Glen Shantz

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-200885
• Immigration: 1907, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Shantz, Jacob A., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Shantz, was born in Indiana, June 7, 1903; died at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, Aug. 31, 1963; aged 60 y. 2 m. 24 d. In 1927 he was married to Nettie Groff, who survives. Also surviving are 5 sons (Vernon, Leon, Glen, Carson, and Peter), 6 grandchildren, 5 brothers, and 3 sisters. He was a member of the Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held at the Erb Street Church, Sept. 3, in charge of J. B. Martin, assisted by Leslie Witmer.

Gospel Herald - Volume LVI, Number 38 - September 24, 1963 - pages 854, 855.

Jacob married Nettie Groff 6 Apr 1927. Nettie (daughter of Amos M. Groff and Mary Ann Shantz) was born 16 Apr 1905, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Sep 1990, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Nettie Shantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-156488
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Shantz, Nettie Groff, daughter of Amos and Mary (Shantz) Groff, was born at Waterloo, Ont., Apr. 16, 1905; died at Cambridge, Ont., Sept. 21, 1990; aged 85. On Apr. 6, 1927, she was married to Jacob A. Shantz, who survives. Also surviving are 5 sons (Vernon, Glen, Leon, Carson, and Peter), 13 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and 2 sisters (Mabel Cressman and Reta Groff). She was preceded in death by one brother (Howard), 2 sisters (Pearl and Vera), and one grandson. She was a member of Erb Street Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Sept. 24, in charge of Wilmer Martin; interment in Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume 83, Number 42 - October 16, 1990

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21181620
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6647.4
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Ezra S. Shantz
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Shantz, -- Ezra, son of John D. and Elizabeth (Steiner) Shantz was born Sept. 12, 1869; died March 22, 1955; aged 85 y 6 m. 10 d. On Feb. 19, 1893, he was married to Annie Loucks, who preceded him in Dec., 1952. He was ordained deacon of Shantz Church in 1911 and served faithfully for many years. Surviving are 6 sons (John of Breslau; Elmer of Kitchener; Eldon of New Dundee; Jacob and William of Baden, and Joseph of Wellsley), 3 daughters (Katherine-Mrs. Alvin Lantzer, Goshen, Ind.; Sarah-Mrs. Leonard Horst, Newbury, Ont., and Mary, Baden, Ont.), 2 sisters (Sarah-Mrs. George Weber, Lizzie-Mrs. Solomon Gehman), 23 grandchildren, and 8 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held March 26 at the Shantz Church, Baden, Ont., conducted by L. H. Witmer, M. H. Roth, and C.C. Cressman, with burial in adjoining cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume XLVIII , Number 15 - April 12, 1955 - page 358, 359.

Ezra married Anna Margaret Loucks 19 Feb 1893. Anna was born 22 Aug 1870, , St. Joseph Co., Indiana; died 8 Dec 1952, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21181671
• Name: Anna Margaret Shantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33787
• Immigration: 1907, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Shantz. --- Annie Margaret (Loucks), wife of Ezra Shantz, since Feb. 10, 1893, was born in St. Joseph's Co., Ind., Aug. 22, 1870; died at her home near Baden, Ont., Dec. 8, 1952; aged 82 y. 3 m. 17 d. She was a member of the Shantz Mennonite Church. Surviving are her husband, 6 sons (John and Eldon, Breslau, Ont.; Jacob and William, Baden, Ont.; Elmer, Kitchener, Ont.; and Joseph, Wellesley, Ont.), 3 daughters (Catherine-Mrs. Alvin Lantzer, Goshen, Ind.; Sarah-Mrs. Leonard Horst, Newbury, Ont.; and Mary, Baden, Ont.), 23 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted by L. H. Witmer and D. A. Yoder at the Shantz Mennonite Church on Dec. 12, with burial in the adjoining cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume XLVI , Number 1 - January 6, 1953 --- page 22

