Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Josiah Shantz

Male 1856 - 1861  (4 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Josiah Shantz was born 20 Feb 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Samuel B. Shantz and Rebecca Rudy); died 5 Feb 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6820
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel B. Shantz was born 16 Jan 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Isaac Shantz and Esther Bechtel); died 18 Jan 1895; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203140444
    • Land: Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 039, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6792
    • Residence: 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Elected Office: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Waterloo Township
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Samuel Shantz, "was born January 16th, 1811. On March 28th, 1830, he was married to Susannah Erb who was born November 13th, 1810, and died October 7th, 1844. On March 25th 1845, he was again married to Rebecca Rudy who was born October 29th, 1825. Although deprived of first class school privileges and his time devoted to constant labor on his father's farm, his desire for information made him seek opportunities for acquiring knowledge. This, added to his natural abilities, gave Mr. Shantz great success in acquiring information on all topics. His stock of knowledge and experience made him a wise counsellor and a judicious adviser; and on may occasions, both in public and private interests, his counsel was sought and obtained. After his first marriage he took charge of his own farm, about three miles west of Berlin, and commenced clearing away the huge forest and erected the necessary buildings thereon. In due time he was the possessor of one of the finest farms on the Petersburg Road. Here he resided until his death which took place January 18th, 1895. His family consisted of twenty-two children, ten of whom were born unto his first wife"

    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.].

    Samuel married Rebecca Rudy 25 Mar 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Rebecca (daughter of Daniel Rudy and Barbara Rosenberger) was born 29 Oct 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Jun 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Rebecca Rudy was born 29 Oct 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Daniel Rudy and Barbara Rosenberger); died 7 Jun 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27019866
    • Name: Rebecca Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00097-5439
    • Residence: 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Rebecca Rudy, "was born October 29th, 1825. On March 25th, 1845, she was married to Samuel Shantz who was born January 16th, 1811, and died January 17th, 1895."

    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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    Rebecca Rudy, widow of the late Samuel Shantz, died at her residence in Berlin on Wednesday June 7th, at the age of seventy-three years, and 9 months. The funeral took place from her late residence on Friday morning at 9 a.m. to the old Mennonite church at Berlin and was attended by a large concourse of mourning friends and relatives.

    Waterloo County Chronicle, 15 Jun 1899, p. 6

    Children:
    1. Daniel Shantz was born 1 Jan 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Aug 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Esther Shantz was born 27 Dec 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jan 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Abraham Shantz was born 2 May 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jan 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Moses Rudy Shantz was born 13 Feb 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Emily Shantz was born 18 Feb 1854, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1921; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan.
    6. 1. Josiah Shantz was born 20 Feb 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Feb 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Nelson Shantz was born 2 Aug 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jan 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Matilda R. Shantz was born 16 Oct 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Rev. Israel R. Shantz was born 15 Aug 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Dec 1910, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada; was buried , West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada.
    10. Allan Rudy Shantz was born 2 Sep 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Feb 1937, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada; was buried , Carstairs Cemetery, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada.
    11. Louisa Rebecca "Rebecca" Shantz was born 20 Oct 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    12. Simon R. Shantz was born 28 Apr 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jun 1926; was buried , Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Isaac Shantz was born 23 Apr 1783, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Isaac Shantz and Barbara Rife); died 12 Dec 1854, South-East Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Isaak Schantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6790
    • Residence: 1829, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 001, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 052W, Waterloo County, Ontario

    Notes:

    Isaac Shantz, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, April 23rd, 1783. On October 15th, 1808, he was married to Esther, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Morris) Bechtel. She was born February 2nd, 1786, and died near Berlin, Ontario, July 24th, 1867. In 1808 Mr. Shantz, in company with his mother, his brother, Joseph, and his sister Veronica, moved to Canada and settled on the farm now in possession of Abraham H. Wamboldt. (This farm is a little to the south-east of Berlin). Here he resided until his death which took place December 12th, 1854. To them were born eleven 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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    A-1-55 Isaac Shantz: Last Will and Testament of Isaac Shantz of the Township of Waterloo.

