Myra Snyder^[1]

1885 - 1980  (95 years)

• Name	Myra Snyder
  Born	11 Jul 1885	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Myra Shantz
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00106-5924.2
  Died	28 Jul 1980	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Buried	Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I15862	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Levi Snyder,   b. 25 Jul 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Apr 1931, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Sarah S. Reist,   b. 23 Jul 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jul 1941, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	17 Sep 1884	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F261882	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pastor Benjamin B. Shantz,   b. 23 Jun 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Dec 1964, Vineland, Welland Co., Ontario  (Age 84 years)
  Married	7 Mar 1906	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 9]
  Children	1. Violet Shantz,   b. Apr 1907, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1999  (Age ~ 91 years)   2. Grace Shantz,   b. Jul 1908, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Levi Clayton Shantz,   b. 1911,   d. 1992  (Age 81 years)   4. Mary Edna "Edna" Shantz,   b. 5 Jul 1917, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Apr 2004, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   5. Jacob Ralph "Ralph" Shantz,   b. 21 Feb 1922, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 2014, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)   6. Donald Roy "Roy" Shantz,   b. 31 Mar 1925, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F5893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Shantz, Myra, daughter of Levi and Sara (Reist) Snyder, was born in Hespeler, Ont., July 11, 1885; died at Fairview Mennonite Home, Cambridge, Ont., July 26, 1980; aged 95 y. On Mar. 7, 1906, she was married to Benjamin Shantz. He died in 1964. Surviving are 4 sons (Clayton, Gordon, Ralph, and Roy), 4 daughters (Violet-Mrs. Cranson Good, Grace-Mrs. Wesley Metzger, Marjorie-Mrs. Phares Martin, and Edna-Mrs. Rae Hilforn), 15 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, 3 sisters, and one brother. She was a member of Preston Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on July 29, in charge of Willis L. Breckbill; interment in the Hagey Cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume 73, Number 36 - September 2, 1980, page 710

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 283. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . Shantz / Rev. Benjamin B. Shantz / 1880-1964 / Pastor of Hagey Mennonite / Church for 40 years / Myra Snyder / his beloved wife / 1885-1980 / I know that my Redeemer liveth [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-5 Page 6. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, September 2, 1980 - Myra Snyder. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 1. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 44. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Levi Snyder - April 30, 1931 - Vol. XXIV, No.5 - page 110, 110. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 011693 (1884). Name:Levi Snyder Age:32 Birth Year:abt 1852 Birth Place:Canada Marriage Date:17 Sep 1884 Marriage Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:Absalom Snyder Mother:Mary Snyder Spouse:Sarah S Reist [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Benjamin B. Shantz - March 9, 1965 - pages 214,215.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Jul 1885 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 7 Mar 1906 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 28 Jul 1980 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth