In 1823 Johann Daniel married Charlotte Corkum, daughter of Johann Peter Gorkum & Elizabeth Margaret Gerhard, in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia. Born on 21 May 1797 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia. Charlotte was baptized in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, on 16 Jul 1797. Charlotte died in Chester Basin, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, in 1875; she was 77.
Daniel and Charlotte Lantz residedin the Chester census district, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia according to the 1871 Canadian federal census. Their widowed son Alfred Lantz with his children lived in the household. Daniel and Alfred were mechabnics. The family were Baptists. (RG 31-C-1, 1871, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg Co., ED 195-L1, Chester, pp. 29-30)