Family: John Schaefer / Elizabeth "Eliza" Shantz (F4924)

• Father | Male John Schaefer

  
  

  Born	28 Mar 1842	, , Germany
  Died	23 Sep 1923
  Buried
  Married	6 Oct 1867  [1, 2, 3]	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2, 3]
  Other Spouse	Susannah Shantz | F49287
  Married	25 Jun 1912	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Father	Valentine Schaefer | F2338 Group Sheet
  Mother	Barbara Fischer | F2338 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Elizabeth "Eliza" Shantz

  
  

  Born	25 Mar 1843	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	1909	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried
  Other Spouse	Moses Hallman | F1898
  Married	17 Mar 1863	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Father	John Yost Shantz | F3015 Group Sheet
  Mother	Susannah Scheirich | F3015 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Susannah Schaefer

  
  

  Born	10 Jun 1868	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	24 Feb 1873
  Buried		Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Ephraim Shafer

  
  

  Born	10 Aug 1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	18 Mar 1953	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried		Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Lydia Ann Moyer | F6239
  Married	30 May 1900	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Simon Schaefer

  
  

  Born	10 Oct 1872	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	10 Apr 1873	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried		Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Norman Schaefer

  
  

  Born	7 Mar 1874	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	15 May 1942
  Buried		Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Spouse	Alberta Israel | F5619
  Married

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Priscilla Schaefer

  
  

  Born	10 Nov 1876	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Irvine Schaefer

  
  

  Born	1878	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 7 | Female Marinda Schaefer

  
  

  Born	5 May 1881	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 8 | Female Nancy Schaefer

  
  

  Born	14 Jun 1884	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Died	27 Dec 1885
  Buried		Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 399. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register, Page 34, return 307: by Joseph Hagey, A minister of the Mennonist Society. John SCHAFER, 25, Germany, Waterloo, s/o Teltz? & Barbara, married Elizabeth HALLMAN, 2-, Waterloo, same, d/o John SHANTZ & Susanna, witn: Delman SHANTZ & Henry WAHL, both of Waterloo, 6 Oct 1867 [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 30.