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Clayton Betzner "Jack" Shantz

Male 1892 - 1966  (73 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Clayton Betzner "Jack" Shantz was born 25 Nov 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Moses E. Shantz); died 3 May 1966, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Union Cemetery, Calgary, , Alberta.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00006-0937.5

    Notes:

    SHANTZ--May 3rd, 1966, Clayton B. (Jack) aged 73 years, beloved husband of Mrs. Pat Shantz, 2103 28th Ave. S.W. Also surviving are a step daughter, Mrs. Gordon (Bea) Cotton, Cochrane, a stepson David A. Pattie, Nanaimo, B.C., 4 granddaughters, a sister, Mrs. Luanna Weber, Preston, Ont., a nephew Raymond L. Shantz, Didsbury.

    Born at Waterloo, Ontario, he came to Didsbury in 1900 and resided at Calgary since 1916. Mr. Shantz was a diesel mechanic by trade and was employed with Union Tractor and Street, Robbins, Morrow for many years.

    Calgary Herald, Wednesday, May 4, 1966, pg 24:


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Moses E. Shantz was born 21 May 1857, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Samuel Y. Shantz); died 10 Feb 1934, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6774
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Mennonite

    Notes:

    Moses E. Shantz, "was born May 21st, 1857. On December 12th, 1882, he was married to Magdalena Betzner who was born January 1st, 1861. They reside on the old 'Moses Schneider Place' where he is engaged in farming. Their family consists 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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    Moses E. Shantz, 76 years of age, pioneer setter of the Didsbury district, died in a Calgary nursing home on Saturday, February 10.
    He was born near Kitchener, Ont., and came to Didsbury in 1900, where he resided until 1933. Since then he had lived with his children.
    Deceased is survived by his wife Magdalena; one daughter, Mrs. Ed. Weber, Calgary. Three sons; Lincoln, Kitchener, Ont.; Clayton, Rosebud, Alta.; Vernon, High River, Alta. Four brothers; Aaron, Samuel and Daniel, Kitchener, Ont., and Frank, Wenatchee, Wash. One sister, Mrs. M. Bowman, Kitchener, Ont.

    Didsbury Pioneer, February 15, 1934

    Children:
    1. Luanna Shantz was born 9 Dec 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1971; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Lincoln Betzner Milton Shantz was born 23 Apr 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1953; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 1. Clayton Betzner "Jack" Shantz was born 25 Nov 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 May 1966, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Union Cemetery, Calgary, , Alberta.
    4. Vernon Shantz was born 28 Jun 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jun 1965, High River, , Alberta, Canada; was buried , Highwood Cemetery, High River, , Alberta, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Samuel Y. Shantz was born 15 Jan 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Mary Yost); died 15 May 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27358146
    • Land: Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 085, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Residence: Mennonite
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6767
    • Residence: 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Historic Building: Abt 1863, 1188 Ottawa Street South, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; 3 story house known as "Fair Acres"
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Land: Abt 1875, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 051, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Samuel Y. Shantz, "was born January 15th, 1825. On March 11th, 1845, he was married to Esther Erb who was born April 6th, 1827. Soon after their marriage they moved on the farm where now is what is known as Shantz Station (Shantz Station was named after Mr. Shantz and was situated near where his farm buildings were located. The station was burnt many years ago but the place still goes by that name), where they resided until the Grand Trunk Railroad was built when he sold his farm to the company and moved to North Dumfries Township, not far from Blair, where he purchased a large farm. Here he resided until some twenty years ago when he purchased the farm (This farm belonged to Jacob M. Clemens, generally known as "Bachelor Jacob", and after his decease it was sold and Mr. Shantz purchased it), on which he now resides. It is about two and one-half miles south-west of Berlin. To them was born a large 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.].

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    SHANTZ - Samuel Y. Shantz, son of Jacob and Mary (Yost) Shantz who moved from Montgomery Co., Pa., to Canada in 1810, was born Jan. 15, 1825. On the 11th of March, 1845, he was married to Esther Erb who survives him. This union was blessed with eight sons and five daughters of whom two daughters have passed away. Bro. Shantz united with the Mennonite Church in his youth and was a faithful member until his death. He was widely known and hightly esteemed, and his liberality and wise counsel were much appreciated. He had been a sufferer for several yeaars and was confined to the house for several months. On the 9th of May he was afflicted with a stroke of paralysis to which he succumbed on the 15th having attained the age of 75 ys. and 4 ms. The funeral was held on the 17th from his late residence two miles south-west of Berlin, where the burial took place. The funeral was largely attended. Services by E.S. Hallman from 2 Cor. 5: 1 and Noah Stauffer from Heb. 11: 10. May God comfort the bereaved family.

    HERALD OF TRUTH, Vol. XXXVII, No. 11, June 1, 1900, pages 174, 175

    Children:
    1. Angeline Shantz was born 10 Apr 1846, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Jan 1928; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Wendel E. Shantz was born 16 Sep 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Sep 1926; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Aaron E. Shantz was born 7 Apr 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1942; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Jacob E. Shantz was born 27 Apr 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Mar 1922, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Mary Ann Shantz was born 27 Apr 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jun 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 2. Moses E. Shantz was born 21 May 1857, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Feb 1934, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada.
    7. Samuel E. Shantz was born 16 Feb 1859, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1938; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Daniel E. Shantz was born 13 Oct 1860, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1951; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Susannah E. Shantz was born 5 Apr 1862, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Feb 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Franklin Erb Shantz was born 13 Oct 1863, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 May 1953, Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States; was buried , Wenatchee City Cemetery, Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States.
    11. Nancy Shantz was born 9 Oct 1865, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Dec 1866, Near Blair, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Esther E. Shantz was born 5 Oct 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1922; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 9.  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. 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. 4. 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.


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