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

Lucinda Shantz

Female 1889 - 1930  (40 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lucinda Shantz was born 11 Aug 1889, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Cyrus Shantz and Susannah Clemmer); died 8 Mar 1930; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Lucinda Martin
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6892.3
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Lucinda married Ervin M. Martin 24 Jan 1912, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ervin (son of Moses C. Martin and Barbara E. Martin) was born 28 Mar 1888, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Mar 1965, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Milford S. Martin was born 25 Oct 1916; died 8 Sep 2001; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Cleta S. Martin was born 1919; died 17 Aug 2006, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , West Montrose Mennonite Cemetery, West Montrose, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Bernice Martin was born 1923; died 2002; was buried , Lakeview Conservative Mennonite Cemetery, Blake, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada.
    4. Irla Martin was born 29 Jan 1926, Zuber Corners, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 May 2015, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Lakeview Conservative Mennonite Cemetery, Blake, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada.
    5. Maurice Martin

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Cyrus Shantz was born 29 Jan 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Joseph S. Shantz and Catherine, son of Joseph S. Shantz and Catharine Martin); died 31 Jan 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6892
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • 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, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1921, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, own farm
    • Residence: 1921, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1937, 106 Filbert St. Kichener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Cyrus Shantz, "was born January 29th, 1861. He was married, December 5th, 1885, to Susannah Clemmer who was born September 19th, 1860. He resides several miles north-west of the town of Waterloo where he is the owner of a beautiful farm."


    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.].

    Cyrus married Susannah Clemmer 5 Dec 1885, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of Jacob Clemmer and Susannah, daughter of John Bergey Clemmer and Susannah Gingerich) was born 19 Sep 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Nov 1923; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Susannah Clemmer was born 19 Sep 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jacob Clemmer and Susannah, daughter of John Bergey Clemmer and Susannah Gingerich); died 8 Nov 1923; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Susannah Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00024-1950
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1921, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Susannah Clemmer, "was born September 19th, 1860. She is married to Cyrus Shantz and resides about three miles north-west of the town of Waterloo. They have a family of three 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. Milton Shantz was born 30 Oct 1886, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 1. Lucinda Shantz was born 11 Aug 1889, , Ontario, Canada; died 8 Mar 1930; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Nelson Shantz was born 3 Sep 1891, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Minerva Shantz was born 10 Oct 1895, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Delilah Shantz was born 1 Jan 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Salema Shantz was born 1902, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Selena Shantz was born Jun 1902, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Naomi Shantz was born 3 Aug 1905, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joseph S. Shantz was born 15 May 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Joseph R. Shantz and Catharine Schneider); died 2 Oct 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Business: 566 Fisher Mills Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Mill
    • Name: J. S. Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6889
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone Image
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, Mill Owner
    • 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

    Notes:

    Joseph Shantz, "was born May 15th, 1830. On November 6th, 1855, he was married to Catharine Martin who was born November 29th, 1836. Soon after his marriage he moved on his father's farm, north-west of Waterloo, where he was engaged in farming and sawing. Here he resided until his death which took place October 2nd, 1886. To them was born a family of six 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.].

    Joseph married Catharine Martin 6 Nov 1855. Catharine (daughter of Henry Z. Martin and Catharine Miller) was born 29 Nov 1834, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Apr 1902; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Catharine Martin was born 29 Nov 1834, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Henry Z. Martin and Catharine Miller); died 8 Apr 1902; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Catharine Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00075-4317
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone Image
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, 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

    Notes:

    Catharine Martin, "the fourth daughter, was born November 29th, 1834. On November 6th, 1855, she was married to Joseph S. Shantz."


