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

Family: Irvin Shantz / Laurene Snyder (F37660)

m. 20 Jul 1924


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  • Father | Male
    Irvin Shantz

    Born  29 May 1902  Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Jul 1979  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  20 Jul 1924  [1]  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Hilda Kate Gerth | F46850 
    Married     
    Father  Elias S. Shantz | F5899 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Rebecca Musselman | F5899 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Laurene Snyder

    Born  19 May 1905  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  27 Dec 1972  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Leander Snyder | F39337 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elmina Kraft | F39337 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    Earl Stanley Shantz

    Born  8 May 1925  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 May 1995  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Margaret Buschert | F46972 
    Married     

    Child 2 | Female
    Rebecca Eileen "Becky" Shantz

    Born  19 Jul 1927  Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 Apr 2012  Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Fairmount Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Lyle Miller | F46973 
    Married  26 Jun 1948   

    Child 3 | Male
    Kenneth Leander Shantz

    Born  22 May 1929  Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  3 Jan 2018  Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Reformed Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Patricia May Merle Honderich | F45879 
    Married     
    Spouse  Hazel Lillian Sketchley | F45880 
    Married     

    Child 4 | Male
    Lorne Irvin Shantz

    Born  4 Dec 1932   
    Died  27 Feb 2010  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Ruth Brooks | F62180 
    Married     

    Child 5 | Male
    Willard Laverne Shantz

    Born  11 Jan 1935   
    Died  31 May 2012  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Cremated Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Jean Ann Ruby | F44986 
    Married     

  • Sources 
    1. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020625-24.
      Irvin Shantz, 22, occ. Farmer, b. Peel Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, son of Elias S. Shantz and Rebecca Musselman married Laurene Snyder, 19, occ. Domestic, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Leander Snyder and Elmina Kraft, Witn: Eugene and Edna Kraft both of Bloomingdale, 20 July 1924 in Waterloo Twp.