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

Susannah Schneider[1, 2]

Female 1804 - 1837  (32 years)


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  • Name Susannah Schneider 
    Born 4 Jun 1804  Franklin Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Name Susannah Shantz 
    Eby ID Number 00106-6300 
    Died 2 Apr 1837  Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Cause: Small pox 
    Buried Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I1782  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Jacob Yost Schneider,   b. 24 Jan 1764, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Maria "Mary" Erb,   b. 2 Mar 1766, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1835, Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 1790  [7
    Family ID F637  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob Shantz,   b. 15 Aug 1797, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 2 Mar 1824  [1
    Children 
     1. Lydia Shantz,   b. 1 Mar 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     2. Daniel Shantz,   b. 30 Mar 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     3. Hannah Shantz,   b. 12 Jun 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1924, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     4. Susannah Shantz,   b. 2 Jun 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1911  (Age 80 years)
     5. Rachel Shantz,   b. 19 Jul 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1900  (Age 66 years)
     6. Abraham Shantz,   b. 13 Oct 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F575  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Susannah Schneider, "was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, June 4th, 1804. She was married to Jacob P. Shantz, a farmer, and died near Bloomingdale, Ontario, April 2nd, 1837. .."

      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. [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..., 431.

    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..., 21.

    3. [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..., 335.

    4. [S226] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery CC#4581 Internet Link.
      [Front/West] Zum Andenken an/ Susanna/ eine geb. Schneider/ Ehefrau von/ Jacob Schantz Jr./ geb 4 June 1804;/ gest 2 April 1837;/ Alt 32 Jah;, 9 Mo./ und 28 Tage/ [German verse]

    5. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 30.

    6. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 6 Apr 1837:19.
      last Sunday Susanna Schantz, wife of Jacob Schantz, junior, died at the age of 34. She leaves a mourning husband and 6 children. She died from smallpox.

    7. [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..., 308.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Jun 1804 - Franklin Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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