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

Isaac Milo "Milo" Moyer

Male 1872 - 1942  (70 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Isaac Milo "Milo" Moyer was born 15 Jul 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Josiah S. Moyer and Lydia Ann Shantz); died 31 Aug 1942, Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Wheatland Township, Mecosta Co., Michigan.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242759002
    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4856.3


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Josiah S. Moyer was born 19 Apr 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Henry S. Moyer and Catharine Schiedel, son of Moyer and Catherine); died 4 Jun 1931, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Wheatland Township, Mecosta Co., Michigan.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242759422
    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4856
    • Residence: 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter

    Notes:

    Josiah Moyer, "was born April 19th, 1845. On November 24th, 1868, he was married to Lydia Ann Shantz. They reside in Remus, Michigan, where he is engaged in farming. To them were born four 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

    Josiah married Lydia Ann Shantz 24 Nov 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of Isaac Y. Shantz and Catharine Clemens) was born 20 Jan 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 1915, Wheatland, Mecosta, Michigan, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Wheatland Township, Mecosta Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Lydia Ann Shantz was born 20 Jan 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Isaac Y. Shantz and Catharine Clemens); died 18 Apr 1915, Wheatland, Mecosta, Michigan, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Wheatland Township, Mecosta Co., Michigan.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92492268
    • Name: Lydia Ann Moyer
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6699
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Lydia Ann Shantz, "was born January 20th, 1847. She was married, November 24th, 1868, to Josiah Moyer, a farmer."


    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. Lydia Ann Moyer
    2. Harriet Matilda "Matilda" "Tilly" Moyer was born 11 Jan 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jul 1941, Oshtemo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; was buried , Comstock Cemetery, Comstock, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.
    3. 1. Isaac Milo "Milo" Moyer was born 15 Jul 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Aug 1942, Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Wheatland Township, Mecosta Co., Michigan.
    4. Henry Melvin Moyer was born 29 Apr 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jun 1882, Wheatland, Mecosta, Michigan, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Wheatland Township, Mecosta Co., Michigan.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry S. Moyer was born 1 Oct 1816, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania (son of Henry Moyer and Susannah Souder); died 30 Nov 1851, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49497758
    • Name: Heinrich Mayer
    • Name: Heinrich Moyer
    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4855
    • Residence: 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Henry S. Moyer, "was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, October 1st, 1816, and came to Canada in 1825. In 1844 he was married to Catharine Schiedel who was born November 24th, 1826, and died April 28th, 1871. They resided on the farm now owned by Daniel Wenger where he died November 30th, 1851, leaving a family of four 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.].

    Henry married Catharine Schiedel 5 May 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catharine (daughter of John Schiedel and Mary Kuehler) was born 24 Nov 1826, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Apr 1871, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Catharine Schiedel was born 24 Nov 1826, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of John Schiedel and Mary Kuehler); died 28 Apr 1871, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50204124
    • Name: Catharine Moyer
    • Eby ID Number: 00102-5716
    • Residence: 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Catharine Shiedel, "was born November 24th, 1826. She was married to Henry Moyer. They resided about two miles south of Breslau where she died April 28th, 1871."


    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. 2. Josiah S. Moyer was born 19 Apr 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jun 1931, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Wheatland Township, Mecosta Co., Michigan.
    2. Noah Moyer was born 11 Sep 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Dec 1932, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 19 Dec 1932, Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Mary Moyer was born 5 Oct 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Feb 1852.
    4. William S. Moyer was born 19 Dec 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

  3. 6.  Isaac Y. Shantz was born 31 Jan 1809, , Pennsylvania, USA (son of Jacob Shantz and Mary Yost); died 6 Oct 1878, Near Shantz Station, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6692
    • Land: 1833, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 086, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • 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; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Isaac Y. Stantz, "was born January 31st, 1809. On April 23rd, 1833, he was married to Catharine Clemens who was born February 14th, 1816, and died August 30th, 1869. Soon after their marriage they moved near Shantz Station, on the farm now possessed by their son, Isaac C., where they resided until their deaths. He died October 6th, 1878. To them was born a family of fourteen 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.].

    Isaac married Catharine Clemens 23 Apr 1833. Catharine was born 14 Feb 1816, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 30 Aug 1869, Near Shantz Station, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Catharine Clemens was born 14 Feb 1816, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 30 Aug 1869, Near Shantz Station, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Catharine Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6692.1
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. Mary Shantz was born 16 May 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Feb 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Susannah Shantz was born 21 Apr 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Mary Catharine "Catherine" Shantz was born 7 Apr 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Mar 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Veronica Shantz was born 12 Apr 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Jacob C. Shantz was born 4 Mar 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Dec 1875, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Abraham C. Shantz was born 7 May 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Apr 1922, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 3. Lydia Ann Shantz was born 20 Jan 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 1915, Wheatland, Mecosta, Michigan, USA; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Wheatland Township, Mecosta Co., Michigan.
    8. Noah Shantz was born 29 Jan 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Feb 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Owen C. Shantz was born 27 Jan 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Matilda Shantz was born 6 Jan 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Isaac C. Shantz was born 20 Jan 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Apr 1928, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Rachel Shantz was born 27 Mar 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Aug 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Magdalena Shantz was born 25 Mar 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 May 1915; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    14. Clemens Shantz was born 27 May 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jul 1861; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry Moyer was born 1778, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Christian Moyer); died 27 Mar 1845, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49498002
    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4811
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 111W, Waterloo County, Ontario