    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 Shantz was born 10 Mar 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Jul 1928; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Israel Shantz was born 17 Dec 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Sep 1864; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 2. Cyrus Shantz was born 29 Jan 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Jan 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Susannah Shantz was born 4 Mar 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jul 1924; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Jesse Shantz was born 8 Nov 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Sep 1928; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Mary Ann Shantz was born 11 Oct 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jun 1948, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  John Bergey Clemmer was born 16 Dec 1822, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Henry M. Clemmer and Sarah Bergey); died 25 Jan 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185432563
    • Eby ID Number: 00024-1944
    • Occupation: 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cartwright
    • Occupation: 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; wagonmaker
    • Residence: 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    John Clemmer, "was the youngest child in his father's family and was born in Canada, near Preston, December 16th, 1822. On October 29th, 1844, he was married to Susannah, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Erb) Gingerich. She was born April 5th, 1825. After their marriage they moved to New Hamburg where he worked at his trade, waggon building. Here they resided about two years, then they moved to Chicopee where they resided about five years. Some time in May, 1856, they moved to their home, situated two miles north of the town of Waterloo, where they still reside. Their family consists of eight 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.].

    John married Susannah Gingerich 29 Oct 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of John Gingrich and Elizabeth Erb) was born 5 Apr 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jan 1900, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Susannah Gingerich was born 5 Apr 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Gingrich and Elizabeth Erb); died 27 Jan 1900, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185432548
    • Name: Susannah Clemmer
    • Eby ID Number: 00024-1944.1
    • Residence: 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Susannah Gingerich, "is married to John Clemmer. They reside north of the town of Waterloo. Their family consists of eight 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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    CLEMMER - Susanna Clemmer, nee Gingrich, wife of John Clemmer, died Jan. 27, 1900, aged 74 years, 9 months and 24 days. She was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., April 5, 1825. Her death was caused from burns, her clothes catching fire while she was sitting by the stove. Nobody was present in the room but some little children, and when they saw their grandmother's clothes burning they screamed, and her daughter, who was in the kitchen getting dinner, ran in, but before she could get the fire quenched, her mother was so badly burned that she died on the following day about 6 o'clock p.m. She was buried on the 30th in the Martin cemetery, above Waterloo, Ont. Funeral services by Pre. Jacob Woolner, Sen., at the house. Text, Heb. 9: 27. She leaves a sorrowing husband and six children to mourn her departure. Two children preceded her to the spirit world. May God comfort the bereft ones, and give them grace to make their calling and election sure, so that death may not overtake them in an unprepared state. Jacob Woolner


    HERALD OF TRUTH, Vol. XXXVII, No. 5, March 1, 1900 Pages 78, 79

    Children:
    1. Aaron Clemmer was born 20 Sep 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jun 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Ann Clemmer was born 11 Dec 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Salome "Sarah" Clemmer was born 11 Jan 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Apr 1932, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Elizabeth Clemmer was born 9 Feb 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Mar 1864.
    5. Ephraim Clemmer was born 27 Mar 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Liesanna Clemmer was born 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 3. Susannah Clemmer was born 19 Sep 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Nov 1923; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Cyrus G. Clemmer was born 26 Dec 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1949, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Lucinda Clemmer was born 6 Jun 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jun 1948, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Joseph R. Shantz was born 24 Jun 1795, Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Isaac Shantz and Barbara Rife); died 19 Mar 1882; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6849
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Joseph R. Shantz
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 009W, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: 1849, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 026, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Joseph Shantz, "the youngest son of Isaac and Barbara (Reiff) Shantz, was born near Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, June 24, 1795. In May, 1808, his mother, with her three youngest children, David, Veronica, and Joseph, who was then only thirteen years of age, moved to Canada and arrived in Waterloo County in June. On the 21st or 22nd of the same month she took possession of her bush farm, being composed of part of lot No. 52, German Company's Tract. About six acres were cleared and cleaned and a log house put up, but this house was without roof and floor until their coming. The lumber was purchased in Galt and the first thing the party had to do on their arrival was to put on the board roof and lay the floor, and then the house was ready to move into. By four o'clock in the afternoon everything was put in its proper place and everybody felt happy and well at home except Joseph who stood outside the house and wept bitterly, being sick of the wild and romantic life and wishing himself home at Pottstown again. So much did he weep that his mother came out to speak words of comfort to him, upon which he said, 'O mother, what made you leave our beautiful home and come here where there is nothing but bush and flies? Why had you listen to Christian? (His brother who settled here in 1806 always spoke well of Waterloo) It is not at all as he used to say.' The mother, listening to her son's lamentable tale, said, 'Joseph, now do quit crying and come into the house with me or else I shall have homesick like you and begin to cry.' They both went into the house and that ended 'Homesick'. (This story Mr. Joseph Shantz related to the writer in the year 1869) Here he was raised and on July 8th, 1817, he was married to Catherine, daughter of Joseph and Barbara (Eby) Schneider. She was born February 12, 1799, and died September 15th, 1881. Soon after their marriage they moved on their farm, being composed of west half of lot No. 9, German Company's Tract, now occupied by their son, Moses. Here they resided until 1849 when they moved on the farm being composed of west half of lot No. 26, German Company's Tract, now in possession of his sons, Joseph and Menno. Here he built a dam and erected a sawmill and for quite a number of years did a large business in sawing during the spring months. After his sons, Joseph and Menno, were married, he divided his farm into two and gave each one about half, Joseph retaining the part with the old buildings and the sawmill. Here he died, March 19th, 1882, six months after the decease of his wife. They had a family of 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.].

