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

Rachel Shantz[1, 2, 3]

Female 1828 - 1902  (73 years)


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  • Name Rachel Shantz 
    Born 15 Jul 1828  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Female 
    Name Rachel Cassel 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6929 
    Died 31 Mar 1902  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15629  Generations
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 

    Father David P. Shantz,   b. 10 Jul 1802, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1873, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Sarah Biehn,   b. 25 Dec 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1889  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 8 Jan 1828  [9, 10
    Family ID F4217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John B. Cassel,   b. 23 Feb 1823, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1908, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 9 Sep 1851  [3
    Children 
     1. Sarah S. Cassel,   b. 25 Apr 1854, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1883, Sanilac, Sanilac, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
     2. Isabella S. Cassel,   b. 30 Jun 1855, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     3. Mary S. Cassel,   b. 26 Dec 1858, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1946, , Los Angeles Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     4. David S. Cassel,   b. 15 Dec 1861, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. John Cassel,   b. 1867, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F2798  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Rachel Shantz, "was born July 15th, 1828. She is married to John B. Cassel"


      Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 263.

    2. [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..., 434.

    3. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 383.

    4. [S307] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1901, New Hamburg (Village) E-1 Page 11.

    5. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 4 Page 2.

    6. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 1 Page 15.

    7. [S699] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1891, Section 1 Page 47.

    8. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 3 Page 18.

    9. [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..., 433.

    10. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 262.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Jul 1828 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 31 Mar 1902 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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