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

Family: Simon S. Shantz / Judith Stauffer (F2937)

m. 4 Mar 1845


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  • Father | Male
    Simon S. Shantz

    Born  15 May 1818  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  13 Dec 1893  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  4 Mar 1845  [1, 2]  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Joseph R. Shantz | F806 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Catharine Schneider | F806 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Judith Stauffer

    Born  1 Aug 1825  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Jan 1862  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Daniel Stauffer | F1018 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Susannah Kinzie | F1018 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Susannah Shantz

    Born  8 Jul 1846  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Dec 1932   
    Buried    Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Solomon S. Snider | F5744 
    Married  26 Sep 1897   

    Child 2 | Female
    Catharine Shantz

    Born  28 Sep 1847  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Oct 1924  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Jacob B. Schmitt | F1649 
    Married  31 Oct 1886  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Male
    Jonathan S. Shantz

    Born  16 Mar 1849  Near St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Dec 1914  Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Caroline Bingeman | F4256 
    Married  24 Oct 1876   

    Child 4 | Male
    Joseph Stauffer Shantz

    Born  13 Feb 1851  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Oct 1933  Fisher Mills, (Cambridge) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  3 Oct 1933  Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Nancy Shantz | F261900 
    Married  13 Feb 1877  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Magdalena "Martha" Snyder | F261899 
    Married  9 Mar 1887  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Female
    Maria Shantz

    Born  3 Dec 1852  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Jan 1872   
    Buried     

    Child 6 | Female
    Elizabeth Shantz

    Born  4 Jan 1855  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  5 Jul 1890  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Male
    Simon S. Shantz

    Born  8 Oct 1856  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  23 Mar 1926   
    Buried    Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Caroline Christner | F4402 
    Married  6 Apr 1887  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 8 | Male
    Ezra S. Shantz

    Born  7 Aug 1858  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  10 May 1895  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Lydia Ann Stauffer | F2954 
    Married  15 Mar 1888  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 9 | Female
    Barbara Shantz

    Born  6 Apr 1860  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 Jun 1887  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 422.

    2. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huttner, Lutheran Minister, Preston report 53.
      Simon Schontz, to Judit Shauffer, both of Waterloo. 4 Mar. 1845