Mary Magdalena "Lena" Stauffer

1876 - 1938  (62 years)

• Name	Mary Magdalena "Lena" Stauffer
  Born	3 Dec 1876	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Lena Stauffer
  Name	Mary Magdalena "Lena" Brubacher
  Name	Mary Magdalena "Lena" Shantz
  Residence	Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1938	71 Edna St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-123503
  Died	27 Dec 1938	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I123503	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Stauffer,   b. 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1911  (Age < 69 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" Betzner,   b. 4 Aug 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jun 1924  (Age 80 years)
  Married	23 May 1865	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F2810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Henry M. Brubacher,   b. 4 Jul 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Mar 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F39565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Abraham Lincoln Shantz,   b. 15 Dec 1868, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Feb 1956, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	24 May 1922
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Stricken with a heart attack, Mrs. Mary Magdelena Shantz, age 62, of 71 Edna street, died at the Kitchener Waterloo Hospital early this morning. Deceased was born in Waterloo Tp. on Dec. 3, 1876. She was a graduate of Pasadena Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, and a mission worker, trained in the Mennonite church at Goshen, Indiana. Predeceased by her first husband, Henry M. Brubacher, she later married Abram L. Shantz. Surviving are her husband, one brother, Fred Stauffer of Washington, one sister, Mrs. Jonas Baer of Blair. Two brothers, J. B. Stauffer and Norman Stauffer and one sister, Mrs. Noah Weber, predeceased her...First Mennonite Cemetery...." KW Record obit. of Tues., Dec. 27, 1938

  
  

• Sources

  [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 4 Page 3. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 5 Page 6. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, July 10, 1924. Obituary of Mary Betzner [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 8 Jun 1865. Married 23 May 1865 By Rev. Wurster, Benjamin Staufer was married to Maria Betzner, both of Waterloo. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Benjamin Staufer, 24, res. Waterloo, b. Wilmot, son of John and Hanna (Schlichter), married 23 May 1865 Mart Betzner, 22, res.Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of Jacob and Mathi

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Dec 1876 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Dec 1938 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth