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

Caroline Christner[1, 2]

Female Cal 1856 - 1931  (~ 74 years)


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  • Name Caroline Christner 
    Born CALC 19 Aug 1856  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Name Caroline Shantz 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00022-1611 
    Grave Photograph - Find A Grave Gravestone of Caroline Christner 
    Died 26 Apr 1931  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Asthma several years-Heart Failure 2 years 
    Buried Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16679  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Peter L. Christner,   b. 10 Dec 1817, , Alsace Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1901  (Age < 83 years) 
    Mother Catharine Nahrgang,   b. 29 Apr 1828, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 12 Oct 1847  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10
    Family ID F4397  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Simon S. Shantz,   b. 8 Oct 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1926  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 6 Apr 1887  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Aven Christner Shantz,   b. 1 Nov 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     2. Melvin Russel Shantz,   b. 1891, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Lynden Lloyd "Lloyd" Shantz,   b. 5 Aug 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1969  (Age 74 years)
     4. Lorne Stanley Shantz,   b. 16 Nov 1895,   d. 8 Mar 1902  (Age 6 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F4402  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Caroline Christner, "is married to Simon Shantz. They reside near Haysville, on his father's old farm. Their family consists of three children".


      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..., 392.

    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..., 423.

    3. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, District 161 Sub-district A Division 4 Page Number 21 Household Number 82.
      Gives age and birth country

    4. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 4 Page 21.

    5. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Wilmot Twp. 1871 Div. 2 Page 29.

    6. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 53.

    7. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 4 Page 22.

    8. [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..., 391.

    9. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.

    10. [S38] Vit - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register loose sheets, Frederick W. Bindemann, minister of the Evangelical Protestant Lutheran and German Reformed Church at Greenbush, marriages 6 July 1847 to 1 Apr 1848.
      Peter L. Kristner, carpenter of Wilmot to Catharine Nahrgang of the same place, Wilmot Township, witnesses: John Zinkan, carpenter of Wilmot, Daniel Weber, farmer of Waterloo Township

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - CALC 19 Aug 1856 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, 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 MapsMarried - 6 Apr 1887 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Asthma several years-Heart Failure 2 years - 26 Apr 1931 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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