    Joseph married Catharine Schneider 8 Jul 1817. Catharine (daughter of Joseph Schneider and Barbara Eby) was born 12 Feb 1799, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Sep 1881, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Catharine Schneider was born 12 Feb 1799, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Joseph Schneider and Barbara Eby); died 15 Sep 1881, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Catharine Shantz
    • Residence: 466 Queen st., S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6347
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Cahtarine Snyder
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    SHANTZ. - Dec. 15th in Waterloo Co., Ont., of the infirmities of old age, Sister Catharine Shantz, wife of Joseph Shantz, aged 82 years, 7 months and 3 days. Buried the 17th in Martins burying-ground


    Herald of Truth - Volume XIX, Number 2 - January 15, 1882 - page 29,30

    Children:
    1. Simon S. Shantz was born 15 May 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Dec 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    2. Moses Shantz was born 22 Aug 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jan 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Veronica Shantz was born 15 Mar 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Sep 1894; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Barbara Shantz was born 11 Aug 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1884, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Maria "Mary" Shantz was born 17 Jun 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Dec 1885.
    6. 4. Joseph S. Shantz was born 15 May 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Oct 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Deacon Menno S. Shantz was born 16 Apr 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Nov 1917; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Susan Schrock was born 1841, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 10.  Henry Z. Martin was born 16 Feb 1794, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Peter Martin and Anna Zimmerman); died 8 Jun 1853, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Interesting: religion, story
    • Eby ID Number: 00075-4296
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone Image
    • Occupation: 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Possessions: 1853, Woolwich Township German Company Tract 086, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Probate: 20 Jun 1853, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Henry Martin, "was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, February 16th, 1794, and died on his farm now in possession of his son, Elias, June 8th, 1853. He was married to Catharine, daughter of Jacob and Magdalena (Bricker) Miller. She was born November 4th, 1803, and died after an illness of a few months, October 2nd, 1870. They had 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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    Martin Meeting House

    According to Isaac Horst, "Martins meeting house was the first of the Old Order places of worship to be built. A meeting house is reported to have been built in 1830; burial was begun in the adjoining cemetery in 1831. Martins was aptly named. The first three bishops of the area were Martins, all descended from the pioneer, Peter Martin. The land on which the house stands was formerly owned by Martins (1979: 376)." Peter Martin, Jr. purchased 220 acres of land from his brother, Henry Martin, on May 8, 1824. Apparently he set aside four acres for a meeting house and burying ground at that time. The first burial is reported to have been that of Peter Martin, Sr., who died March 2, 1831. The meeting house was enlarged in 1900.

    John Weber was the first minister, followed by Abraham W. Martin, Samuel Weber, Paul Martin, Tobias Martin and Urias Martin. At one time surrounded by countryside, the meeting house and cemetery are now completely encircled by the commercial development brought about by the rapid expansion northward of the city of Waterlo.


    Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900
    By Rosemary Ambrose

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    A-1-8 Henry Martin: The Last Will and Testament of Henry Martin, Yeoman, late of the Township of Woolwich.

