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

Family: Andrew Axt / Catharine Shantz (F4900)

m. 25 Dec 1873


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  • Father | Male
    Andrew Axt

    Born  28 Jan 1850  Queck, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  10 Feb 1850  Queck, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  7 Jul 1923  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
    Married  25 Dec 1873  [1, 2, 3]  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2, 3] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Johann Christoph "John" Axt | F7268 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Catharina Diebel | F7268 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Catharine Shantz

    Born  6 Nov 1844  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 Oct 1942   
    Buried    Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Jonas C. Shantz | F4281 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Hannah Snyder | F4281 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Elizabeth Axt

    Born  14 May 1874  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1934   
    Buried    Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Adam Doering | F7813 
    Married  12 Feb 1895  Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    Jacob Axt

    Born  12 Jan 1879  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Jun 1960  Kitchener, 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  Livia Cressman | F5991 
    Married  16 Feb 1910  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Female
    Matilda Axt

    Born  22 Nov 1881  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  20 Feb 1963   
    Buried    Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Female
    Margaret Axt

    Born  14 Jun 1884  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Dec 1972  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Henry Warren "Warren" Bean | F7267 
    Married  3 Mar 1909  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Female
    Hannah Axt

    Born  5 May 1886  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Feb 1889   
    Buried    Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Male
    Elam Axt

    Born  21 Dec 1888  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 Jan 1974  Cambridge, 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  Olivia Snyder | F7270 
    Married  3 Sep 1911   

  • 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..., 391.

    2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, August 2, 1923 Obituary of Andrw Axt.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 009895-74 Andrew Axt and Catherine Shantz.
      Andrew AXT, 24, farmer, Hessia Darmstadt Germany, Wilmot Twp, s/o John AXT & Catharine DIEBEL married Catharine SHANTZ, 29, Wilmot Twp, Wilmot Twp, d/o Jonas SHANTZ & Hannah SNYDER, witn: Michael & Eliza MENGER both of New Hamburg, 25 December 1873 in Wilmot Twp