CATHERINE EVA WALTZ
MARRIAGE
A front-page feature article entitled “Medina Couple Near 62d Wedding Anniversary” published in the Medina Sentinel, December 21, 1922, provided some details about John Levi Waltz and Catherine E. Waltz, from which a few excerpts appear below.
“Saturday of next week, Dec. 30, will be a red-letter day in the lives of a well-known Medina couple, as it will mark the 62nd anniversary of their marriage. . . .It was on Dec. 30, 1860, that John L. Waltz and Eva C. Waltz accepted each other ‘for better or worse,’ in Lafayette township, this county, the ceremony being performed by Rev. N. L. Lewis, a prominent minister of that time, but long since departed. The bride with her parents had come from Allegany county (now Garrett), Md., several years before and settle in Lafayette, while John, a resident of the same county in Maryland, followed in 1859. And notwithstanding that Mr. and Mrs. Waltz are cousins and bore the same surname before their marriage, they never met until the former’s arrival in Lafayette, says Mr. Waltz . . . Mr. Waltz was born June 18, 1835, and Mrs. Waltz was born December 26, 1832, their ages being respectively 85 and 89 years . . . Mr. and Mrs. Waltz were blessed by five children, only one of whom is living – Mrs. Kittie May Blanot of Medina.”
COMMENT - It is interesting to note from the article that even though they were cousins, they did not meet until John arrived in Lafayette in 1859. In fact, they were "double first cousins" as a result of Hauser siblings marrying Waltz siblings. John's mother Mary Hauser (1805-1891) and Catherine Eva's mother Catherine Yantz Hauser (1803-1875) were sisters, daughters of Adam Hauser (1768-1851)and Sivilla Yantz (1774-1846). John's father William Waltz (1796-1887) and Catherine Eva's father George Rinehart Waltz (1799-1851) were brothers. A third Waltz sibling married a Hauser sibling: Elizabeth Waltz (1792-1880 - sister of William and George R.) married Ezra Hauser (1795-1873 - brother of Mary and Catherine Y. Hauser. As a result of these Waltz and Hauser siblings marrying, thier children are double first cousins who share both sets of grandparents, and are as genetically related as half-siblings (double cousins share around 1/4, or 25% of DNA — just like half-siblings). Ronn Friend
MARRIAGE
A front-page feature article entitled “Medina Couple Near 62d Wedding Anniversary” published in the Medina Sentinel, December 21, 1922, provided some details about John Levi Waltz and Catherine E. Waltz, from which a few excerpts appear below.
“Saturday of next week, Dec. 30, will be a red-letter day in the lives of a well-known Medina couple, as it will mark the 62nd anniversary of their marriage. . . .It was on Dec. 30, 1860, that John L. Waltz and Eva C. Waltz accepted each other ‘for better or worse,’ in Lafayette township, this county, the ceremony being performed by Rev. N. L. Lewis, a prominent minister of that time, but long since departed. The bride with her parents had come from Allegany county (now Garrett), Md., several years before and settle in Lafayette, while John, a resident of the same county in Maryland, followed in 1859. And notwithstanding that Mr. and Mrs. Waltz are cousins and bore the same surname before their marriage, they never met until the former’s arrival in Lafayette, says Mr. Waltz . . . Mr. Waltz was born June 18, 1835, and Mrs. Waltz was born December 26, 1832, their ages being respectively 85 and 89 years . . . Mr. and Mrs. Waltz were blessed by five children, only one of whom is living – Mrs. Kittie May Blanot of Medina.”
COMMENT - It is interesting to note from the article that even though they were cousins, they did not meet until John arrived in Lafayette in 1859. In fact, they were "double first cousins" as a result of Hauser siblings marrying Waltz siblings. John's mother Mary Hauser (1805-1891) and Catherine Eva's mother Catherine Yantz Hauser (1803-1875) were sisters, daughters of Adam Hauser (1768-1851)and Sivilla Yantz (1774-1846). John's father William Waltz (1796-1887) and Catherine Eva's father George Rinehart Waltz (1799-1851) were brothers. A third Waltz sibling married a Hauser sibling: Elizabeth Waltz (1792-1880 - sister of William and George R.) married Ezra Hauser (1795-1873 - brother of Mary and Catherine Y. Hauser. As a result of these Waltz and Hauser siblings marrying, thier children are double first cousins who share both sets of grandparents, and are as genetically related as half-siblings (double cousins share around 1/4, or 25% of DNA — just like half-siblings). Ronn Friend
CATHERINE EVA WALTZ
MARRIAGE
A front-page feature article entitled “Medina Couple Near 62d Wedding Anniversary” published in the Medina Sentinel, December 21, 1922, provided some details about John Levi Waltz and Catherine E. Waltz, from which a few excerpts appear below.
