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

Andrew Ralph Axt

Male 1918 - 1979  (61 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Andrew Ralph Axt was born 1 Feb 1918, Guernsey, Alberta (son of Jacob Axt and Livia Cressman); died 6 Feb 1979, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jacob Axt was born 12 Jan 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Andrew Axt and Catharine Shantz); died 25 Jun 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Jacob married Livia Cressman 16 Feb 1910, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Livia (daughter of Daniel E. Cressman and Hannah Shantz) was born 15 Mar 1878, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 30 May 1967, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Livia Cressman was born 15 Mar 1878, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada (daughter of Daniel E. Cressman and Hannah Shantz); died 30 May 1967, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Russel Arnold Axt was born 1911, Guernsey, Saskatchewan; died 3 Jan 2002, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Irene Axt was born 28 Jul 1912, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Nov 2002; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Luella Elona Axt was born 1915, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Aug 2002, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Lillian Axt was born 1916, , Ontario, Canada; died 5 Dec 2003, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 1. Andrew Ralph Axt was born 1 Feb 1918, Guernsey, Alberta; died 6 Feb 1979, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Alice Marie Axt was born 20 Mar 1922; died 2 Dec 2010, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Andrew Axt was born 28 Jan 1850, Queck, , Hessen, Germany; was christened 10 Feb 1850, Queck, , Hessen, Germany (son of Johann Christoph "John" Axt and Catharina Diebel); died 7 Jul 1923, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Andrew married Catharine Shantz 25 Dec 1873, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catharine (daughter of Jonas C. Shantz and Hannah Snyder, daughter of Jonas C. Shantz and Mary Snyder) 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. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Catharine Shantz was born 6 Nov 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jonas C. Shantz and Hannah Snyder, daughter of Jonas C. Shantz and Mary Snyder); died 8 Oct 1942; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Axt was born 14 May 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1934; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 2. Jacob Axt was born 12 Jan 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Jun 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Matilda Axt was born 22 Nov 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Feb 1963; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Margaret Axt was born 14 Jun 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Dec 1972, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    5. Hannah Axt was born 5 May 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Feb 1889; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Elam Axt was born 21 Dec 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jan 1974, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Daniel E. Cressman was born 29 Nov 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Daniel Cressman and Annie Eby); died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Daniel married Hannah Shantz 10 Nov 1874, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Hannah (daughter of Joseph Y. Shantz and Elizabeth Stauffer) was born 25 Jun 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Mar 1940, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Hannah Shantz was born 25 Jun 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Joseph Y. Shantz and Elizabeth Stauffer); died 5 Mar 1940, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Elmina Cressman was born 31 Jan 1876, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 4 Nov 1941; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Livia Cressman was born 15 Mar 1878, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 30 May 1967, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Alvin Cressman was born 15 Mar 1878, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 9 May 1957, Ceylon, , Saskatchewan, Canada.
    4. Joseph Cressman was born 29 Feb 1880, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 12 Feb 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Agnes Cressman was born 3 May 1882, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1917; was buried , Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Ada Cressman was born 1 Oct 1884, Chesterfield, Blandford Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jan 1972, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Johann Christoph "John" Axt was born 15 Jun 1821, , Darmstadt, Germany; died 6 Nov 1868, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Sandhills Baptist Cemetery, Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Johann — Catharina Diebel. Catharina was born 14 Nov 1825, , Germany; died 11 Nov 1912, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Catharina Diebel was born 14 Nov 1825, , Germany; died 11 Nov 1912, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 4. Andrew Axt was born 28 Jan 1850, Queck, , Hessen, Germany; was christened 10 Feb 1850, Queck, , Hessen, Germany; died 7 Jul 1923, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Maria "Mary" Axt was born 24 Aug 1852, , Darmstadt, Germany; died 14 Apr 1945; was buried , Hope Christian Reformed Church Cemetery, Stony Plain, , Alberta, Canada.
    3. Conrad Axt was born 2 Feb 1855, Queck, , Hessen, Germany; died 31 May 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. David Axt was born 17 Jan 1857, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jun 1916, Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Samuel Axt was born 23 Sep 1858, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 May 1943, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Solomon Axt was born 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Catherine "Katie" Axt was born Sep 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 May 1934, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Daniel Axt was born 12 Aug 1864, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Dec 1892, , California, USA.
    9. Sarah Axt was born 19 Sep 1865, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Mar 1926, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario.
    10. Louisa Axt was born 29 Nov 1868, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Nov 1962, Stony Plain, , Alberta; was buried , Hope Christian Reformed Church Cemetery, Stony Plain, , Alberta, Canada.

  3. 10.  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.

    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]


  4. 11.  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.
    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. 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. 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.

  5. 12.  Daniel Cressman was born 17 Mar 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Abraham Cressman and Mary Schneider); died 19 May 1886, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Daniel married Annie Eby 27 Mar 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Annie (daughter of David Eby and Elizabeth Bechtel) was born 18 Feb 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Nov 1848, Near New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Annie Eby was born 18 Feb 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of David Eby and Elizabeth Bechtel); died 27 Nov 1848, Near New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Rev. Menno E. Cressman was born 13 Apr 1838, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 May 1919.
    2. Mary Cressman was born 1 Nov 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Oct 1915; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Elizabeth Cressman was born 13 Feb 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Dec 1917, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. David E. Cressman was born 14 Jun 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Mar 1926; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 6. Daniel E. Cressman was born 29 Nov 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  7. 14.  Joseph Y. Shantz was born 10 Jul 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob Shantz and Mary Yost); died 8 May 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.

    Joseph married Elizabeth Stauffer 15 May 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Daniel Stauffer and Susannah Kinzie) was born 5 Jan 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Aug 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Elizabeth Stauffer was born 5 Jan 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Daniel Stauffer and Susannah Kinzie); died 10 Aug 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    Children:
    1. Aaron S. Shantz was born 27 May 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 May 1917; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    2. Jacob Shantz was born 17 Mar 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jul 1845.
    3. David Shantz was born 1843, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Daniel Shantz was born 4 Jan 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Oct 1936, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    5. Simon Shantz was born 30 Jan 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Sep 1847.
    6. 7. Hannah Shantz was born 25 Jun 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Mar 1940, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Susannah Shantz was born 6 Jul 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Feb 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Solomon Shantz was born 31 May 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Nov 1915, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 30 Nov 1915, Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    9. Rev. David S. Shantz was born 13 May 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 May 1929, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada; was buried , Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada.
    10. Mary Shantz was born 21 Apr 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Apr 1884, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario.
    11. Noah S. Shantz was born 16 May 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 May 1936, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    12. Elizabeth Shantz was born 23 Dec 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jul 1946; was buried , Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Louisa Shantz was born 17 Dec 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jun 1950; was buried , Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.