Caroline Christner^{[1, 2]}

Cal 1856 - 1931  (~ 74 years)

• Name	Caroline Christner
  Born	CALC 19 Aug 1856	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Caroline Shantz
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [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
  	Cause: Asthma several years-Heart Failure 2 years
  Buried	Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Person ID	I16679	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Simon S. Shantz,   b. 8 Oct 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Mar 1926  (Age 69 years)
  Married	6 Apr 1887	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Aven Christner Shantz,   b. 1 Nov 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Feb 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 38 years)   2. Melvin Russel Shantz,   b. 1891, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Lynden Lloyd "Lloyd" Shantz,   b. 5 Aug 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Feb 1969  (Age 74 years)   4. Lorne Stanley Shantz,   b. 16 Nov 1895,   d. 8 Mar 1902  (Age 6 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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. [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. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, District 161 Sub-district A Division 4 Page Number 21 Household Number 82. Gives age and birth country [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 4 Page 21. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Wilmot Twp. 1871 Div. 2 Page 29. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 53. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 4 Page 22. [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. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. [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

  Born - CALC 19 Aug 1856 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 6 Apr 1887 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Asthma several years-Heart Failure 2 years - 26 Apr 1931 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth