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

Family: Mayor Jacob Yost Shantz / Anna "Nancy" Brubacher (F243)

m. 6 Dec 1853


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  • Mayor Jacob Yost ShantzFather | Male
    Mayor Jacob Yost Shantz

    Born  2 May 1822  near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Oct 1909  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  6 Dec 1853  [1, 2, 3]  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2, 3] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Sarah Shuh | F484 
    Married  1 Oct 1871   
    Other Spouse  Barbara Biehn | F4227 
    Married  2 May 1843  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Jacob Shantz | F4914 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Yost | F4914 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Anna "Nancy" Brubacher

    Born  19 Sep 1832  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Oct 1870  Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Deacon John E. Brubacher | F1421 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Catharine Shirk | F1421 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    Jacob B. Shantz

    Born  8 Mar 1855  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Sep 1933   
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Catharine "Catherine" Hipple | F245283 
    Married  Dec 1877  Clinton, Hullett Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Female
    Susannah B. Shantz

    Born  25 Mar 1856  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Aug 1881  Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Dilman Gehman Moyer | F4047 
    Married  9 Apr 1876  Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Male
    Dilman Brubacher Shantz

    Born  18 Nov 1857  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 May 1939  Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Elizabeth Martin | F535 
    Married  18 Jun 1889  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Lizzie Martin | F247346 
    Married  Jun 1889   

    Child 4 | Male
    John Shantz

    Born  1858  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 5 | Female
    Mary S. Shantz

    Born  9 May 1859  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Jun 1947   
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Noah Bechtel Detwiler | F3918 
    Married  14 Dec 1880  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Male
    John B. Shantz

    Born  9 May 1860  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 Sep 1924   
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Joannah B. Bowman | F2217 
    Married  30 Mar 1881  Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Johanna Bowman | F245284 
    Married     

    Child 7 | Female
    Loide Shantz

    Born  5 May 1867  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Aug 1950   
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 8 | Female
    Veronica Shantz

    Born  1868  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 9 | Female
    Eunice Shantz

    Born  27 Nov 1868  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 10 | Female
    Ida Shantz

    Born  5 May 1869  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I 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...

    2. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 406.

    3. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose.
      BRUBACHER, Anna married 6 Dec 1853 To Jacob Y. SCHANTZ. Both of Berlin. minister Joseph Hegy newspaper date 8 Dec 1853 Pg: 49