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	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  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	4 Mar 2025
  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