John
Gaetz
Born in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of John Martin Gaetz
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Martin Gaetz
Died after
after age 66
in Chezzetcook, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Biography
John was born 7 February 1790, and was baptised 6 March 1790 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Lunenburg.. He was the son of John Gaetz and Maria Eleanora Heiner.[1]
John was married twice. He married in 1813[2] to his first wife was Anna Barbara Wolfe, daughter of Johannes Wolfe and Maria Elizabeth Leslie. She was born 19 Jun 1793 in Lunenburg..[3]
Their child, John Martin Gates, was born 8 November 1814, in Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia. John's wife Anna died soon after.
John next married Ann Catherine Conrad, daughter of Johann Lorentz Conrad and Elizabeth Himmelman, in 1815, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[4]
John Gaetz wrote his will on 9 December 1856, in Chezzetcook, Halifax, Nova Scotia. His profile on Family Search has a complete transcription. He mentions:
- his wife Ann Catharine
- son Thomas Gatze
- son George Gatze
- three sons:
- James
- Leonard
- Martin
- seven daughters:
- Mary Eleoner Crawford,
- Elizabeth Gaetz
- Julian Conrad
- Susan Gatze
- Matilda Parker
- Adaliade Gaetz
- Ann Gaetz
- daughter Jane Gatze
- son John Gaetz
Sources
- ↑ Lunenburg County Church Records (Stevens Collection) A large collection of Lunenburg County church records donated to the Lunenburg County GenWeb site through the generosity of Kim Stevens.; Index to Lunenburg Church Records (Updated August 2017) and Read Me File (Updated August 2014); A searchable index, compiled by Bob Hegerich, to the collection of church records below.; In Excel (spreadsheet); Births; Line 10583 https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canns/lunenburg/lburgchurchindex.xlsx
- ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMLB-6TK : 8 December 2014), John Gates and Barbara Wolf, 1813, Marriage; citing p. 3130, volume 1800, , Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
- ↑ Lunenburg County Church Records (Stevens Collection) A large collection of Lunenburg County church records donated to the Lunenburg County GenWeb site through the generosity of Kim Stevens.; Index to Lunenburg Church Records (Updated August 2017) and Read Me File (Updated August 2014); A searchable index, compiled by Bob Hegerich, to the collection of church records below.; In Excel (spreadsheet); Births; Line 33041 https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canns/lunenburg/lburgchurchindex.xlsx
- ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMLB-GC9 : 8 December 2014), John Gates and Catherine Conrod, 1815, Marriage; citing p. 3622, volume 1800, , Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
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