Jantz, Elizabeth Ratzlaff Nachtigal (1846-1928)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1929 Jan 30 p. 4

Birth date: 1846 Jul 2

text of obituary:

Mrs. Elizabeth Jantx

Mrs. Elizabeth Jantz, nee Ratzlaff, was born on the second day of July 1846 in the village of Antonofka, province of Wolhynia, Russia, whwere she also spent her youth and early womanhood. On July 4, 1862, she received the holy rite of baptism and united withe [sic] the Mennonite Church.

She was united in marriage to Benjamin Nachtigal and to this union three daughters were born. After the decease of her first husband she was married to Adam Jantz on August 27, 1871. Six children were born to them, all of which survive the mother.