Abraham G. Shantz

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• Name: Abram Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6698.10
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farming Laborer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Shantz, -- Abraham G. , son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Shantz, was born at Shantz Station, Ont. , on March 17, 1882; died suddenly at his home, Preston, Ont. , on Sept. 6, 1955; aged 73 y. 5 m. 20 d. On June 15, 1919, he was married to Tena Hallman, who died April 3, 1951. Surviving are 2 sons (Ross of London, and Glen of Preston) , 2 daughters (Delores-Mrs. Cecil Mader of Breslau, and Marie-Mrs. Alfred Tuletzski of Fishers Mills) , 2 sisters (Mrs. Eliza Brox, Edmonton, Alta. , and Nancy Mrs. Peter Martin, Kitchener) . He became a Christian in the days of his youth, and had a keen conception of the way of the Christian life. Death was not unexpected to him. Occasionally he would remind us that he believed his departure was near ath and. Funeral services were conducted at the Cressman Mennonite Church on Sept. 9 in charge of Carl J. Rudy, Merle Shantz, and Oscar Burkholder.

Gospel Herald - Volume XLVIII , Number 39 - September 27, 1955 page 933, 934.

Abraham married Dinia "Tena" Hallman 15 Jun 1910, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Dinia (daughter of Moses S. Hallman and Veronica "Frances" Foreman) was born 8 Dec 1887, , Ontario, Canada; died 3 Apr 1951; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Frances Delores "Delores" Shantz was born 2 Jul 1911, , Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jan 1979, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Ross Shantz was born Abt 1912, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Marie Shantz was born 1913, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Glen Shantz was born Abt 1914, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Anah Marie "Marie" Shantz was born 2 Jun 1914, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1962; was buried , Zion United Maple Grove Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19069007
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6698
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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Abraham C. Shantz, "was born May 7th, 1844. On February 25th, 1866, he was married to Catharine Goetz who was born April 20th, 1846. They reside on a farm near Shantz Station. 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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Shantz.--Abraham C. Shantz died at this home in Breslau on April 25, 1922; aged 77 y. 11 m. 17 d. In 1866 he was united in marriage with Catharine Goetz, who survives. There are left to mourn with the wife and mother, 9 children, 32 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren. Brother Schantz united with the Mennonite Church in early life, in which faith he left this world to meet his Maker. He left many evidences that he met his Savior in peace. The funeral services were held on the 27th in charge of Brethren J. S. Woolner and Oscar Burkholder. Text, I Cor. 15: 54.

Gospel Herald - Volume XV, Number 7 - May 18, 1922, pg 143

Abraham married Catharine Goetz 25 Feb 1866, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catharine (daughter of Francois Xavier "Franz" "Frank" Goetz and Barbara Ohleyer) was born 20 Apr 1846, , France; died 1 Jan 1933, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharine Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6698.1
• Immigration: 1850, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1850, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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SHANTZ. - CATHARINE GOETZ was born in France on April 20, 1846; died in Kitchener, Ont., Jan 1, 1933, after a lingering illness; aged 86 y. 8 m. 12 d. She came to Canada with her parents in 1851. On Feb. 26, 1866, she was united in marriage with Abram C. Shantz, who predeceased her 11 years. To this union were born 11 children, 2 sons (Ephraim and Isaac) having died in childhood. In early life she accepted Christ as her Savior and joined the Mennonite Church in which fellowship she remained until death. She leaves 4 sons (Joseph of Breslau, Irvin and Nelson of Kitchener, and Abram of Breslau Road), 5 daughters (Mrs. J. W. Schiedel of Breslau, Mrs. John Shiry of Kitchener, Mrs. Dan Brox of Spruce Grove, Alta., Mrs. Joel Gole, Dunrankin, Ont., Mrs. Peter Martin, Breslau Road), 1 brother (Frank Goetz, Brown City, Mich.), 35 grandchildren, and 40 great-grandchildren. The funeral was held Jan. 5 from the home of her son, Irvin, to the Cressman Mennonite Church, Breslau, for services and burial in adjoining cemetery. Funeral service conducted by Bro. Oscar Burkholder. Text, Jno. 14: 1-3.

Gospel Herald - Volume XXV, Number 42 - January 19, 1933 - page 894,895

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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

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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]

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

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• Name: Francis Goetz
• Name: Franz Xaver Goetz
• Name: Xavier Goetz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-240936
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; RC

Francois — Barbara Ohleyer. Barbara was born 18 Dec 1816, , Alsace Lorraine, France; died 8 Sep 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Goetz
• Name: Barbara Ohlei
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-270217
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; RC

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• 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

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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]

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• Name: Mary Shantz
• Eby ID Number: 00110-6690.1
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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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

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-156717
• House of Industry and Refuge: 1876

Martin — Theresia Mittelhauser. Theresia was born Abt 1795; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Theresia Goetz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-156728