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

Ida Shantz[1]

Female 1878 - 1883  (5 years)


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  • Name Ida Shantz 
    Born 25 May 1878  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Eby ID Number 00009-1070.2 
    Died 29 Nov 1883  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6
    Buried Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I15861  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Jonathan S. Shantz,   b. 16 Mar 1849, Near St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1914, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Caroline Bingeman,   b. 11 Apr 1855, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1927, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 24 Oct 1876  [1, 6, 7
    Family ID F4256  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • SHANTZ.- On the 20th of November. In Wilmot twp., Waterloo Ont., Ida, daughter of Jonathan and Caroline Shantz, aged 5 years, 6 months and 4 days. Buried at Blenheim; Funeral services by Joseph Nahrgang in German, and Noah Stauffer in English. Text, 1 Peter 1: 24.


      Herald of Truth - Volume XX, Number 23 - December 1, 1883, page 365

  • 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..., 423.

    2. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Ida/ dau of/ Jonathan & Caroline/ died Nov 29, 1883/ aged 5 yrs, 8 mo 4 d's

    3. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 15.

    4. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Ida Shantz Born: 16 May 1878 County: Waterloo Father: Jonathan Shantz Mother: Caroline Bingaman

    5. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, December 1, 1883 - Obituary of Ida Shantz.

    6. [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..., 273.

    7. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, December 31, 1914 - Obituary of Jonathan S. Shantz.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 May 1878 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Nov 1883 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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