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

Family: Amos Y. Shantz / Nancy Moyer (F4016)

m. 2 Mar 1852


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  • Father | Male
    Amos Y. Shantz

    Born  31 May 1829  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  19 May 1904   
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  2 Mar 1852  [1, 2, 3, 4]  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2, 3, 4] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Jacob Shantz | F4914 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Yost | F4914 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Nancy Moyer

    Born  2 Sep 1835  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Jan 1914   
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Abraham Moyer | F4012 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Barbara Shantz | F4012 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    Moses Shantz

    Born  28 Nov 1852  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  5 Dec 1852   
    Buried     

    Child 2 | Male
    Levi M. Shantz

    Born  10 Dec 1853  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Feb 1930   
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Nancy Cressman | F35 
    Married     

    Child 3 | Female
    Lovina Shantz

    Born  19 Jul 1856  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1931   
    Buried    Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Cyrus B. Rickert | F4946 
    Married     

    Child 4 | Male
    Jacob M. Shantz

    Born  16 Apr 1858  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1940   
    Buried    New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Ann Bingeman | F4259 
    Married  9 Nov 1880  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Male
    Abraham Shantz

    Born  1859  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 6 | Male
    Abraham M. Shantz

    Born  29 Sep 1860  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1913   
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Sarah Elizabeth Good | F2653 
    Married  15 Jun 1886  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Female
    Nancy Shantz

    Born  22 Apr 1865  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Aug 1945  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  31 Aug 1945  Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Jonas Hunsperger | F262007 
    Married     
    Spouse  Nathaniel H. Wildfong | F262006 
    Married  11 Jan 1910  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 8 | Male
    Amos M. Shantz

    Born  29 Apr 1865  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  21 Oct 1939  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  Clara Elizabeth Giller | F4947 
    Married  22 Mar 1887  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 9 | Female
    Malinda Shantz

    Born  4 Jun 1875  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1952   
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Addison Shantz | F6551 
    Married  16 Mar 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 10 | Female
    Sarah Shantz

    Born  1880  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

  • 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..., 411.

    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..., 103.

    3. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Amos Schantz, aged 23, yeoman of Waterloo married 2 Mar 1852, Greenbush by banns to Nancy Meyer aged 18, of Waterloo

    4. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226.