“Saturday of next week, Dec. 30, will be a red-letter day in the lives of a well-known Medina couple, as it will mark the 62nd anniversary of their marriage. . . .It was on Dec. 30, 1860, that John L. Waltz and Eva C. Waltz accepted each other ‘for better or worse,’ in Lafayette township, this county, the ceremony being performed by Rev. N. L. Lewis, a prominent minister of that time, but long since departed. The bride with her parents had come from Allegany county (now Garrett), Md., several years before and settle in Lafayette, while John, a resident of the same county in Maryland, followed in 1859. And notwithstanding that Mr. and Mrs. Waltz are cousins and bore the same surname before their marriage, they never met until the former’s arrival in Lafayette, says Mr. Waltz . . . Mr. Waltz was born June 18, 1835, and Mrs. Waltz was born December 26, 1832, their ages being respectively 85 and 89 years . . . Mr. and Mrs. Waltz were blessed by five children, only one of whom is living – Mrs. Kittie May Blanot of Medina.”
COMMENT - It is interesting to note from the article that even though they were cousins, they did not meet until John arrived in Lafayette in 1859. In fact, they were "double first cousins" as a result of Hauser siblings marrying Waltz siblings. John's mother Mary Hauser (1805-1891) and Catherine Eva's mother Catherine Yantz Hauser (1803-1875) were sisters, daughters of Adam Hauser (1768-1851)and Sivilla Yantz (1774-1846). John's father William Waltz (1796-1887) and Catherine Eva's father George Rinehart Waltz (1799-1851) were brothers. A third Waltz sibling married a Hauser sibling: Elizabeth Waltz (1792-1880 - sister of William and George R.) married Ezra Hauser (1795-1873 - brother of Mary and Catherine Y. Hauser. As a result of these Waltz and Hauser siblings marrying, thier children are double first cousins who share both sets of grandparents, and are as genetically related as half-siblings (double cousins share around 1/4, or 25% of DNA — just like half-siblings). Ronn Friend
MARRIAGE
A front-page feature article entitled “Medina Couple Near 62d Wedding Anniversary” published in the Medina Sentinel, December 21, 1922, provided some details about John Levi Waltz and Catherine E. Waltz, from which a few excerpts appear below.
“Saturday of next week, Dec. 30, will be a red-letter day in the lives of a well-known Medina couple, as it will mark the 62nd anniversary of their marriage. . . .It was on Dec. 30, 1860, that John L. Waltz and Eva C. Waltz accepted each other ‘for better or worse,’ in Lafayette township, this county, the ceremony being performed by Rev. N. L. Lewis, a prominent minister of that time, but long since departed. The bride with her parents had come from Allegany county (now Garrett), Md., several years before and settle in Lafayette, while John, a resident of the same county in Maryland, followed in 1859. And notwithstanding that Mr. and Mrs. Waltz are cousins and bore the same surname before their marriage, they never met until the former’s arrival in Lafayette, says Mr. Waltz . . . Mr. Waltz was born June 18, 1835, and Mrs. Waltz was born December 26, 1832, their ages being respectively 85 and 89 years . . . Mr. and Mrs. Waltz were blessed by five children, only one of whom is living – Mrs. Kittie May Blanot of Medina.”
COMMENT - It is interesting to note from the article that even though they were cousins, they did not meet until John arrived in Lafayette in 1859. In fact, they were "double first cousins" as a result of Hauser siblings marrying Waltz siblings. John's mother Mary Hauser (1805-1891) and Catherine Eva's mother Catherine Yantz Hauser (1803-1875) were sisters, daughters of Adam Hauser (1768-1851)and Sivilla Yantz (1774-1846). John's father William Waltz (1796-1887) and Catherine Eva's father George Rinehart Waltz (1799-1851) were brothers. A third Waltz sibling married a Hauser sibling: Elizabeth Waltz (1792-1880 - sister of William and George R.) married Ezra Hauser (1795-1873 - brother of Mary and Catherine Y. Hauser. As a result of these Waltz and Hauser siblings marrying, thier children are double first cousins who share both sets of grandparents, and are as genetically related as half-siblings (double cousins share around 1/4, or 25% of DNA — just like half-siblings). Ronn Friend