    …I, Isaac Shantzs of the Township of Waterloo, being of good health and of sound and perfect mind and memory, blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament…That is to say first, that all my just debts shall be paid, Second I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Esther, all my Books, four beds and bedsteads, my stove and pipe, my 24-hour clock and case, my case of Drawers, my bureau and cubboard[sic] and all that is in them both, one spinning wheel and real one table and kitchen furniture to the amount of ten dollars; also two cows and six sheep and two hundred dollars in cash out of the first moneys arising out of my Estate, and sixty dollars as Dowry, or the interest at six percent on one thousand dollars, each and every year during her natural life, further I order and devise and it is my will, that my son Isaac B. Shantz shall have my farm at Three thousand dollars in manner and form following, that is to say, the said Isaac is to pay two thousand dollars in ten annual yearly equal installments of two hundred dollars each, and also sixty dollars as the interest on one thousand dollars, each and every year during widowhood of my beloved wife. Should my loving wife depart this natural life, before the two thousand dollars are fully paid, then my son Isaac, or his successors, shall pay two hundred and fifty dollars each and every year, till the full amount of three thousand dollars are fully paid….I give and bequeath to all my sons and daughters, or their heirs and successors share and share alike, except my daughter Mary Herner, she is to have the interest at six per cent on her share each and every year, so long as she is and remains the wife of Samuel Herner, after his death, the said Samuel Herner, she or her heirs shall have her full share and portion as my other children, and I do hereby nominate my son Samuel Shantz and my son-in-law Abraham Mayer, as Executors in full power, as my own person of this my Last Will and Testament.

    Witnessed by Jacob S. Shoemaker and William Thoman
    Dated 18 September 1850
    Will proven 16 January 1855
    Inventory £88/0/9
    Died 12 December 1854

    Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber.

    Isaac married Esther Bechtel 15 Oct 1808. Esther (daughter of George Bechtel and Elizabeth Mary) was born 2 Feb 1786, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 14 Jul 1867, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Esther Bechtel was born 2 Feb 1786, , Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of George Bechtel and Elizabeth Mary); died 14 Jul 1867, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Esther Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00007-0816
    • Birth: CALC 24 Feb 1786
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Death: 24 Jul 1867

    Notes:

    Esther Bechtel "the third daughter in the family, was born February 2nd, 1786. She was fifteen years of age when she came to Canada. On October 15th, 1808, she was married to Isaac, son of Isaac and Barbara (Reiff) Shantz. He was born April 23rd, 1783, and died December 12th, 1854. They resided near Berlin where she died July 14th, 1867. Their family consisted of eleven 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.].

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Shantz was born 11 Aug 1809, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 1821.
    2. 2. Samuel B. Shantz was born 16 Jan 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jan 1895; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Barbara Shantz was born 6 May 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Apr 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Mary Shantz was born 14 Jan 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Dec 1875, Chatsworth, Livingston, Illinois, United States; was buried , Sullivan Center Cemetery, Cullom, Livingston, Illinois, United States.
    5. Sarah "Sallie" Shantz was born 21 Jan 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Oct 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 20 Oct 1881, First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Nancy Shantz was born 11 Aug 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Apr 1899; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Veronica "Fanny" Shantz 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.
    8. Esther Shantz was born 7 Jan 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Sep 1883, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Magdalena Shantz was born 19 Apr 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Apr 1887; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Isaac B. Shantz was born 18 May 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Mar 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Leah Shantz was born 1 Dec 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  Daniel Rudy was born 4 Dec 1796, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 7 Dec 1857.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00097-5436
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 039E, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Historic Building: 1847, 268 Southhampton Place, Waterloo, Ontario; Rudy-Snyder House
    • Residence: 1847, 121 Fischer-Hallman St. S., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Rudy-Snyder House
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

    Notes:

    Daniel Rudy, "a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was born December 4th, 1796. When a young man he came to Canada and settled near Doon, Waterloo County, where he was married to Barbara (No. 5388), daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Biehn) Rosenberger. She was born near Preston, Ontario, January 29th, 1804, and died January 30th, 1885. He died December 7th, 1857. To them were born eleven 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.].

