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Willis Ballard Shantz

Male 1908 - 1984  (75 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Willis Ballard Shantz was born 8 Oct 1908, , Ontario, Canada (son of Emanuel C. Shantz and Wilhelmina M. Ballard); died 1984; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Willis — Marie Wilhelmina Hollinger. Marie (daughter of George Edgar Hollinger and Emma Louise Herter) was born 1912; died 7 Nov 1998; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Floyd Shantz was born 11 Apr 1939, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Apr 1939, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Paul Willis Shantz was born 10 Aug 1941; died 6 Apr 1992; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Emanuel C. Shantz was born 3 Aug 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob W. Shantz and Magdalena Cressman); died 1944; was buried , Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Emanuel married Wilhelmina M. Ballard 1897, Moorefield, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Wilhelmina (daughter of Alfred Ballard and Susan Jane "Jane" Cunningham) was born 13 Nov 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Mar 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Wilhelmina M. Ballard was born 13 Nov 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Alfred Ballard and Susan Jane "Jane" Cunningham); died 12 Mar 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 1. Willis Ballard Shantz was born 8 Oct 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died 1984; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Eva Gertrude Shantz was born 23 Oct 1912, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Feb 1975; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jacob W. Shantz was born 3 Sep 1850, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Daniel Shantz and Esther Wismer); died 6 Jan 1931, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Jacob married Magdalena Cressman 19 Jan 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Joseph Cressman and Veronica "Fanny" Shantz) was born 16 Jun 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jul 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Magdalena Cressman was born 16 Jun 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Joseph Cressman and Veronica "Fanny" Shantz); died 9 Jul 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Hettie Shantz died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 2. Emanuel C. Shantz was born 3 Aug 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1944; was buried , Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Ananias C. Shantz was born 21 Sep 1873, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 2 Nov 1943; was buried , Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, Oscoda, Michigan, USA.
    4. Esther Shantz was born 1875, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Addison Shantz was born 1877, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died Bef 1921.
    6. Nathan Shantz was born 13 Sep 1879, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 4 Sep 1915, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Emma Shantz was born 2 Sep 1881, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Fanny Shantz was born 17 Nov 1883, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Fannie Shantz was born 25 Nov 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Selina Shantz was born 7 Jun 1887, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  Alfred BallardAlfred Ballard was born 24 Jul 1826, Christchurch, Hampshire, England; was christened 29 Apr 1827, Christchurch, Hampshire, England (son of George Ballard and Maria Louisa "Mary" Perry); died 23 Nov 1910, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Mennonite Cemetery, Maryborough Township, Wellington Co., Ontario.

    Alfred — Susan Jane "Jane" Cunningham. Susan was born CALC 14 Jan 1836, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Oct 1900, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Mennonite Cemetery, Maryborough Township, Wellington Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Susan Jane "Jane" Cunningham was born CALC 14 Jan 1836, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Oct 1900, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Mennonite Cemetery, Maryborough Township, Wellington Co., Ontario.
    Children:
    1. William Henry Ballard was born 1855, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Benjamin James "James" Ballard was born 17 Apr 1858, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Aug 1936, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States; was buried , Sunset Hills Cemetery, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA.
    3. Susan Jane Ballard was born 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Charlotte Ballard was born 14 Aug 1862, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1955; was buried , Hollen Cemetery, Hollen, Maryborough Township, Wellington Co., Ontario.
    5. Walter Perry Ballard was born 16 Jan 1865, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Aug 1927, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Fairview Cemetery, Listowel, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Rachel Ballard was born 1868, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 3. Wilhelmina M. Ballard was born 13 Nov 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Mar 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Free Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Robert Arthur Ballard was born 9 Jun 1874, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Oct 1953, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Queens Park Cemetery, Calgary, , Alberta, Canada.
    9. Effie Victoria Eliza Ballard was born 2 Oct 1878, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1936, Victoria, British Columbia; was buried , Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, British Columbia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Daniel Shantz was born 30 Mar 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob Shantz and Susannah Schneider); died 24 Jun 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Daniel married Esther Wismer 30 Oct 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Esther (daughter of Henry Wismer, Sr. and Mary Cressman) was born 1 Jun 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Nov 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Esther Wismer was born 1 Jun 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Henry Wismer, Sr. and Mary Cressman); died 20 Nov 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 4. Jacob W. Shantz was born 3 Sep 1850, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jan 1931, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Henry W. Shantz was born 16 Feb 1852, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Aug 1879, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Noah W. Shantz was born 10 Aug 1854, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Dec 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Susannah W. Shantz was born 17 Nov 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Nov 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Mary W. Shantz was born 17 May 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jul 1923, Edmore, Montcalm, Michigan, United States; was buried , Solon Township Cemetery, Cedar Springs, Kent, Michigan, United States.
    6. Daniel W. Shantz was born 8 Apr 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 May 1940, Sand Lake, Kent, Michigan, United States; was buried , Pierson Township Cemetery, Pierson, Montcalm, Michigan, United States.
    7. Esther W. Shantz was born 26 Mar 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jun 1946; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Barbara W. Shantz was born 16 Jun 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Aug 1935, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Menno W. Shantz was born 26 May 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jun 1927; was buried , Brutus Mennonite Cemetery, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, USA.

