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

Family: Daniel Shantz / Esther Wismer (F3951)

m. 30 Oct 1849


Family Information    |    PDF

  • Father | Male
    Daniel Shantz

    Born  30 Mar 1827  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 Jun 1906  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  30 Oct 1849  [1, 2, 3]  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2, 3] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Jacob Shantz | F575 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Susannah Schneider | F575 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Esther Wismer

    Born  1 Jun 1826  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  20 Nov 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Henry Wismer, Sr. | F70 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Cressman | F70 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    Jacob W. Shantz

    Born  3 Sep 1850  Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Jan 1931  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Magdalena Cressman | F4995 
    Married  19 Jan 1873  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    Henry W. Shantz

    Born  16 Feb 1852  Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Aug 1879  Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Magdalena Bauman | F2143 
    Married  29 Oct 1876  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Male
    Noah W. Shantz

    Born  10 Aug 1854  Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  27 Dec 1920  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Rachel Shantz | F4922 
    Married  27 Feb 1876  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Female
    Susannah W. Shantz

    Born  17 Nov 1856  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Nov 1856  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Female
    Mary W. Shantz

    Born  17 May 1858  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Jul 1923  Edmore, Montcalm, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Solon Township Cemetery, Cedar Springs, Kent, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Charles Reichel | F4997 
    Married  24 Apr 1885   

    Child 6 | Male
    Daniel W. Shantz

    Born  8 Apr 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 May 1940  Sand Lake, Kent, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Pierson Township Cemetery, Pierson, Montcalm, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Female
    Esther W. Shantz

    Born  26 Mar 1863  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  12 Jun 1946   
    Buried    North Woolwich Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Owen S. Bauman | F2144 
    Married  15 Jan 1882  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 8 | Female
    Barbara W. Shantz

    Born  16 Jun 1865  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Aug 1935  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Christian Allemang | F4998 
    Married  19 Apr 1885   

    Child 9 | Male
    Menno W. Shantz

    Born  26 May 1869  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Jun 1927   
    Buried    Brutus Mennonite Cemetery, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Rebecca G. Brubacher | F9110 
    Married  13 Jan 1895  Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada 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..., 431.

    2. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Benjamin Eby, Mennonist Society, Berlin #148.
      Daniel SHANTZ, to Esther WISSMER, both of Waterloo. 30 Oct. 1849

    3. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 29.