
? Who the other female between 16 and 26 is unknown.
A map from 1863 showing the home of Isaac FRANTZ. and the St John's Church
The above map from 1863 shows the following:
Home of her fatherIsaac FRANTZ, at the age of 73, with her mother Anna Mary CRIST (FRANTZ), age 69 (see underlined). At this time, all their children had probably moved away, so they were likely living here alone. According to another map from 1877, (at which point both the FRANTZ parents had already died), the home had been sold to a George FLEISHER, who in 1863 owned a home two doors down, further towards town. But Elizabeth as well as all her siblings, probably had grown up here, having moved to the newly purchased property when she was 1 years old.
Location of the church and St John's Cemetery, next door, where everybody mentioned here will be buried, (also underlined).
The nephew of Mary Ann, Elizabeth's mother, David CRIST and family, lived two houses to the south.
Another of her mother's nephews, David's brother, Michael CRIST lived with his wife,Elisabeth BEALOR (CRIST), a little further west, just off this map. This Elisabeth had a number of brothers living nearby:
A distant relative James BLAIN lived further out of town towards the west, just before the road crosses the river. (Three years before this map was created, James' niece, Matilda McClury FLICKINGER married her youngest brother, John FRANTZ, who had seven years before, at age 21, probably moved near to Bloomfield, Perry Co, where he was confirmed in the English Lutheran Congregation there).
Aerial view of the location of the Frantz homestead in Markelsville, PA. The St John's Church cemetery where Isaac is to be buried, is across the street to the left. The location of the original St John's Church is either in the field just above the cemetery, or in the top-right corner of the cemetery as it is today.
↑ 5.05.15.25.35.45.55.65.75.85.9Commemorative biographical encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley/George, Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania. Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers, Illustrated. J.M. Runk and Company, (1897) Volume II, p1347 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062013602&seq=749&q1=1347
↑ 6.06.16.26.36.46.56.6Commemorative biographical encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley/William, Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania. Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers, Illustrated. J.M. Runk and Company, (1897) Volume Ii, p1347-48 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062013602&seq=750&q1=1348
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth: