Maria, of Dutch, Scot, and Irish ancestry, was the daughter of Alpheus & Jane (Ferguson) Waltz of New York. Her grandfather, Peter Waltz came to the colonies from Holland as a boy and served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution. After their marriage in 1848, the newlyweds, Maria and George S. Pengra, came directly to Wisconsin to settle in Green County. Three children were born to them in Sylvester township: Wallace who married Nancy Jane Baldwin; George Henry who married Anna M., the daughter of Wm. F. and Catherine (Gilson) Johnson of Sylvester; and William S. Pengra who died unmarried in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Maria, of Dutch, Scot, and Irish ancestry, was the daughter of Alpheus & Jane (Ferguson) Waltz of New York. Her grandfather, Peter Waltz came to the colonies from Holland as a boy and served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution. After their marriage in 1848, the newlyweds, Maria and George S. Pengra, came directly to Wisconsin to settle in Green County. Three children were born to them in Sylvester township: Wallace who married Nancy Jane Baldwin; George Henry who married Anna M., the daughter of Wm. F. and Catherine (Gilson) Johnson of Sylvester; and William S. Pengra who died unmarried in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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