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

Margaret Axt

Female 1884 - 1972  (88 years)


Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Margaret Axt was born 14 Jun 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Andrew Axt and Catharine Shantz); died 14 Dec 1972, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Maggie Axt
    • Name: Margaret Bean
    • Name: Margretha Axt
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6662.6
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic Servant
    • Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Bean, Margretha, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Axt, was born at Philipsburg, Ont., June 14, 1884; died at the Fairview Mennonite Home, Preston, Ont., Dec. 14, 1972; aged 88 y. 6 m. In March 1909 she was married to H. Warren Bean, who preceded her in death in 1946. She is survived by 3 sons (Andrew, Oliver, and Gordon), 3 daughters (Dorothy, Ruth - Mrs. Matthew Kiereta, and Hilda Mae - Mrs. Walter Helmuth), 16 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, and one brother (Elam Axt). She was preceded in death by one son (Norman). She was a member of the New Hamburg Conservative Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Dec. 17, in charge of Earl Koch and Elmer Grove; interment in the Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery.

    Gospel Herald - Volume 66, Number 8 - February 20, 1973

    Margaret married Henry Warren "Warren" Bean 3 Mar 1909, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Henry (son of Noah S. Bean and Susannah Shantz) was born 12 Jan 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Nov 1946; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Andrew Wilfrid Bean was born 10 Jul 1910, , Ontario, Canada; died 13 Jun 2001; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Oliver Noah Bean was born 25 Sep 1911, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Sep 1985, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Gordon Warren Bean was born 9 Nov 1912, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jan 2011, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Dorothy C. Bean was born 13 Dec 1913, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 May 1994, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Ruth M. Bean was born 19 Jan 1919, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jan 2011; was buried , Chapel Hill Gardens West, Oakbrook Terrace, DuPage, Illinois, United States.
    6. Hilda Mae Bean was born 6 Aug 1921, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Dec 2011, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, St. Agatha, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Norman Edward Bean was born 22 Apr 1923, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Jun 1940, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    8. Bean was born 1924, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1924; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  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.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Andres Axt
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6662.1
    • Immigration: 1855, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1858, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
    • Naturalization: 1867, , Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Servant
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; No Religion
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reg. Baptist
    • Occupation: 1888, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Naturalization: 1891
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Andrew Axt was born Jan. 28, 1850 in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany; came to Canada with his parents when four years of age; was married to Kathrine Shantz, Dec. 25, 1873. This union was blessed with 2 sons and 4 daughters. One daughter died in infancy. He died near Baden, Ont., July 7, 1923; aged 73y. 5m. 9d. He leaves a deeply bereaved widow, 5 children, 21 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren; also 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Funeral services were conducted by Orphen Wismer and Mannassah Hallman. Text, II Cor. 5: 1. Interment in Shantz Cemetery. May God comfort the bereaved family. "All is over. Hands are folded, O'er a quiet and peaceful breast; All is over, pain is ended, Now dear father is at rest.

    Gospel Herald - Volume XVI, Number 18 - August 2, 1923

    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. 3.  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.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Catharine Axt
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6662
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1940, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Catharine Shantz, "was born November 6th, 1844. On December 25th, 1873, she was married to Andrew Axt. They reside near Philipsburg P. O., Ontario, where he is engaged in farming. Their family consists 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.].

    ________________________

    Axt. - Catharine, beloved wife of Andrew Axt, was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., Nov. 6, 1844; died Oct. 8, 1942; aged 97 y. 11 m. 2 d. "Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season." She was married to Andrew Axt Dec. 25, 1873. This union was blessed with 6 children, 2 sons and 4 daughters. One daughter (Hannah) prede-ceased her Feb. 17, 1889, and another daughter (Lizzie, Mrs. Adam Doering) July 6, 1934. Her husband died July 7, 1923. She was the last surviving member of the Jonas Shantz family; her sister (Mrs. Rosenberger) having passed a-way only a few months ago, at the age of 96 years. She leaves 2 sons and 2 daughters: Ja-cob, of Petersburg; Elam, of Baden; Maggie (Mrs. Warren Bean) of New Dundee; and Lillie, at home. There also survive 19 grandchil-dren, 21 great-grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends. "She was a mother in Israel" and was wonderfully blessed with health all through her life until the last few years she began to fail. The last nine weeks of her life she spent mostly in bed, when life just seemed to ebb away. She was the oldest resident of Wilmot Township and in her passing one of the oldest landmarks has been removed. Funeral services were held Oct. 12 at the home and at the Shantz Mennonite Church, in charge of Bros. Orphen Wismer, Leslie Witmer, and Manassah Hallman. Interment in the adjoining cemetery.

    Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXV, No . 32 - November 5, 1942 - pages 686-688

    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. 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. 1. 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.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203645520
    • Name: John Axt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-4228
    • Residence: 1855, Queck, , Hessen, Germany
    • Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

    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. 5.  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.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59295664
    • Name: Catharina Axt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-15075
    • Residence: 1855, Queck, , Hessen, Germany
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reg. Baptist

    Children:
    1. 2. 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. 6.  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.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6657
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Jonas C. Shantz
    • Residence: 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
    • Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Laborer
    • Residence: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Retired: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Jonas C. Shantz, "was born July 26th, 1813. On March 28th, 1837, he was married to Hannah, daughter of John C. and Catharine (Shantz) Snyder. She was born July 25th, 1819, and died December 12, 1848. On January 21st, 1851 he was again married to Mary, daughter of Abraham and Nancy (Clemmer) Janzen (She was the widow of the late Abraham Honsberger). She was born June 18th, 1802, and died March 26th, 1888. Mr. Shantz shortly after his first marriage moved several miles north of Baden where he still resides"


    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.].

    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. 7.  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.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Hannah Shantz
    • Name: Johanna Schneider
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-5932
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Hannah Snyder
    • Residence: 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Hannah Snyder, "was born July 25th, 1819. On March 28th, 1837, she was married to Jonas C. Shantz and died December 12th, 1848."


    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. 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. 3. 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.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Christian R. Shantz was born 13 Feb 1779, Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Isaac Shantz and Barbara Rife); died 9 Nov 1856, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6632
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone of Christian R. Shantz
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 052, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 055, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Christian Shantz, "the second son of Isaac Shantz, was born on the old 'Schantzen Homestead' near Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 13th, 1779. On October 19th, 1800, he was married to Magdalena, daughter of old 'Hannes' Cressman of Chester County, Pennsylvania. She was born January 30th, 1783, and died in Waterloo County August 13th, 1866. In May, 1806, he, in company with his wife and family of three children, Philip Bliehm and family, his brother, Abraham, and family, Abraham Cressman, and others, moved to Canada. Mr. Shantz arrived in safety at his farm, being composed of lots Nos. 52 and 55, German Company's Tract. The land is still in possession of three of his grandsons. Here they resided until their deaths. He died November 9th, 1856. They had a family of twelve 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.].

    Residence:
    He was listed as a gentleman.

    Christian married Magdalena Cressman 19 Oct 1800. Magdalena (daughter of John Cressman and Anna Schowalter) was born 30 Jan 1783, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 13 Aug 1866; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Magdalena Cressman was born 30 Jan 1783, , Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of John Cressman and Anna Schowalter); died 13 Aug 1866; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Magdalena Shantz
    • Eby ID Number: 00028-2062
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone Image
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. Anna Shantz was born 19 Oct 1801, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 19 Oct 1822, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Isaac C. Shantz was born 13 Jul 1803, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 20 Sep 1885, , Livingstone Co., Illinois.
    3. Barbara Shantz was born 25 Jun 1805, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 5 Feb 1896; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. John C. Shantz was born 23 Oct 1807, South Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 May 1875; was buried , Shantz's Meeting House Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Christian C. Shantz was born 16 Feb 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Apr 1831.
    6. Magdalena Shantz was born 14 Jan 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 6. Jonas C. Shantz was born 26 Jul 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Mar 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Eli C. Shantz, Sr. was born 23 Jan 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Sep 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Noah C. Shantz was born 14 Jan 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Aug 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. David Shantz was born 1 Aug 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Dec 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Mary Shantz was born 29 Dec 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Mar 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Susannah Shantz was born 7 Mar 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Feb 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz's Meeting House Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 14.  John C. Snyder was born 1 Feb 1792, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania (son of Christian Schneider and Elizabeth Erb); died 31 Jul 1834, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00106-5905
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone Image
    • Epidemic: 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cholera

    Notes:

    John C. Snyder, "was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, February 1st, 1792. In 1806 he came to Canada with his parents and was raised at Doon, Ontario. In September, 1814, he was married to Catharine, daughter of Christian and Hannah (Paul) Shantz. She was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, September 5th, 1792, and died in Waterloo County, Ontario, February 27th, 1854. They resided near Kossuth, where he died of cholera, July 31st, 1834. 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.].

    John married Catharine Shantz Sep 1814. Catharine (daughter of Christian Schantz and Hannah Paul) was born 5 Sep 1792, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 27 Feb 1854, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Catharine Shantz was born 5 Sep 1792, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Christian Schantz and Hannah Paul); died 27 Feb 1854, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Catharine Snyder
    • Eby ID Number: 00110-6909
    • Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Gravestone Image

    Notes:

    Catharine Shantz, "was born September 5th, 1792. In September, 1814, she was married to John C. Schneider and died February 27th, 1854."

    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. Levi Snyder was born 16 Aug 1815, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 May 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Absalom Snyder was born 23 May 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 May 1900, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 7. Hannah Snyder 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.
    4. Samuel Shantz Snider was born 9 Oct 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Mar 1912; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Amos Snyder was born 14 May 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Elizabeth Snyder was born 4 Mar 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Jan 1910, Blenheim, Harwich Twp., Kent Co., Ontario; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Blenheim, Harwich Twp., Kent Co., Ontario.
    7. Nancy Snyder was born 30 Apr 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Oct 1897, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Christian Snyder was born 15 Sep 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Rebecca Snyder was born 10 Apr 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Mar 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.