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

Family: Jacob Shantz / Mary Yost (F4914)

m. 1805


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  • Jacob ShantzFather | Male
    Jacob Shantz

    Born  11 Oct 1781  Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Jul 1867  near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  1805  [1]   
    Father  Isaac Shantz | F3031 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Barbara Rife | F3031 Group Sheet 

    Mary YostMother | Female
    Mary Yost

    Born  12 Mar 1784  , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 Oct 1869  near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Mother   

    Child 1 | Female
    Mary Shantz

    Born  23 Mar 1807  , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 May 1809   
    Buried     

    Child 2 | Male
    Isaac Y. Shantz

    Born  31 Jan 1809  , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Oct 1878  Near Shantz Station, 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  Catharine Clemens | F4915 
    Married  23 Apr 1833   

    Child 3 | Male
    John Yost Shantz

    Born  6 Feb 1811  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  23 Feb 1891  Near, 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  Susannah Scheirich | F3015 
    Married  28 Mar 1837  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Female
    Veronica "Fanny" Shantz

    Born  23 May 1813  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Aug 1887  Near Williamsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Abraham D. Clemens | F4490 
    Married  16 Apr 1833   

    Child 5 | Male
    Joseph Y. Shantz

    Born  10 Jul 1815  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 May 1900  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  Elizabeth Stauffer | F1019 
    Married  15 May 1838  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Male
    Joshua Y. Shantz

    Born  11 Sep 1817  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Magdalena Martin | F4722 
    Married  17 Mar 1840  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Male
    David Y. Shantz

    Born  29 Aug 1819  near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 Oct 1894  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Barbara Stauffer | F2935 
    Married  15 Mar 1842  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Mayor Jacob Yost ShantzChild 8 | Male
    Mayor Jacob Yost Shantz

    Born  2 May 1822  near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Oct 1909  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Anna "Nancy" Brubacher | F243 
    Married  6 Dec 1853  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Sarah Shuh | F484 
    Married  1 Oct 1871   
    Spouse  Barbara Biehn | F4227 
    Married  2 May 1843  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 9 | Male
    Samuel Y. Shantz

    Born  15 Jan 1825  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  15 May 1900  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Esther Erb | F1987 
    Married  11 Mar 1845  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 10 | 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
    Spouse  Nancy Moyer | F4016 
    Married  2 Mar 1852  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, 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..., 395.