  3. 10.  Joseph Cressman was born 4 Aug 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of John Cressman and Esther Wismer); died 6 Jan 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Joseph married Veronica "Fanny" Shantz 11 May 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Veronica (daughter of Isaac Shantz and Esther Bechtel) was born 27 Oct 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Sep 1893, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 10 Sep 1893, Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Veronica "Fanny" Shantz was born 27 Oct 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Isaac Shantz and Esther Bechtel); died 7 Sep 1893, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 10 Sep 1893, Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Barbara Cressman was born 2 Apr 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Nov 1919, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Isaac Cressman was born 9 Jun 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Aug 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 5. Magdalena Cressman was born 16 Jun 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jul 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Lydia Cressman was born 14 Mar 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Mar 1927, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Joseph S. Cressman was born 27 Mar 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Dec 1925, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Veronica "Fanny" Cressman was born 29 Aug 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Feb 1865; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Moses S. Cressman was born 3 Aug 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jun 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 22 Jun 1924, Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 12.  George Ballard was born CALC 14 May 1796, Harbridge, Hampshire, England; was christened 16 May 1786, Harbridge, Hampshire, England; died 14 Jul 1869, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    George married Maria Louisa "Mary" Perry 4 May 1823, Ringwood, Hampshire, England. Maria was born Between 1796 and 1797, , Hampshire, England; died 23 Sep 1871, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Maria Louisa "Mary" Perry was born Between 1796 and 1797, , Hampshire, England; died 23 Sep 1871, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Susan Maria Ballard was born 7 Aug 1823, , Hampshire, England; died 18 Oct 1910, Uxbridge, Durham County, Ontario; was buried , Uxbridge Cemetery, Uxbridge, Durham County, Ontario.
    2. George Edmund Ballard was born 7 Nov 1824, , Hampshire, England; died 15 Jul 1903; was buried , Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 6. Alfred Ballard was born 24 Jul 1826, Christchurch, Hampshire, England; was christened 29 Apr 1827, Christchurch, Hampshire, England; died 23 Nov 1910, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Mennonite Cemetery, Maryborough Township, Wellington Co., Ontario.
    4. Louisa Ann Ballard was born 2 Dec 1827, , England; died 13 Sep 1920, Waterdown, East Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario; was buried , Waterdown Union Cemetery, Waterdown, East Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario.
    5. Harriet Ellen Ballard was born 4 Apr 1830, Christchurch, Hampshire, England; was christened 30 Apr 1830, Christchurch, Hampshire, England; died 10 Jan 1910, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Emma Keturah Ballard was born 10 Mar 1832, , Ontario, Canada; died 8 Mar 1912, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. William Charles "Charles" Ballard was born CALC 27 May 1835, , Ontario, Canada; died 5 Dec 1910, Moorefield, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bethesda Community Cemetery, Moorefield, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
    8. John Goulding Ballard was born 1837, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 8 Mar 1900, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Benjamin James Ballard was born 13 Apr 1839, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Mar 1919, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Elizabeth Sarah Ballard was born 13 Jun 1843, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jan 1910, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hawkesville Union Cemetery, Hawkesville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. William Henry Ballard was born 1 Nov 1850, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 May 1914.


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