    Historic Building:
    This large, two storey fieldstone farmhouse was built by Daniel Rudy in 1847. The builder carved his name and the date of construction on one half of a grindstone and embedded it in the second storey front wall to the right of the door. Like many early mennonite houses it is built in the plain Georgian style and faces south.
    The house retains many of its early features. Some of the original small-paned twelve-over-eight windows remain. A number of other windows are six-over-six panes. It also has small attic windows as well as a bell in a cupola which was rung to call the men in from the fields. In the 1870's, a brick doddy house was added (for the parents when the son took over the farm), the porch, the two-over-two paned windowsand the board and batten summer kitchen may also have been added at this time. Colourful granite stones with large corner blocks give the house a pleasant patchwork-quilt appearance. Custom was to plaster the stone work under the front verandah.
    All facades of this historical "rural" Waterloo home were recognized in the designation of the structure as a Heritage Landmark.1a

    1aDesignated Properties www. waterloo.ca

    Residence:
    Addresss has changed to 268 Southampton Place, Waterlo.

    Daniel — Barbara Rosenberger. Barbara (daughter of Benjamin Rosenberger and Elizabeth Biehn) was born 29 Jan 1804, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jan 1885. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Barbara Rosenberger was born 29 Jan 1804, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Benjamin Rosenberger and Elizabeth Biehn); died 30 Jan 1885.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Barbara Rudy
    • Eby ID Number: 00095-5388
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Barbara Rosenberger, "was born near Preston, Ontario. She was married to Daniel Rudy. To them were born eleven 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.].

    Children:
    1. George Rudy was born 23 Sep 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Feb 1901, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Rebecca Rudy was born 29 Oct 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Jun 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Anna "Nancy" Rudy was born 14 Oct 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Feb 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Daniel Rudy was born 27 Jul 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jul 1892.
    5. Abraham Rudy was born 2 Jan 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Mar 1910; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Christian Rudy was born 2 Jan 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Nov 1902; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Corporal Henry Rudy was born 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jul 1863, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States; was buried , Nashville National Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States.
    8. Benjamin Rudy was born 13 Oct 1837, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Apr 1890, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Samuel R. Rudy was born 3 Mar 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Aug 1902; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Barbara Rudy was born 18 Jun 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Jan 1900, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Jacob Rudy was born 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Isaac Shantz was born 14 Jan 1748, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Jacob Shantz and Magdalena Erb); died 11 Oct 1802, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6535

    Notes:

    Isaac Shantz, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, January 14th, 1748. On May 4th, 1774, he was married to Barbara Reiff who was born September 12th, 1753. He died on his farm situated on the Schuylkill River, within the corporation of Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on October 11th, 1802. They had a family of nine children, eight of whom they raised. Their names are as follows: III Mary, III Abraham, III Christian, III Jacob, III Isaac, III David, III Veronica, III Samuel, and III Joseph. In 1808, she with her two sons, David and Isaac, and her daughter Veronica, moved to Canada and settled on the farm now possessed by Abraham H. Wambold, about one and one-half miles south of Berlin, and part of this farm is now possessed by Enos Shantz, one of her great-grandchildren. Here she resided until her death which took place September 25th, 1820. (Contributed by her son, Joseph) She was of an amiable disposition, rather small in statue but robust and of a quick turn. At 60 years of age she would mount her pony like a young man. She is buried in the Christian Eby Burial Ground, Berlin, Ontario. We shall now give the descendants of Isaac Shantz."


    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.].