    Notes:

    Henry Moyer, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1778. (He had two sisters we know, namely Anna, Married to Abraham Stauffer, and Catharine, married to a Mr. Widemoyer) His father was Christian (Christian Moyer was married to Mary Fried, and Abraham Moyer and William Moyer of Berlin always claimed to be relatives to old Samuel Fried and also the old Detweilers claimed to be second cousin to the descendants of our old Henry Moyer, thus proving to have been descendants of Christian Moyer who was married to a Detweiler.

    It is a pity that the direct lineage cannot be proved or fully shown at this date. We have cases here with us where it is impossible to show the lineage of families as no records are left, and yet they are related. In regard to the Moyer lineage it is difficult to give facts as the old family bible in which were kept the records of the old ancestors was destroyed by fire October 15th, 1829) but it cannot be definitely stated which of the Christian Moyers he was, namely the son of Christian or Jacob.

    When Henry was a mere lad his parents moved to Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he was raised. When a young man he was united in matrimony with Susannah, (She was from Springfield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where her parents resided) daughter of Abraham and Catharine (Fried) Souder. She was born April 1st, 1779.

    Soon after their marriage he purchased a farm of seventy acres, four miles from Doylestown, and paid $2200 cash thereon. Shortly after the purchase of the seventy acres there were other thirty acres, adjoining his, offered for sale, and following the advice of his friends who promised to advance him the money, he also purchased those thirty acres. This together with his former purchase made him the possessor of one hundred acres of land. Soon property depreciated in value and he could not meet his payments, neither would his friends who had made such smooth promises come to his assistance. The result was, he was financially ruined.

    In 1825 he and his wife and family came to Canada with old Jacob Clemens and family, old Abraham Clemens and family, Jacob Kolb, (Jacob Kolb had moved to Canada in 1819 but returned to Pennsylvania in 1824 to assist in settling his mother-in-law's estate and now with this company returned to Canada) and Martin Schiedel and wife. Henry Moyer and family settled on a farm (This farm is now in possession of Daniel Wenger) two miles south of Breslau where he died March 27th, 1845. After his death the widow had her home with her son, William, where she died October 18th, 1860. To them were born five 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.].

    Henry — Susannah Souder. Susannah (daughter of Abraham Souder and Catherine Fried) was born 1 Apr 1779, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; died 18 Oct 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Susannah Souder was born 1 Apr 1779, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Abraham Souder and Catherine Fried); died 18 Oct 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44680739
    • Name: Susannah Moyer
    • Eby ID Number: 00115-7235

    Notes:

    Susannah Souder, "the eldest, was born April 1st, 1779. She was married to Henry Moyer and died in October 1860."


    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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    "Moyer: At the residence of her son, Mr. William Moyer, Berlin, on teh 18th inst., Susanna Moyer, aged 61 years, 6 months and 18 days. Deceased was born in Pennsylvania, and lived with her deceased husband, Henry Moyer, for 43 years. Her remains were followed to the Mennonite Burying Ground on Saturday by a large concourse of sorrowing friends and relatives."


    The Berlin Telegraph 26 Oct., 1860

    Children:
    1. Abraham Moyer was born 14 Jul 1803, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; died 20 Nov 1893; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Jacob Moyer was born 1805, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; died 19 Jan 1860, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Catharine Moyer was born 1807, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; died 1827, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. William S. Moyer was born 27 Oct 1809, Near Doylestown, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; died 23 Jun 1877, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 4. Henry S. Moyer was born 1 Oct 1816, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; died 30 Nov 1851, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  John Schiedel was born 28 Sep 1802, , Wuerttemberg, Germany (son of Hannes Schiedel); died 25 Jan 1885, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA; was buried , Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14456670
    • Eby ID Number: 00102-5707
    • Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

    Notes:

    John Schiedel, "was born in Wurtenberg, Germany, September 28th, 1802. When thirteen years of age he with his parents came to America and settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where he was raised. In 1824 he was married to Mary Kuehler, a native of Montgomery County. In 1841 they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, a few miles east of Elmira where they resided until 1861 then they moved to Caledonia, Kent County, Michigan, where they followed farming. She died in 1881 and he died January 25th, 1885. To them was born a numerous family"


    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.].

