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

Family: Levi S. Shantz / Lydia Rosenberger (F833)

m. 28 Mar 1865


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  • Father | Male
    Levi S. Shantz

    Born  8 May 1841  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 May 1929   
    Buried    Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  28 Mar 1865  [1, 2]  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Jonas C. Shantz | F4281 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Hannah Snyder | F4281 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Lydia Rosenberger

    Born  27 May 1845  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Mar 1918   
    Buried    Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Abraham Rosenberger, Sr. | F4162 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Nancy Strome | F4162 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Veronica Shantz

    Born  1865  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 2 | Male
    Abraham R. Shantz

    Born  8 Jan 1866  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 May 1927  Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Ann Wolfe | F21041 
    Married     

    Child 3 | Female
    Nancy Shantz

    Born  8 Jan 1866  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  7 Mar 1932  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Daniel H. Rudy | F336 
    Married  26 Jan 1886  Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Female
    Jessie (?) Shantz

    Born  1867  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 5 | Male
    Isaiah R. Shantz

    Born  11 Apr 1868  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 May 1906  Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Sarah Honderich | F20213 
    Married     

    Child 6 | Male
    Wendel R. Shantz

    Born  1 Mar 1870  Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Oct 1949  Baden, 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  Priscilla Swartz | F5971 
    Married     

    Child 7 | Female
    Barbara R. Shantz

    Born  27 Jan 1872  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Mar 1884  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

    Child 8 | Female
    Susannah R. Shantz

    Born  14 Aug 1874  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  7 Jan 1928  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Urias S. Snyder | F18566 
    Married  1898   

    Child 9 | Male
    Samuel Shantz

    Born  1875  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 10 | Female
    Lydia R. Shantz

    Born  1 Jan 1877  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 May 1948  RR2, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Rev. Abraham Honderich | F20366 
    Married     

    Child 11 | Female
    Sarah R. Shantz

    Born  9 Feb 1879  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  25 Aug 1895   
    Buried    Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 12 | Male
    Emery Rosenberger Shantz

    Born  20 Oct 1881  Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 May 1948  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  20 May 1948  Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Catherine Frank | F191287 
    Married  17 Oct 1909  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 13 | Male
    Noah Shantz

    Born  20 Jul 1883  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 14 | Female
    Hannah Shantz

    Born  20 Jul 1883  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     

    Child 15 | Male
    Hiram Shantz

    Born  23 Mar 1885  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  18 Apr 1886   
    Buried    Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, 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..., 390.

    2. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 30 Mar 1865.
      Mar. 28, 1865 Levi Schantz and Lydia Rosenberger, both of Wilmot