    Isaac married Barbara Rife 4 May 1774. Barbara (daughter of Christian Rife and Veronica Reiff) was born 12 Sep 1753, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 1820, South Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Barbara Rife was born 12 Sep 1753, , Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Christian Rife and Veronica Reiff); died 1820, South Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Barbara Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00092-5275.1
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 052, Waterloo County, Ontario

    Children:
    1. Maria "Mary" Shantz was born 13 Mar 1775, Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 6 Apr 1866, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Abraham Shantz was born 15 Dec 1776, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; died 28 Dec 1856, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried , Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.
    3. Christian R. Shantz was born 13 Feb 1779, Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 9 Nov 1856, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Jacob Shantz was born 11 Oct 1781, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; died 1 Jul 1867, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 4. Isaac Shantz was born 23 Apr 1783, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 12 Dec 1854, South-East Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. David Shantz was born 7 Mar 1787, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Apr 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Veronica Shantz was born 14 Nov 1789, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; died 27 Jul 1876, Near Doon, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Samuel Shantz was born 7 Jul 1792, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; died 19 Dec 1792, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA.
    9. Joseph R. Shantz was born 24 Jun 1795, Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 19 Mar 1882; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  George Bechtel was born 19 Feb 1746, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Abraham Bechtel); died 17 Sep 1828, Near Blair, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19293365
    • Eby ID Number: 00007-0813
    • Land: Bef 1831, Bechtel Tract, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Old Survey Lot 07, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Old Survey Lot 09, Waterloo County, Ontario

    Notes:

    George Bechtel "son of III Abraham Bechtel, and younger brother to IV Abraham, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 19th, 1746. He was married to Elizabeth Morris. She was born May 5th, 1752, and died December 22nd, 1836. In 1800 they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, near Blair, on the old "Eschelman Farm" where he died September 17th, 1828. their family consisted of seven daughters."

    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.].

    George — Elizabeth Mary. Elizabeth was born 5 May 1752, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died 24 Dec 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Mary was born 5 May 1752, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died 24 Dec 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19293464
    • Name: Elizabeth Bechtel
    • Eby ID Number: 00007-0813.1

    Children:
    1. Mary Bechtel was born 11 Jul 1782 OR 22 Jul 1782, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 Sep 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Doon Pioneer Tower Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Nancy Bechtel was born 5 Jan 1784, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 23 Jan 1863, Near Blair, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 5. Esther Bechtel was born 2 Feb 1786, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 14 Jul 1867, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Magdalena Bechtel was born 19 Feb 1789, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 17 Nov 1866, Near Bridgeport, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Susannah Bechtel was born 13 Jul 1790; died 3 Jun 1879.
    6. Elizabeth Bechtel was born 8 Aug 1792, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 21 Jul 1885, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Sarah "Sallie" Bechtel was born 24 Jan 1795, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 24 Jul 1873, Washington, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada.

  5. 14.  Benjamin Rosenberger was born 1769, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Abraham Rosenberger); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00095-5334
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 29, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Biehn's Tract, Waterloo County, Ontario

    Notes:

    Benjamin Rosenberger, "son of Abraham Rosenberger, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. About the year 1796, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Barbara (Fried) Biehn. In 1801 they with others moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, a little north of Preston, on the farm where the late Henry Hagey resided. Here they had 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.].

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    **** Other sources indicate that Abraham is not his father but is the son of John Rosenberger and Elizabth Landis.

    Benjamin married Elizabeth Biehn Abt 1796. Elizabeth (daughter of John Biehn and Barbara Fried) was born 1775, Of, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died , Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Elizabeth Biehn was born 1775, Of, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Biehn and Barbara Fried); died , Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Rosenberger
    • Eby ID Number: 00008-974

    Notes:

    Elizabeth Biehn, " was born in 1775. She was married to Benjamin Rosenberger in 1796. He was born in 1769 and in 1801 they with others moved to Canada and settled near Preston, Ontario, where they died. Their 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.].

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Rosenberger was born , Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Nancy Rosenberger was born , Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. John Rosenberger was born 1797, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 1863, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Abraham Rosenberger, Sr. was born 15 Nov 1799, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Jan 1883, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    5. 7. Barbara Rosenberger was born 29 Jan 1804, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jan 1885.
    6. Jacob Rosenberger was born 1810, , Ontario, Canada; died 16 May 1892, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.