Paul Mills

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-169559

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MILLS, Kenneth Charles

Of Cambridge Country Manor, on Monday, October 14, 1996, at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital, in his 84th year. Beloved husband of Marie Shantz, dear father of Kenneth of Kitchener, Paul and his wife Leslie of New York, New York and Ruth and her husband Mark Kanmacher of Cambridge. Lovingly remembered by 3 grandchildren David Mills and Andrew and Michael Kanmacher. Mr. Mills was born in Galt and has been a lifelong resident of the area. He was retired from Joy Manufacturing and was a member of S Paul's United Church. Friends will be received at the Barthel Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Road, Cambridge, 1 hour prior to the Funeral Service on Thursday, October 17, 1996, at 2: 00 p.m. Interment in Preston Cemetery, Cambridge.

Cambridge Reporter 1996

Kenneth — Anna Marie "Marie" Shantz. Anna (daughter of Cyrus Bowers Shantz and Margaret May Bowman) was born 1915, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jan 1997, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Marie "Marie" Mills
• Name: Marie Shantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-190272

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MILLS, Anna Marie

Of Cambridge Country Manor, on Thursday, January 23, 1997, at her residence in her 82nd year, Marie Shantz, beloved wife of the late Kenneth Mills (Oct/96), dear mother of Kenneth of Kitchener, Paul and his wife Leslie of New York, N.Y. and Ruth Kanmacher and her husband Mark of Cambridge. Lovingly remembered by 3 grandchildren, David Mills and Andrew and Michael Kanmacher. Predeceased by her parents, Cyrus and Margaret Shantz. Mrs. Mills was born in Preston and was a lifelong resident of the area. She was a graduate from Hamilton General Hospital Nursing Program and was a member of St. Paul's United Church. The family will receive friends at THE BARTHEL FUNERAL HOME, 566 Queenston Road, Cambridge, on Monday, January 27, 1997, from 1: 30 p.m., till service time, at 2: 00 p.m., with Rev. Nora Fueton officiating. Interment in Preston Cemetery.

Cambridge Reporter 1997

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-169556

Edward — Emma Helen Jones. Emma was born 15 Dec 1878, South Sea, , England; died 17 Sep 1958; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Emma Helen Mills
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-169557

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• Eby ID Number: 00013-1153.6
• Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1908, Moore St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bookkeeper, Foundry
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Cyrus married Margaret May Bowman 24 Nov 1904, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Christian S. Bowman and Leah Snider) was born 24 Sep 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Feb 1940; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maggie Bowman
• Name: Margaret May Shantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-352107
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Spinner
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Business: P. E. Shantz sign
• Business: Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; P. E. Shantz Foundry
• Honoured: Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shantz Hill named for him
• Name: P. E. Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6769
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone Image
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1872, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1875, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; manufacturer
• Occupation: 1877, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; manufacturer
• Occupation: 1878, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; machinist
• Occupation: 1880, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; foundryman
• Occupation: 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Occupation: 1887, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; manufacturer
• Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Implement Manufacturer
• Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
• Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer, Foundry
• Residence: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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PETER E. SHANTZ PASSES AWAY IN EIGHTIETH YEAR

Noted Figure In Preston Life Dies Following Stroke Suffered Last Week ; Church Official For 25 Years

Following a stroke suffered last Wednesday Peter E. Shantz died last evening at his home on Church street in his 80th year. The deceased is survived by his wife three daughters, Miss M. B. Shantz, Philadelphia: Mrs. L. Archibald, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. J. G. Gardner, Regina, Sask. and three sons, Cyrus, of Preston; Samuel, of Toronto and Fred, of Preston. Five brothers, Aaron, Samuel and Daniel, of Kitchener, Frank of the state of Washington and Moses of Didsbury, Alta. and one sister, Mrs. Moses Plowman, of Kitchener, also survive. The funeral will be held on Thursday afternoon from his late residence to the Preston cemetery. The late Mr. Shants was born at Shantz station and came to Preston from Elmira 63 years ago and purchased what is now known as the Shantz foundry from Jacob Wahn. For many years he conducted the foundry business, successfully manufacturing farm implements and later trucks. He retired from active business a few years ago. For many years he had been actively associated with Preston municipal life and always took a keen interest in the town's affairs. He was reeve of Preston at one time and during the federal election of 1896 was the Liberal candidate for the riding and altho defeated polled a large number of votes. The late Mr. Shantz was a faithful member of the United church and for 26 years was recording steward and treasurer of that congregation. At the time of his demise he was senior director of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance company. Mr. Shantz 's passing removes from Preston, one of the town's most notable figures and his demise is mourned by the entire continuity.