    ,,,I Henry Martin, yeoman of the Township of Woolwich, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being of sound mind and memory, blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last will and testament.. First that all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses be paid by my Executors, trusty and beloved son and brother, Peter Martin and John Martin, As to my worldly estate, I will to my beloved wife Catharine, two cows out of my stock after her own choice and three beds, and if my executors see fit, they are at liberty to leave as many more beds in the possession of my beloved wife as they deem necessary, and my five stoves and pipes and as much house and kitchen furniture as she and my Executors see fit and proper, which she, my beloved wife, is to have in lieu of Dower. I further will to my beloved wife Catharine, the privilege to occupy the adjoining house and garden I now lived in on the old homestead, as long as she remains my widow. During her widowhood, she is to have as much firewood as she wants for her own use, delivered to her house, she is also at liberty to go in my orchard at all tims and take as much of all kinds of fruit as she wants for her own use and as much good merchantable wheat well ground, delivered to her house, as she wants for her own use, and three hundred pounds of good pork and fifty pounds of good beef, which is to be delivered to her house yearly. She is also to have each and every year, the interest of one hundred and fifty pounds, which are to be paid out of my farm on the old homestead, whereupon I now reside, and the cowshed that I have willed to my beloved wife are to be kept for her on my farm in good order during summer and winter so long as she remains my widow, and the old homestead my two youngest sons are to have for the consideration sum, of eight hundred pounds as soon as they have obtained the age of twenty one years, and as soon as they have obtained the said age, each of them are to have one hundred and twenty five pounds, which is to be deducted out of the said Eight hundred pounds as a part of their legacy, and should my two youngest sons not wish to have the said old homestead, my Executors are to sell, or lease, as they see fit, with the consent of my beloved wife, and of my sons. They are to deliver to my beloved wife, yearly, all the above mentioned articles, which she is to have yearly, and until my two sons have obtained the age of twenty one years, and herein after named Executors are to deliver to my beloved wife yearly fifteen bushels of potatoes, and after they have obtained the said age, they my said sons are to deliver the fifteen bushels of potatoes yearly, further that the one hundred and fifty pounds are to remain in the old homestead during my beloved widows natural life, or so long and she remains my widow, which my two sons, as aforesaid are to pay the interest of as above mentioned. The remaining four hundred pounds are to be paid as follows: in fourteen equal annual installments the first of each becomes payable three years after my said two youngest sons have obtained the age of twenty one year. Should my beloved wife die or not remain my widow when the last installment becomes due, my said sons are to have three years after the said last installment becomes due, to pay the said one hundred and fifty pounds with interest. My two youngest sons are to have along with the old homestead, the cedar swamp on lot number eighty six in Woolwich, that lies between my sons Elias and Peter's Swamp. I also give and bequeath the remainder of the whole of my real estate the proceeds there from, and my personal estate which remains in the hands of my Executors after payment of debts and other charges, to be divided unto and equally between and among all my sons and daughters, share and share alike. As soon as any of my daughters shall stand in need of house furniture, my Executors shall give each and everyone of them to the same amount as I gave my eldest daughter.

    Witnessed by Moses Springer, Elias Martin and David Martin
    Will dated 21 May 1853
    Will proved and insinuated 20 June 1853
    No Inventory rendered at the time.

    Wills of Waterloo County Register A 1853-1871, transcribed by Frances Hoffman

    Henry — Catharine Miller. Catharine (daughter of Jacob Miller and Magdalena Bricker) was born 4 Nov 1803, , Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 Oct 1870, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Catharine Miller was born 4 Nov 1803, , Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Jacob Miller and Magdalena Bricker); died 2 Oct 1870, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Catharine Martin
    • Eby ID Number: 00079-4773
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone Image

    Notes:

    Catharine Miller, "was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, November 4th, 1803. She was married to Henry Martin who was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, February 16th, 1794, and died in Woolwich Township, about three miles north of Waterloo, June 8th, 1853. She died October 2nd, 1870. To them was born 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.].