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00044-3392
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Amos Groff, "was born April 3rd, 1868. On September 27th, 1893, he was married to Mary Ann Shantz. They reside on his father's old homestead which he has rented."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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Groff. -- Amos M. Groff was born north of Waterloo, Ont., April 3, 1868; died at the home of his daughter (Mrs. Lloyd Snider), near Breslau, Ont., Dec. 23, 1948; aged 80 y. 8 m. 20 d. On Sept. 27, 1893, he was married to Mary Ann Shantz, who predeceased him in 1924. Surviving are his father, one son (Howard, Waterloo), 5 daughters (Pearl -- Mrs. Daniel Bauman, Waterloo, Ont.; Mabel -- Mrs. Simeon Cressman, Hespeler, Ont.; Nettie -- Mrs. Jacob Shantz, Baden, Ont.; Vera -- Mrs. Lloyd Snider, and Reta, both of Preston, Ont.), and one sister (Mrs. Edmond Shantz, Kitchener, Ont.), Three sisters (Mrs. Joseph Brubacher, Mrs. John Schaefer, and Mrs. Jacob Snider) predeceased him. On Aug. 21, 1948, he made peace with God, was baptized and received into the Mennonite Church at Breslau. He greatly regretted that he had put off making this important decision for so long. Funeral services were held at the Erb Street Mennonite Church, Waterloo, with burial in the Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery. J. B. Martin and Oscar Burkholder officiated. Text: II Peter 3: 9.

Gospel Herald - Volume XLII, Number 3 - January 18, 1949 - pages 69, 70

Amos married Mary Ann Shantz 27 Sep 1893. Mary (daughter of Isaac Erb Shantz and Magdalena Eby) was born 5 Jun 1871, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Nov 1924; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Ann Groff
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6804
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Mary Ann Shantz, "was born June 5th, 1871. She is married to Amos Groff, a farmer. They reside near Waterloo, on Mr. Jacob Groff's farm."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21196999
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6647
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
• Occupation: 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

John D. Shantz, "was born October 4th, 1839. On February 13th, 1866, he was married to Elizabeth Steiner. She was born December 12th, 1840. They reside in Wilmot Township, Upper Road, near old George Schmidt's farm where he is engaged in farming. To them were born the following children".

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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Shantz.-John D. Schantz was born in Waterloo, Ont., Oct. 4, 1839; died at the residence of his son, Ezra S. Schantz, near Baden, Ont., June 13, 1923; aged 83 y. 8 m. 9 d. He was married to Elizabeth Steiner on Feb. 13, 1866. This union was blessed with 10 children and 20 grandchildren. His wife, 4 children and 1 grandchild preceded him to the spirit world. He is survived by 3 sons and 3 daughters-Ezra S., Sarah (Mrs. George Weber), Tobias S., Elizabeth (Mrs. Sollie Gehman), John S., and Mary (Mrs. Noah Hunsberger)-all of Ontario, and 19 grandchildren. He is also survived by 1 sister, Lydia (Mrs. Daniel Hostetler), the only one left out of a family of 12 children. He was converted and received into the Mennonite Church, was ordained to the office of deacon, and served about 40 years. Funeral services at the home of his son, Ezra S. Shantz, and at the Shantz Church near Baden, Ont., June 17. The services were conducted by Brethren Manassa Hallman, Jonas Snyder, and Orphan Wismer. His daughter-in-law

Gospel Herald - Volume XVI, Number 31 - November 1, 1923 - p. 637,638

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Until the day break, and the shadows flee away. Died At Baden, on Wednesday, June 13th, 1923 John D. Shantz Aged 83 years, 8 months and 9 days Funeral Will take place from the home of his son, Mr. Ezra Shantz, Baden, on Sunday, June 17th, at 1.30 p.m. to Shantz Mennonite Church for services and interment. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

Funeral Card

John married Elizabeth Steiner 13 Feb 1866, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Ulrich Steiner and Elizabeth Boesinger) was born 12 Dec 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jun 1901; was buried , Shantz's Meeting House Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21197419
• Name: Elizabeth Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6647.1
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00044-3388
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Jacob Groff, "was born April 3rd, 1834. On June 3rd, 1862, he was married to Lydia Martin. She was born March 26th, 1837. They reside about a mile north-east of the town of Waterloo where he is now living retired. To them was born a family of six children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Jacob married Lydia Martin 3 Jun 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of Henry Z. Martin and Catharine Miller) was born 26 Mar 1837, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Apr 1915; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Lydia Groff
• Eby ID Number: 00075-4318
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Lydia Martin, "the fifth daughter, was born March 26th, 1837. On June 3rd, 1862, she was married to Jacob Groff."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Other Events:

• Historic Building: 544 Lancaster St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Historic Building: 546 Lancaster St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Interesting: business, building, life story, poltics, public service
• Name: I. E. Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6799
• Residence: 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer, Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Elected Office: 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Kitchener Council
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; machine manufacturer
• Business: 1907, I. E. Shantz & Co. Foundry, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; I. E. Shantz & Co. Foundry

