Magdalena Martin^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1822 - 1892  (69 years)

• Name	Magdalena Martin
  Born	8 Dec 1822	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Magdalena Shantz
  Residence	1840	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00075-4304
  Grave Photograph - Find A Grave	Gravestone Image
  Died	6 Feb 1892	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 7]
  	Cause: Paralysis (6 days)
  Buried	Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Person ID	I18250	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry Z. Martin,   b. 16 Feb 1794, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 8 Jun 1853, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Catharine Miller,   b. 4 Nov 1803, , Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Oct 1870, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joshua Y. Shantz,   b. 11 Sep 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	17 Mar 1840	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 5, 7, 11]
  Children	1. Maria Shantz,   b. 8 Aug 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1886, Near Wilmot Centre, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 44 years)   2. Catharine Shantz,   b. 1 Oct 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Dec 1905  (Age 63 years)   3. Henry Shantz,   b. 12 Dec 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Mar 1848, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)   4. Amos M. Shantz,   b. 15 Jun 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Feb 1920  (Age 72 years)   5. Menno M. Shantz,   b. 4 Apr 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Dec 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)   6. Leah Shantz,   b. 16 May 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Dec 1926, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   7. Nancy Shantz,   b. 18 Sep 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Mar 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 30 years)   8. Lydia Shantz,   b. 22 Jan 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Mar 1899, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 41 years)   9. Lucinda Shantz,   b. 8 Oct 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Nov 1943, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   10. Joshua M. Shantz,   b. 2 May 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Johnathan Shantz,   b. 1873, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F4722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Magdalena Martin, "the eldest daughter of Henry and Catharine (Miller) Martin, was born in Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, December 8th, 1822. On March 17th, 1840, she was married to Joshua Y., son of Jacob and Mary (Yost) Shantz." 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.]. __________________________ Last Saturday Mrs. Joshua Shantz was called to her long home, after a short illness and was buried at the cemetery between Hamburg and Wilmot Centre last Wednesday morning. Mrs. Shantz leaves a husband and grown-up family to mourn their loss. She resided on the farm on which she died for fifty-two years. New Hamburg Independent 12 Feb 1892 pg 3

  
  

• 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..., 757. [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..., 404. [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..., 93. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 10849-78. Moses Baumann, 23, occ. Farmer, b. Wilmot Twp., res. Same, son of Moses and Anna, Married Lydia Schantz, 20, b. Wilmot Twp., res. Same, daughter of Joshua and Magdalena, Witn: William and Catharina Weber of New Hamburg, 5 Feb 1878 at New Hamburg [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..., 20. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 28. [S68] Bible - Shantz, Joshua & Magdalena Martin. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div. 1 Pg. 10. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 21. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 7. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 21 Mar 1840:50. 17 Mar 1840 Benjamin Eby, teacher, m. Josua Schantz, son of Jacob Schantz near Berlin, Waterloo Tp, to Magdalena Martin, daughter of heinrich Martin, in Woolwich Tp.

  
  

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  Born - 8 Dec 1822 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 17 Mar 1840 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Paralysis (6 days) - 6 Feb 1892 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth