Mary Moyer^[1]

1840 - 1935  (94 years)

• Name	Mary Moyer
  Born	1 Jul 1840	, Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67211379
  Name	Mary Schantz
  Occupation	school teacher
  Residence	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	United Brethren
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	United Brethren
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	United Bretheran
  Residence	1935	43 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00133-8150.7
  Died	28 Jan 1935	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I14785	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Abraham Moyer,   b. Abt 1808, , Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Nash,   b. 2 Mar 1808,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F4002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Abraham Moyer,   b. Abt 1808, , Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F10196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Tobias K. Schantz,   b. 10 Apr 1842, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Apr 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	6 Aug 1863	Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Orpheus Moyer "Orph" Schantz,   b. 24 May 1864, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Sep 1951, Red Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States  (Age 87 years)   2. Lydia Mary Etta "Etta" Schantz,   b. 9 Oct 1866, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 May 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 33 years)   3. Sophia Emma "Sophie" Schantz,   b. 4 May 1869, , Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Oct 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)   4. Austin Tobias Schantz,   b. 5 Oct 1871, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jul 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   5. Franklin Abraham "Frank" Schantz,   b. 12 Jan 1874, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Oct 1962, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   6. Arthur Benjamin Schantz,   b. 22 Nov 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Florence Annie Catherine Schantz,   b. 28 Dec 1879, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Mar 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)   8. Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz,   b. 3 May 1883, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F4003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Mary Moyer Dorothy Russell Collection

  
  

• Notes

  MRS. MARY SCHANTZ One of Kitchener's few nonagenarians, Mrs. Mary Schantz, 43 Schneider Avenue, passed away at 11 o'clock last night at her late residence where she had resided since 1890, the result of a slight stroke suffered a week ago. Mrs. Schantz in her 95th year was born in Haldimand County, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Abram H. Moyer. In 1863 she was married at Port Elgin to the late Tobias Schantz, who predeceased her ten years ago. She was a public school teacher before her marriage. Deceased was a faithful member and regular attendant as long as health would permit of Alma Street United Brethren Church and also the Ladies Aid and Women's Missionary Society. Four sons, Orpheus M. Schantz at Chicago, Ill., Austin T. Schantz, Denver, Col., Frank A. Schantz, city, Arthur B. Schantz of Big Prairie, Alta., and two daughters, Miss Sophie E. Schantz and Miss Florence A. C. Schantz, both of this city, survive with three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The funeral will take place Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Ratz Bechtel Funeral Home, followed by interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. Elmer Becker will officiate. The remains will be resting at the funeral home until the funeral. Kitchener Daily Record 29 Jan 1935 pg 11

  
  

• 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..., 439. [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..., 654. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-11 Page 16. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 3 Page 7. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 25 1911 Pg. 9. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, p 36. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 1 Page 2.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Jul 1840 - , Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 6 Aug 1863 - Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Bretheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1935 - 43 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 28 Jan 1935 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth