Philip and Juliana(Wintermyer)Gentzler are remembered as the pioneer settlers of Lincoln County, North Carolina. It would be the children of Philip and Juliana that would begin to consistently use Cansler as the spelling of their name. Most Cansler's alive today draw their ancestry through one of Philip and Juliana ten children.
The children were:
Anna Maria Margaretha Cansler
Anna Gertrout Cansler (my ancestor)
Maria Catherine Cansler
John Cansler
Philip W. Cansler
George Cansler
Elizabeth Cansler
Mary Marlena Cansler
Barbara Cansler
Conrad W. Cansler