Waldner

The Waldner family originated from Stockenboi, Austria, where Peter Wallder/Walder resided in the 1490s. Waldner (Waltner) is a common family name among the the Hutterian Brethren of South Dakota and the Swiss Mennonites of Kansas. Both share common descent from Georg Waldner, a farmer of the Ertlguet homestead in the Amlach district of Carinthia, Austria, who was exiled in 1755 along with his wife and three children to Siebenbuergen, Transylvania.

Jacob D. Waldner was born on 23 October 1883, in Freeman, South Dakota, USA. He married Maria (Mary) Janzen on 24 April 1904 in Manitoba. They had 12 children in 19 years. He died on 10 September 1958 in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, at the age of 74, and was buried there.