    Children:
    1. Rev. Peter M. Martin was born 30 Sep 1820, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1902; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Magdalena Martin was born 8 Dec 1822, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Feb 1892, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    3. Anna Martin was born 23 Oct 1826, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Mar 1885; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Elias Martin was born 19 Jul 1828, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Nov 1897, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Susannah Martin was born 27 Aug 1830, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jul 1835; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 5. Catharine Martin was born 29 Nov 1834, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Apr 1902; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Lydia Martin was born 26 Mar 1837, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Apr 1915; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Leah Martin was born 31 Oct 1838, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Feb 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Henry M. Martin was born 17 Nov 1843, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Dec 1915, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. David M. Martin was born 27 Jun 1846, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1923; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 12.  Henry M. Clemmer was born Apr 1783, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (son of Abraham Clemmer and Maria Mosser); died 13 Aug 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20746045
    • Eby ID Number: 00024-1917
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Henry M. Clemmer
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 111, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 04, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; yeoman
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Henry M. Clemmer, "son of Abraham, was born in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in April, 1783, and died August 13th, 1866. In 1806 he was married to Sarah Bergey who was born in March, 1786, and died April 7th, 1867. They, in company with others, moved to Canada and arrived at old Christian Shantz's, one mile south-east of Berlin, in May, 1822. During the summer he purchased from H. Lamb, a farm situated near Preston. On this place he resided until 1837 when he made a deal with Christian Erb, exchanging this place for one of over two hundred acres, situated two miles north of the town of Waterloo. Here they resided until their deaths. They had a family of eight children, all of which were born in Franconia Township except John, the youngest, who was born in Canada."


    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 Sarah Bergey 1806. Sarah (daughter of Isaac Bergey and Veronica Hunsberger) was born Mar 1786, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 7 Apr 1867, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Sarah Bergey was born Mar 1786, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Isaac Bergey and Veronica Hunsberger); died 7 Apr 1867, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21078264
    • Name: Sallie Bergey
    • Name: Saloma Bergey
    • Name: Sarah Clemmer
    • Eby ID Number: 00004-851
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Sallie Bergey," was married to Henry M. Clemmer. Her descendants are all in Canada."


    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 Clemmer was born 20 Dec 1807, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Susanna Clemmer was born 29 Dec 1810, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died 15 Feb 1854; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    3. Sarah Clemmer was born 21 Dec 1812, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died 4 Jan 1877; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Leah Clemmer was born 14 Oct 1814, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died Abt 1850, , Medina Co., Ohio.
    5. Rachel Clemmer was born 15 Dec 1816, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died 24 Apr 1895; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Abraham B. Clemmer was born 2 Mar 1819, Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; died 15 Jul 1908, Chicopee (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Jacob B. Clemmer was born 22 Feb 1821, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 10 Apr 1892; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. 6. John Bergey Clemmer was born 16 Dec 1822, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Jan 1901, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  7. 14.  John Gingrich was born 17 Dec 1785, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Abraham H. Gingrich and Barbara Hunsicker); died 3 Jun 1853, 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/69136684
    • Eby ID Number: 00039-3131

    Notes:

    John Gingerich, "was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, December 17th, 1785, and came to Canada with his parents in 1801. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of John Erb of Preston. She was born March 3rd, 1790, and died January 2nd, 1867. They resided a little north of Preston, on the farm now occupied by Peter Fach. They had a family 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.].

    John — Elizabeth Erb. Elizabeth (daughter of John Erb and Magdalena Schantz) was born 3 Apr 1790, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 2 Jan 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Elizabeth Erb was born 3 Apr 1790, , Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of John Erb and Magdalena Schantz); died 2 Jan 1867, 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/69136814
    • Name: Elizabeth Gingrich
    • Eby ID Number: 00032-2780
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Elizabeth Erb, "the eldest in family, was born April 3rd, 1790, and died January 2nd, 1867. She was married to John Gingerich. They resided near Preston, on the farm now possessed by Peter Fach. To them was born a family 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.].

    Children:
    1. Sallie Gingerich was born , Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Eli Gingerich was born Abt 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. John Edward "Eli" Gingrich was born 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Magdalena Gingerich was born 13 May 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Dec 1846, East Of Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Moses E. Gingerich was born 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Apr 1897, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.
    6. Joseph Gingrich was born 17 Aug 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jan 1894, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Nancy Gingerich was born 25 Feb 1825, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Feb 1900; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. 7. Susannah Gingerich was born 5 Apr 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jan 1900, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Christian Gingerich was born CALC 11 Jun 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Sep 1892, West Garafraxa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried , Belsyde Cemetery, Fergus, Wellington Co., Ontario.