Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Baltz, John
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

John BALTZ, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Minooka; was born in Attandorff, Alisace, France 
(now Germany), Dec. 28, 1820. He married Miss Thresa DOOSZMANN Dec. 31, 1855; she was born 
in Morschwaeller, Alsace, France, Dec. 8, 1830; they had nine children, seven living - John, 
Joseph, Lena May, Louisa, Caroline, Thresa and Lawrence. He lived in France thirty-five 
years; was engaged in farm labor, and was seven years in the French army, serving in Africa; 
he then came to the United States and settled in Buffalo, where he lived about eighteen months; 
he then came to Joliet; this was in 1855, and, in 1864, he came to his present place, and 
has lived here since; he came here in poor circumstances; he now owns 140 acres in this 
township, which he has earned by his own labor.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

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