Kitchener Daily Record 4 Sep 1928 pg 3

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Peter E. Shantz, "was born August 25th, 1849. He is married to Maria C. Bowers. They reside in Preston, Ontario, where he is engaged in manufacturing all kinds of farm implements"

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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Jacob Beck (born Grand Duchy of Baden, 1816), an enterprising young German, came to Waterloo Township in 1837 from Schenectady, N. Y., having come from Germany the year before. He had invented a peculiar water wheel, described as of small size and large power, which soon gave him an enviable reputation. Starting a small foundry in the Village of New Hope he soon transferred to Preston and built a foundry on the premises later owned by Peter E. Shantz,...

Fifth Annual Report Of The Waterloo Historical Society, 1917


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...Call him Peter … Peter Erb Shantz, born in 1849, to Samuel Y. and Esther (Erb) Shantz. Samuel farmed while Esther raised 13 children at a once-dreamt-of community called Shantz Station about halfway along Highway 7 between Berlin and Guelph.
In his early 20s, Peter was already manufacturing farm implements in Elmira with partner Abraham Z. Detweiler.
Meanwhile, Preston village council was eager to attract industries, so with a $5,000 bonus as the carrot, Shantz and Detweiler agreed to move south.
Backtracking to the early 1850s, Valentine Wahn, John Clare and Jacob Beck operated an iron foundry business on the main road connecting Preston and Berlin.
The frame factory was near the Speed River at the foot of a steep hill. Beck left in 1856, moving to Wilmot Township where he founded Baden. Clare too backed out, so Wahn took over, specializing in making cast-iron stoves.
In 1875, with part of the bonus money, Shantz and Detweiler purchased Wahn's building and established Preston Agricultural Works.

Fire struck in 1883 and Detweiler sold out.
As sole owner, Peter Shantz constructed a solid brick and stone building on the same site and for the next 50 years he produced top-of-the-line farm machinery, warm air furnaces, sleighs and warehouse trucks.
Peter's civic involvement went beyond manufacturing. He was a councillor and deputy-reeve in Preston, sat on the school board, and was the driving force behind erecting Preston's town hall in 1887.
In the 1900 federal election, he placed a close second to George Clare in Waterloo South.
Peter Shantz died in 1928 but the company lasted another four decades. In 1969, it shut down and the property was sold to a Toronto developer who hoped to put up a 12-storey apartment. In 2018, the exact site of his factory is part of the widened intersection at the bottom of Preston, er, Shantz hill....
mills, rych (2018). Flash from the Past: Two long-gone Preston buildings leave historical echoes. TheRecord.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/8631758-flash-from-the-past-two-long-gone-preston-buildings-leave-historical-echoes/#.WwlexMRKEkU.facebook

Peter married Maria Croft Bowers 1 Oct 1872, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Reeve Cyrus Bowers, Esq. and Elizabeth C. Croft) was born 26 Feb 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Oct 1909, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Croft Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00013-1153
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone Image
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christiam
• Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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Maria C. Bowers, "was born February 26th, 1848. She is married to Peter E. Shantz. They reside in Preston, Ontario, where he is engaged in manufacturing all kinds of farm implements. Their family consists of eight 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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• Eby ID Number: 00002-128
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• 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; Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Christian S. Bowman, "was born June 14th, 1854. On October 11th, 1876, he married Leah Schneider. They reside in Doon where he is engaged in teaming."


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.].

Birth:
Tombstone reads 1853.

Christian married Leah Snider 10 Oct 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Leah (daughter of Lorenz Schneider and Magdalena "Lena" Lienhardt) was born 21 May 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jan 1908, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Leah Bowman
• Eby ID Number: 00002-128.1
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite