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Verda Shantz

Female 1915 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Verda Shantz was born 1915, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Morgan C. Shantz and Viola Muriel Young); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-322282
    • Residence: 1921, 49 Chapel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Morgan C. Shantz was born 3 Nov 1888, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Levi M. Shantz and Nancy Cressman); died 1958; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6783.6
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer, Job Printing Office
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer, Newspaper
    • Residence: 1921, 49 Chapel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Morgan married Viola Muriel Young 30 Sep 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Viola (daughter of James Young and Adeline Willis) was born 31 Mar 1890, Fordwich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1941; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Viola Muriel Young was born 31 Mar 1890, Fordwich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of James Young and Adeline Willis); died 1941; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Viola Muriel Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6783.6000
    • Residence: 1921, 49 Chapel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. 1. Verda Shantz was born 1915, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Marion Ruth Shantz was born 1 Jul 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jul 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. June Shantz was born 1919, , Ontario, Canada.
    4. Joy Lorene "Lorene" Shantz was born 1922; died 6 May 2018, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Levi M. Shantz was born 10 Dec 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Amos Y. Shantz and Nancy Moyer); died 25 Feb 1930; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6783
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; O Methodist
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Butter Maker
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Button Turner
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Drummer, Button Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sawing, Button Factory
    • Residence: 1921, 58 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Levi Shantz, "was born December 10th, 1853. He is married to Nancy Cressman and resides in Berlin where he is engaged with the J. Y. Shantz & Son Button Co., To them were born seven 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.].

    Levi — Nancy Cressman. Nancy (daughter of John S. Cressman and Mary Shantz) was born 28 Aug 1854, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 9 Apr 1925; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Nancy Cressman was born 28 Aug 1854, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of John S. Cressman and Mary Shantz); died 9 Apr 1925; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Nancy Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00028-2169
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite
    • Residence: 1921, 58 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Nancy Cressman, "the second in family, is married to Levi Shantz, a farmer. They reside in Wilmot Township, near New Dundee."


    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. Lanson Shantz was born 28 Jul 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Aug 1880; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    2. Elminda Shantz was born 12 May 1882, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1966; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Mary Shantz was born 1884, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Diana Shantz was born 6 Feb 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Mar 1935; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Mary Ann Shantz was born 11 Apr 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Ida Shantz was born 27 May 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jun 1930; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 2. Morgan C. Shantz was born 3 Nov 1888, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1958; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Leander C. Shantz was born 15 Apr 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jan 1964; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Arthur C. Shantz was born 25 Aug 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1953; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Rosetta Shantz was born 8 Oct 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1953; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  James Young was born 1866, Of, Fordwich, Huron Co., Ontario; died 1946; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32877
    • Residence: 1942, 53 Joseph St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    James — Adeline Willis. Adeline (daughter of James Willis and Rachel Wakeford) was born 9 Apr 1872, , Ontario, Canada; died 3 Nov 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Adeline Willis was born 9 Apr 1872, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of James Willis and Rachel Wakeford); died 3 Nov 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Adeline Young
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33148
    • Residence: 1942, 53 Joseph St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. 3. Viola Muriel Young was born 31 Mar 1890, Fordwich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1941; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Gordon Barr Young was born 17 Jan 1904, Fordwich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 22 Feb 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Clarence Young was born Abt 1910; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Laurene Helen "Helen" Young was born 14 Nov 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jun 1961; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Amos Y. Shantz was born 31 May 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob Shantz and Mary Yost); died 19 May 1904; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Amos Schantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6781
    • Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; O Methodist
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Amos Shantz, "the youngest son of Jacob and Mary (Yost) Shantz, was born May 31st, 1829. On March 2nd, 1852, he was married to Nancy, daughter of Abraham and Barbara (Shantz) Moyer. She was born September 2nd, 1835. Shortly after their marriage they moved on a farm four miles west of New Dundee, where he was engaged in farming until March, 1883, when they moved to Berlin where they still reside. 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.].