    John married Mary Kuehler 1824. Mary was born 1803, , USA; died 27 Mar 1881, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA; was buried , Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary Kuehler was born 1803, , USA; died 27 Mar 1881, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA; was buried , Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14456671
    • Name: Mary Schiedel
    • Eby ID Number: 00102-5707.1
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

    Children:
    1. Joshua Schiedel was born 16 May 1825, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 30 Jun 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 5. Catharine Schiedel was born 24 Nov 1826, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Apr 1871, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Sarah Ann Schiedel was born 1829, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Mary Ann Schiedel was born 1833, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Jacob Schiedel was born Abt 1834, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. John Schiedel was born 1834, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Abraham Schiedel was born 1837, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. William S. Schiedel was born 20 Jul 1837, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Nov 1908, Millbrook, Mecosta, Michigan, United States; was buried , Roberts Cemetery, Wheatland Township, Mecosta Co., Michigan.
    9. Henry Schiedel was born 1840, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Schiedel was born 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Samuel Schiedel was born 14 Oct 1845, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, USA.
    12. Caroline Schiedel was born 1849, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  5. 12.  Jacob ShantzJacob Shantz was born 11 Oct 1781, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Isaac Shantz and Barbara Rife); died 1 Jul 1867, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26915942
    • Name: Jacob Schantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6690
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Jacob Shantz
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 001, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 008N, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Jacob Shantz, "the third son of Isaac and Barbara (Reiff) Shantz, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, October 11th, 1781. In 1805 he was married to Mary Yost who was born in the same county, March 12th, 1784, and died near Berlin, Ontario, October 22, 1869. In 1810 they left their native home and moved to Canada. They settled a little south-east of Berlin, on the farm now owned by their grandson, Jacob B. Shantz. This place old Mr. Shantz purchased from old George (Yarrick) Eby who had settled thereon in 1804. Here Mr. and Mrs. Shantz resided until their deaths. He died July 1st, 1867, leaving a family of ten 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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    On the first of July, 1867, in Waterloo Township, C. W., Br. JACOB SHANTZ, aged 85 years, 8 months, and 20 days. He was a native of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and removed to Canada with his family in the year 1810. He lived in wedlock sixty-two years, and leaves eight children, eighty-four grand-children, and fifty-six great-grand-children. He took an active part in converting the wilderness of Waterloo Township into fruitful country. He was energetic and courageous in what he did, and is his works were according to the will of God, he is now at rest. DAVID SHERK.


    HERALD OF TRUTH - Volume IV, Number 8 - August 1867 pages 115, 116

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    A LARGE FAMILY

    The family of the late Jacob Shantz, father of our well-known Mr. Jacob Y. Shantz, was most remarkable for its size and long life. There were eight brothers in this family, named Isaac, John, Joseph, Joshua, David, Jacob, Samuel and Amos - all good scriptural names. They all write Y. as a middle name, after their mother's maiden name, which was Yost. These brothers all lived up to about two weeks ago when Isaac, the eldest, died at the advance age of about 70, the youngest being about 50. They all raised large families, some of them even beyond the orthodox dozen, and we believe all with perhaps one exception rejoice in the possession of numerous grand-children. The family have also been remarkably successful in their business matters, each having not only a comfortable home of his own but a sufficient surplus to start his children on the road to prosperity. These worthy brothers had one sister, wife of the late Abraham D. Clemens, Williamsburg, who is also still living though considerably over sixty years old. It is a very rare thing to find so large a family attaining the ages of these excellent brothers who are most of them yet in the prime of manhood.

    BERLIN DAILY NEWS OCTOBER 17th, 1878

    Jacob married Mary Yost 1805. Mary was born 12 Mar 1784, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 Oct 1869, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Mary YostMary Yost was born 12 Mar 1784, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 22 Oct 1869, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26916095
    • Name: Mary Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6690.1
    • Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    On the 22nd of November, in Waterloo county, Ontario, Mary, widow of Jacob Shantz (who died some two years ago), aged 85 years, 7 months, and 11 days. She leaves a posterity of 159 souls.


    Herald of Truth - Volume VI, Number 11 - November 1869 - page 175

    Children:
    1. Mary Shantz was born 23 Mar 1807, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 9 May 1809.
    2. 6. Isaac Y. Shantz was born 31 Jan 1809, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 6 Oct 1878, Near Shantz Station, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. John Yost Shantz was born 6 Feb 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Feb 1891, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Veronica "Fanny" Shantz was born 23 May 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Aug 1887, Near Williamsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Joseph Y. Shantz was born 10 Jul 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 May 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    6. Joshua Y. Shantz was born 11 Sep 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. David Y. Shantz was born 29 Aug 1819, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Oct 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Mayor Jacob Yost Shantz was born 2 May 1822, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Oct 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Samuel Y. Shantz was born 15 Jan 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 May 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Amos Y. Shantz was born 31 May 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 May 1904; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.