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

Catherine "Katie" Shantz

Female 1900 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Catherine "Katie" Shantz was born 15 Nov 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Abraham R. Shantz and Mary Ann Wolfe); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Katie Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81104
    • Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Abraham R. Shantz was born 8 Jan 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Levi S. Shantz and Lydia Rosenberger); died 1 May 1927, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Abram Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6660.4
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Son
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Abraham — Mary Ann Wolfe. Mary was born 19 Aug 1865, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Ann Wolfe was born 19 Aug 1865, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Ann Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81097
    • Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. Orphie Margaret Shantz was born 23 Sep 1888, , Ontario, Canada; died 1941.
    2. Theodore Shantz was born 10 Nov 1891, , Ontario, Canada; died 21 Sep 1921.
    3. Herbert Shantz was born 10 May 1894, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Hiram John Shantz was born 30 Jun 1896, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Milton Shantz was born 24 Aug 1898, , Ontario, Canada; died 31 Jan 1968.
    6. 1. Catherine "Katie" Shantz was born 15 Nov 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Victor Shantz was born Nov 1907, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Levi S. Shantz was born 8 May 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jonas C. Shantz and Hannah Snyder, son of Jonas Shantz and Hannah Snyder, son of Jonas C. Shantz and Mary Snyder); died 6 May 1929; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6660
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Levi S. Shantz
    • Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
    • Residence: 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • 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
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Odd Jobs
    • Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1921, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Levi S. Shantz, "was born May 8th, 1841. On March 28th, 1865, he was married to Lydia, daughter of Abraham and Nancy (Strome) Rosenberger. She was born May 27th, 1845. They resided on Upper Road, Wilmot Township, where he is engaged in farming."


    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 married Lydia Rosenberger 28 Mar 1865, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of Abraham Rosenberger, Sr. and Nancy Strome) was born 27 May 1845, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Mar 1918; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Lydia Rosenberger was born 27 May 1845, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Abraham Rosenberger, Sr. and Nancy Strome); died 30 Mar 1918; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Lydia Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00095-5381
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Lydia Rosenberger
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Lydia Rosenberger, "youngest daughter of Abraham Rosenberger, was born May 27th, 1845. She is married to Levi S. Shantz. They reside near Philipsburg, Ontario, and have a family of twelve 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. Veronica Shantz was born 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 2. Abraham R. Shantz was born 8 Jan 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 May 1927, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario.
    3. Nancy Shantz was born 8 Jan 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Mar 1932, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Jessie (?) Shantz was born 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Isaiah R. Shantz was born 11 Apr 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 May 1906, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON.
    6. Wendel R. Shantz was born 1 Mar 1870, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Oct 1949, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Barbara R. Shantz was born 27 Jan 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Mar 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Susannah R. Shantz was born 14 Aug 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Jan 1928, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Samuel Shantz was born 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Lydia R. Shantz was born 1 Jan 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 May 1948, RR2, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON.
    11. Sarah R. Shantz was born 9 Feb 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Aug 1895; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Emery Rosenberger Shantz was born 20 Oct 1881, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 May 1948, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 20 May 1948, Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Noah Shantz was born 20 Jul 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    14. Hannah Shantz was born 20 Jul 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    15. Hiram Shantz was born 23 Mar 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 1886; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jonas C. Shantz was born 26 Jul 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Christian R. Shantz and Magdalena Cressman); died 16 Mar 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6657
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Jonas C. Shantz
    • Residence: 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other 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; Farm Laborer
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Retired: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Jonas C. Shantz, "was born July 26th, 1813. On March 28th, 1837, he was married to Hannah, daughter of John C. and Catharine (Shantz) Snyder. She was born July 25th, 1819, and died December 12, 1848. On January 21st, 1851 he was again married to Mary, daughter of Abraham and Nancy (Clemmer) Janzen (She was the widow of the late Abraham Honsberger). She was born June 18th, 1802, and died March 26th, 1888. Mr. Shantz shortly after his first marriage moved several miles north of Baden where he still resides"


    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.].

    Jonas married Hannah Snyder 28 Mar 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Hannah (daughter of John C. Snyder and Catharine Shantz) was born 25 Jul 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Dec 1848; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Hannah Snyder was born 25 Jul 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John C. Snyder and Catharine Shantz); died 12 Dec 1848; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Hannah Shantz
    • Name: Johanna Schneider
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-5932
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Hannah Snyder
    • Residence: 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Hannah Snyder, "was born July 25th, 1819. On March 28th, 1837, she was married to Jonas C. Shantz and died December 12th, 1848."


    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. Christian S. Shantz was born 4 Jul 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Mar 1903, Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, United States; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Moses S. Shantz was born 14 Nov 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 May 1921; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 4. Levi S. Shantz was born 8 May 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 May 1929; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Wendel S. Shantz was born 4 May 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Mar 1927, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Catharine Shantz was born 6 Nov 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Oct 1942; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Elizabeth Shantz was born 25 Mar 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 May 1942, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    7. Magdalena Shantz was born 18 Aug 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 May 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Noah S. Shantz was born 12 Dec 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Dec 1939, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  Abraham Rosenberger, Sr. was born 15 Nov 1799, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Benjamin Rosenberger and Elizabeth Biehn); died 28 Jan 1883, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00095-5363
    • Residence: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; a farm
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Abraham Rosenberger, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, at the close of the last century and came to Canada with his parents in 1801, then being a mere child. He was raised at Preston. After arriving at the age of some twenty years he was married to Nancy, daughter of Christian and Polly (Rutt)Strome. After their marriage they resided for some time on the old 'Rosenberger Farm' near Preston but later on they moved to Wilmot Township, near New Dundee. Their family consisted of nine 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.].

    Abraham — Nancy Strome. Nancy (daughter of Christian Strome and Mary Rutt) was born 1 Jan 1807, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 10 Sep 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Nancy Strome was born 1 Jan 1807, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Christian Strome and Mary Rutt); died 10 Sep 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Ann Strome
    • Name: Nancy Rosenberger
    • Eby ID Number: 00120-7464
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Nancy Strome, "the fourth daughter, was born in 1807 and died September 10th, 1880. She was married to Abraham Rosenberger. They first resided near Preston, thence they moved to Wilmot Township, west of 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. Maria "Mary" "Polly" Rosenberger was born 3 May 1825, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Nov 1905, Bosanquet Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario; was buried , Ravenswood Cemetery, Ravenswood, Lambton Co., Ontario.
    2. Elizabeth S. Rosenberger was born 8 Apr 1827, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jul 1878, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    3. Elizabeth Rosenberger was born 1828, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Abraham Rosenberger was born 3 Sep 1831, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Mar 1909; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Christian Rosenburger was born 1833, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Christian S. Rosenberger was born 1 Nov 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Oct 1903, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    7. Sarah Rosenberger was born 16 Apr 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jul 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    8. Benjamin Rosenberger was born 1 Jul 1838, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Mar 1906, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    9. Isaac Rosenberger was born 2 Jan 1841, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1907; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    10. Susannah Rosenberger was born 6 Nov 1843, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Jun 1876; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    11. 5. Lydia Rosenberger was born 27 May 1845, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Mar 1918; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.