    Amos married Nancy Moyer 2 Mar 1852, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nancy (daughter of Abraham Moyer and Barbara Shantz) was born 2 Sep 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jan 1914; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Nancy Moyer was born 2 Sep 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Abraham Moyer and Barbara Shantz); died 30 Jan 1914; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Anna Moyer
    • Name: Nancy Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00081-4822
    • Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; O Methodist
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Mennonite

    Notes:

    Nancy Moyer, "was born September 2nd, 1835. On March 27th, 1852, she was married to Amos Shantz. They reside in Berlin."


    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. Moses Shantz was born 28 Nov 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Dec 1852.
    2. 4. Levi M. Shantz was born 10 Dec 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Feb 1930; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Lovina Shantz was born 19 Jul 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1931; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Jacob M. Shantz was born 16 Apr 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1940; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Abraham Shantz was born 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Abraham M. Shantz was born 29 Sep 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1913; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Nancy Shantz was born 22 Apr 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Aug 1945, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 31 Aug 1945, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Amos M. Shantz was born 29 Apr 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Oct 1939, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Malinda Shantz was born 4 Jun 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1952; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Sarah Shantz was born 1880, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 10.  John S. Cressman was born 22 Jun 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Abraham Cressman and Mary Schneider); died 18 Nov 1903, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75092031
    • Eby ID Number: 00028-2167

    Notes:

    John Cressman, "the sixth son of Abraham and Mary (Schneider) Cressman, was born June 22nd, 1829. On November 16th, 1852, he was married to Mary, daughter of Henry and Lydia (Martin) Shantz. She was born April 15th, 1832. They reside in Blenheim Township, near Washington P. O., where he is engaged in farming. Their family consisted 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.].

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    In 1901 John lived with his son Abraham in Blenheim Township, Oxford, Ontario.

    John married Mary Shantz 16 Nov 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Bishop Heinrich "Henry" Schantz and Lydia Martin) was born 15 Apr 1832, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 May 1894, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary Shantz was born 15 Apr 1832, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Bishop Heinrich "Henry" Schantz and Lydia Martin); died 29 May 1894, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75092048
    • Name: Mary Cressman
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6944
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Mary Shantz, "was born April 15th, 1832. She was married to John Cressman, November 16th, 1852."


    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 Cressman was born 28 Jul 1851, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 18 Sep 1851; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    2. 5. Nancy Cressman was born 28 Aug 1854, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 9 Apr 1925; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Eli Cressman was born 17 Aug 1857, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 25 Mar 1934, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    4. Abraham "Abram" Cressman was born 12 Aug 1860, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 28 Dec 1928, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    5. Amelia Cressman was born 3 Oct 1872, , Ontario, Canada; died 12 Sep 1940, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 14.  James Willis was born 9 Apr 1839, Nayland, , Suffolk, England; died 14 Feb 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Fordwich Presbyterian Cemetery, Fordwich, Huron Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Nationality: , Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00086-5062.66
    • Immigration: 1848, , Canada
    • Residence: 1921, 75 Weber St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

    James — Rachel Wakeford. Rachel (daughter of Thomas Wakeford and Sarah Bristow) was born 13 Jul 1851, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 11 Sep 1918, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Fordwich Presbyterian Cemetery, Fordwich, Huron Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Rachel Wakeford was born 13 Jul 1851, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of Thomas Wakeford and Sarah Bristow); died 11 Sep 1918, Howick Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Fordwich Presbyterian Cemetery, Fordwich, Huron Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Rachel Willis
    • Eby ID Number: 00086-5062.67
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

    Children:
    1. Amos Willis was born 5 Apr 1869, Goderich Township, Huron Co., Ontario; died 28 Oct 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 7. Adeline Willis was born 9 Apr 1872, , Ontario, Canada; died 3 Nov 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


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