Mervin Shantz^[1]

1902 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Mervin Shantz
  Born	Feb 1902	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer's Son
  Residence	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1925	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Farmer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-158478
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I158478	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Allan B. Shantz,   b. 14 Aug 1873, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Nov 1931, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Catherine Shirk,   b. 20 Mar 1875, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jan 1954, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	1 Mar 1899	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F1448	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence B. Burkhard,   b. 14 Dec 1902, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	25 Mar 1925	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Ralph Emerson Shantz,   b. 10 May 1927,   d. 15 Aug 1990  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F46471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020808-25. Mervin Shantz, 23, occ. Farmer, b. Kitchener, res. RR#2 Kitchener, son of Allan Shantz (B. Wilmot Twp) and Catherine Shirk Married Florence Burkhart, 22, occ. Housekeeper, b. Drayton, res. RR#2 Drayton, daughter of Enoch Burkhart (B. Woolwich Twp) and Hannah Eby, Witnessed by: Abner Musselman of RR#2 Waterloo and Gladys Burkhart of RR#2 Drayton, 25 March 1925 in Waterloo Twp. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 5 Page 2. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sub District 5 Page 4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 015681-1899. Allen SHANTZ, 24 of Wilmot Tp., born Wilmot Tp., bachelor, farmer, Mennonite, son of Wendel SHANTZ & Nancy BOWMAN to Katy SHERK, 24 of Bridgeport, born Bridgeport, spinster, Mennonite, daughter of Peter SHIRK & Mag. MARTIN on Mar. 1st, 1899 in Berlin. Ceremony witnessed by Josiah CRESSMAN, Waterloo Tp., & Magdalena SHIRK, Bridgeport; performed by Daniel Wismer.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Feb 1902 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer's Son - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1925 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 25 Mar 1925 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth