Elizabeth BALTZER

1833 - 1918  (84 years)

• Name	Elizabeth BALTZER
  Birth	29 Mar 1833	Czosnowo, Warmian-Masurian, East Prussia
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	Abt 1874	Gnadenau, Marion, Kansas
  History	The ship passenger list calls her Margaretha. A widow with 6 children. Only Franz (10) and John (5) lived with their step-father. The Peter Wohlgemuth Family Record beginning in 1805 in Russia as kept by Peter Wohlgemuth, himself. Peter Wohlgemuth was born in Parscke on March 17, 1805. He married Catarina Ewert, daughter of Jacob Ewert from Montau on May 27, 1838 in the Montau school. They had 6 children. During the marriage, they sold their farm in 1841 at Grosz Sarskan and moved to Poland in 1842 arriving in Wolle on the 9th of May. (It appears that 4 of the 6 children were born in Poland). Peter Wohlgemuth married a second time to Elizabeth Baltzer, daughter of Franz Baltzer of Casnawa. They were married July 17, 1856, in Kasjanerschool. (It appears that 6 children were born from this union, one being Elisabeth Wohlgemuth who married Jacob Klassen, mother of Agnes Klassen, who married Friesen, then John C. Unruh). Peter Wohlgemuth died in Dec 6, 1873. Two of his younger brothers migrated to the United States before he died. They settled in Pennsylvania. His second wife, Elizabeth Baltzer and some of the younger children emigrated to the United States in the summer of 1874. They took the steamship City of Brooklyn, from England. She later married Rev. John Flaming. Rev. John A. Flaming came on the same ship to the United States. He had a family of 6 children . The youngest daughter was the first child born of Mennonite parentage between Marion and Peabody, Kansas. Her mother passed away eight months later. After Mrs. Flaming died, Rev. Flaming married Elizabeth Baltzer Wohlgemuth. Two children were born to this union. One passed away and the other child was Agnes (Mrs. Peter R. ) Jost. Some of the above info was gathered by the John Wohlgemuth family.
  Immigration	15 Jul 1874	City of Brooklyn; New York   [1]
  Reference Number	011el
  Death	26 Mar 1918	Kansas   [2]
  Person ID	I18809	Reid Family | Lynn's side of the family
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2011

  
  

  Father	Franz BALTZER,   b. Abt 1792, Prussia
  Mother	Anna PETCHER,   b. Abt 1792, Prussia
  Marriage	Abt 1815	Prussia
  Family ID	F35015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Peter WOHLGEMUTH,   b. 17 Mar 1805, Parsken, Graudenz, West Prussia d. 6 Dec 1873, Prussia (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	17 Jul 1856	Prussia
  Children	1. Elisabeth WOHLGEMUTH,   b. 21 May 1857, Wola Wodzynska, Prussia d. 21 Feb 1894, Hillsboro, Marion, Kansas (Age 36 years) + 2. Franz WOHLGEMUTH,   b. 26 Jul 1864, Johannesruh, Crimea Colony, South Russia d. 29 Aug 1933, Hillsboro, Marion, Kansas (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F13750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Johann A. FLAMING,   b. 5 Oct 1839, Schardau, Molotschna Colony, South Russia d. 10 Sep 1921 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	16 May 1875  [3]
  Family ID	F10501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2000

  
  

• Event Map		Baptism - Abt 1874 - Gnadenau, Marion, Kansas Death - 26 Mar 1918 - Kansas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S109] compiled and edited by Clarence Hiebert, Brothers in Deed to Brothers in Need, (published by Faith and Life Press, Newton, Kansas, 1974.), Pg. 160. [S412] Der Wahrheitsfreund, 10 Apr 1918, Pg. 13. [S51] by Alan F. Peters, Family Charts.