When Gilbert Alexandre Tschantz was born on 14 June 1921, in La Chaux-du-Milieu, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, his father, Samuel Alexandre Tschantz, was 25 and his mother, Lea Ida Augusta Sauser, was 42. He had at least 1 son. He died on 3 June 2003, in Les Brenets, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, at the age of 81, and was buried in La Chaux-du-Milieu, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Swiss German: variant of Tschanz and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. The surname Tschantz is also found in France (mainly Alsace). Compare Schantz 4.
History: In part, this is the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, in North America more commonly spelled Shantz and Schantz .
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