Notes:

Isaac E. Shantz, "was born May 23rd, 1839. On December 23rd, 1860, he was married to Magdalena Eby. They reside in the town of Berlin where he is engaged in the foundry of which he is proprietor. His family consisted of six children"

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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Well Known Berlin Manufacturer Succumbs on Saturday, After Long Illness

Was in His 69 Year

One of Berlin's oldest and highly esteemed citizens, passed away about 6 o'clock on Saturday evening, in the person of Mr. Isaac E. Shantz, the well-known senior member of the firm of I. E. Shantz & Co., at his home on College street. The deceased suffered from congestion of the lungs at the time of his death and had been in poor health during the last ten months. The late I. E. Shantz was born on May 23rd, 1839 and was a son of the late Samuel Shantz, who owned one of the finest farms in the county on the Petersburg-Road, three miles west of Berlin. After securing a common school education and working on his fathers farm, for some years, he entered a mercantile business in Bridgeport and also became interested in several successful manufacturing industries. About fifteen years ago he moved to Berlin and after conducting the store now occupied by Beck & Schell for some years, he purchased the foundry which he has been conducting, for the last ten or twelve years. The deceased was of a quiet and unassuming disposition and while he took a keen interest in municipal affairs of Berlin and was a member of the Town Council, in 1897. He was a devoted Christian man and was highly respected by all with whom he came in contact. He was married to Magdalena Eby in 1860, who survives him and we regret to state, is quite ill. There are five children; Josiah, Berlin, Edmund, Waterloo Tp., Mrs. Amos Groff, Waterloo, Mrs. (Rev,) C. R. Miller, Berlin and Milton B., who will have the sincere sympathy of the entire community. The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon, at 1: 30 o'clock, to the East End Mennonite church and Cemetery.

Chronicle Telegraph 16 Jan 1908 pg 10

Historic Building:
....The property also has two houses located on site. 544-546 Lancaster St., owned by the developers, are rental units.

The two houses were likely built in 1873 by former reeve and entrepreneur Isaac Erb Shantz and "warrant conservation," says a heritage impact assessment report filed by the developer in the proposal package to the city.

The houses are not designated as heritage but the city has identified them as "being of potential cultural heritage value or interest."

The report also says the houses have been "significantly altered" since being built in the 1870s.

The property was sold to the Hamel family in 1901 and through marriage became associated with the Rotharmel family. The houses were in the family for 118 years, said the heritage report. The family has since sold the houses.....

"High-Density Development Includes Five Rental Buildings, 10 To 26 Floors, On Lancaster Street". 2021. Therecord.Com. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2021/11/12/high-density-development-includes-five-rental-buildings-10-to-26-floors-on-lancaster-street.html.

Historic Building:
....The property also has two houses located on site. 544-546 Lancaster St., owned by the developers, are rental units.

The two houses were likely built in 1873 by former reeve and entrepreneur Isaac Erb Shantz and "warrant conservation," says a heritage impact assessment report filed by the developer in the proposal package to the city.

The houses are not designated as heritage but the city has identified them as "being of potential cultural heritage value or interest."

The report also says the houses have been "significantly altered" since being built in the 1870s.

The property was sold to the Hamel family in 1901 and through marriage became associated with the Rotharmel family. The houses were in the family for 118 years, said the heritage report. The family has since sold the houses.....

"High-Density Development Includes Five Rental Buildings, 10 To 26 Floors, On Lancaster Street". 2021. Therecord.Com. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2021/11/12/high-density-development-includes-five-rental-buildings-10-to-26-floors-on-lancaster-street.html.

Isaac married Magdalena Eby 30 Dec 1860, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Elias Eby and Maria "Anna" Weber) was born 26 Aug 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Sep 1915; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Magdalena
• Name: Magdalena Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00031-2439
• Residence: 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Magdalena Eby, "was born August 26th, 1841. She is married to Isaac E. Shantz and resides in Berlin where he is engaged in business. They have a family of six children: Josiah, married to Eliza Shantz, has a family of several children and resides in Berlin, Tilman, died young, Edmund is married to Susannah Groff and resides on the old homestead. They have two children. Elmina is married to Rev. Christian Miller and resides in Berlin. Mary Ann is married to Amos Groff. They reside on the old "Groff Farm" near Waterloo. Milton is at home and is engaged as book-keeper in the foundry."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].