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

James Edward Lester Shantz

Male 1943 - 2013  (69 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Edward Lester Shantz was born 21 Nov 1943 (son of Lester Baer Shantz and Gracienne M. Dean); died 13 Jul 2013, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    James — Lisa Haid. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lester Baer Shantz was born 21 Nov 1914, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Ervin B. Shantz and Louisa Baer); died 1 Jan 2005, Ancaster, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Lester married Gracienne M. Dean 27 Jun 1942. Gracienne was born 26 Apr 1914; died 1983, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Gracienne M. Dean was born 26 Apr 1914; died 1983, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 1. James Edward Lester Shantz was born 21 Nov 1943; died 13 Jul 2013, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Ervin B. Shantz was born 17 Sep 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob E. Shantz and Lydia U. Bowman); died 13 Mar 1963, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Ervin married Louisa Baer 18 Feb 1903. Louisa (daughter of Deacon Henry Baer and Leah C. Bowman) was born 18 Feb 1881, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 31 Dec 1962, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Louisa Baer was born 18 Feb 1881, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of Deacon Henry Baer and Leah C. Bowman); died 31 Dec 1962, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Clarence Shantz was born 9 Jun 1904, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Sep 1980, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Vera Shantz was born 28 Apr 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died 1998; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Gladys Shantz was born 20 Nov 1910, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Apr 1991, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario.
    4. 2. Lester Baer Shantz was born 21 Nov 1914, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jan 2005, Ancaster, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jacob E. Shantz was born 27 Apr 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Samuel Y. Shantz and Esther Erb); died 31 Mar 1922, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Jacob married Lydia U. Bowman 27 Nov 1877. Lydia (daughter of Joseph B. Bowman and Leah Unger) was born 14 Apr 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jan 1929, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Lydia U. Bowman was born 14 Apr 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Joseph B. Bowman and Leah Unger); died 3 Jan 1929, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Irvin Shantz was born 1878, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 4. Ervin B. Shantz was born 17 Sep 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Mar 1963, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Benjamin Shantz was born 1880, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Pastor Benjamin B. Shantz was born 23 Jun 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Dec 1964, Vineland, Welland Co., Ontario; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Lydia Ann Shantz was born 13 Jul 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jan 1888; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Esther Shantz was born 2 Jun 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Dec 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  Deacon Henry Baer was born 21 Oct 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of David G. Baer and Barbara Wismer); died 22 Jan 1927, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Henry married Leah C. Bowman 27 Feb 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Leah (daughter of Rev. Moses B. Bowman and Anna Cressman) was born 16 May 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Nov 1937, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Leah C. Bowman was born 16 May 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Rev. Moses B. Bowman and Anna Cressman); died 26 Nov 1937, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Avon Baer was born , Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Angeline B. Baer was born 7 Jul 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Apr 1942, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 21 Apr 1942, Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Aloma Bear was born Mar 1871, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Elvina Baer was born 12 Mar 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jan 1952, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Moses Baer was born 25 Jul 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Nov 1956; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    6. Ephraim Baer, I was born 27 Feb 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jun 1874; was buried , Zurich Mennonite Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario.
    7. Lydia Baer was born 4 May 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Oct 1880; was buried , Zurich Mennonite Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario.
    8. Ephraim Baer, II was born 24 Jan 1877, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 8 Dec 1953, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Simon B. Baer was born 22 Dec 1878, Near Zurich, , Ontario; died 15 Jul 1969, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. 5. Louisa Baer was born 18 Feb 1881, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 31 Dec 1962, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Josiah Baer was born 9 Oct 1882, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Dec 1964, Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Noah Bear was born 26 Oct 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Mar 1893, Near Manheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Eva Baer was born 16 May 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Aug 1984, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    14. Edon Baer was born 22 Sep 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Oct 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    15. Norman Baer was born 21 Sep 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Aug 1970; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    16. Ezra Baer was born 20 Nov 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Jan 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.