On 30 Dec 1860 John married Catherine Kessiah Langille, daughter of John William Langille & Mary Catherine Kedy, in Martin’s River, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia.7 Born on 16 Aug 1833 in Martin’s River, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia.

John and Catherine Hiltz with four daughters resided in thr Mahone Bay census district according to the 1871 Canadian federal census. John Hiltz was a farmer and fisherman. The family were Anglicans. (RG 31-C-1, 1871, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg Co., ED 195-H, Mahone Bay, p. 79)

The 1881 Canadian federal census states that John and Catherine Hiltz with three daughters resided in the Blockhouse census district, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. Their widowed son-in-law James Backet with two daughters lived in the household. John Hiltz was a farmer. James Backet was a fisherman. The Hiltz family were Anglicans while the Backet family were Baptists. (RG 31-C-1, 1881, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg Co. ED 38-B1, Blockhouse, p. 6)

The widow Catherine Hiltz with a daughter, a grandaughter and a grandson resided in the Oakland census district, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia according to the 1901 Canadian federal census. Catherine Hiltz was a farmer. Her granddaughter Beatrice Backet was a domestic in the household. Fourteen-year-old Peter Hisler lived in the household. James Hyson was a lodger and servant. The members of the household were Anglicans except James Hyson who was a Methodist. (RG 31-C-1, 1901, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg Co., ED 37-B1, Oakland, p. 1)