Susannah Schneider^{[1, 2]}

1804 - 1837  (32 years)

• Name	Susannah Schneider
  Born	4 Jun 1804	Franklin Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Susannah Shantz
  Eby ID Number	00106-6300
  Died	2 Apr 1837	Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  	Cause: Small pox
  Buried	Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I1782	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Jacob Shantz,   b. 15 Aug 1797, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 21 Jul 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	2 Mar 1824  [1]
  Children	1. Lydia Shantz,   b. 1 Mar 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Feb 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)   2. Daniel Shantz,   b. 30 Mar 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jun 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)   3. Hannah Shantz,   b. 12 Jun 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Aug 1924, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 95 years)   4. Susannah Shantz,   b. 2 Jun 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jul 1911  (Age 80 years)   5. Rachel Shantz,   b. 19 Jul 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jun 1900  (Age 66 years)   6. Abraham Shantz,   b. 13 Oct 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Jun 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

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

  Born - 4 Jun 1804 - Franklin Co., Pennsylvania Buried - - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth