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

Henry Bauman Shantz[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1841 - 1922  (81 years)


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  • Name Henry Bauman Shantz 
    Born 17 Dec 1841  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Laborer 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1863  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Occupation 1869  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    laborer 
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    farmer 
    Occupation 1881  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    farmer 
    Occupation 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Farmer 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    day labourer 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Income 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Mennonite 
    Retired 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Residence 1922  155 Albert St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Eby ID Number 00110-6677 
    Died 19 Dec 1922  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Person ID I183166  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Noah C. Shantz,   b. 14 Jan 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Hannah Bauman,   b. 28 Feb 1819, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 26 Jan 1841  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 17, 18, 19
    Family ID F2476  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lydia Ann Snyder,   b. 20 Jan 1839, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 20 Oct 1863  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 12, 13, 20
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann Shantz,   b. 12 Dec 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
     2. Hannah Shantz,   b. 1 Sep 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1925, Near Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     3. Daniel S. Shantz,   b. 13 Apr 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     4. Ananias S. Shantz,   b. 16 Dec 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Louisa Shantz,   b. Mar 1871, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Lydian Shantz,   b. 19 Mar 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1952  (Age 81 years)
     7. Alvina Matilda Shantz,   b. 25 Nov 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1961  (Age 88 years)
     8. William Henry Shantz,   b. Dec 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Edwin Alvin Shantz,   b. 12 Nov 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Samuel S. Shantz,   b. 12 Nov 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1960  (Age 80 years)
     11. Minerva Shantz,   b. 25 Jul 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F4757  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Henry B. Shantz, "was born December 16th, 1841. On October 20th, 1863, he was married to Lydia Snyder. They reside near Berlin where he is engaged in raising vegetables for the market. To them were born the following 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. [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..., 393.

    2. [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..., 299.

    3. [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..., 602.

    4. [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..., 160.

    5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 018760-04.
      Samuel S. Shantz, 24, Occ. Farmer, b. Waterloo Co., Res. Berlin, son of Henry Shantz and Lydia Ann Snyder married Sarah Wolff, 22, b. Doon, Res. Doon, daughter of George Wolff and Jacobina Helm, Witn: Tilmon Wolff of Berlin and Bella Pfohl of German Mills, 26 October 1904 in Doon.

    6. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-9 Page 14.

    7. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div., 1, Pg. 27.

    8. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851.

    9. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Division 3 Page Number 13 Household Number 53.

    10. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 30, Pg 1.

    11. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div. 1 Page 7.

    12. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 13.

    13. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Henry Shantz, 21, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of Noe and Hanna, married 20 Oct 1863 Lydia Snyder, 23, res. Waterloo, b. N. Dumfries, daughter of Samuel and Mary

    14. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26871496/henry-b-shantz.

    15. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Name: Henry Bauman Shantz
      Sex: Male
      Age: 81
      Death Date: 19 Dec 1922
      Death Place: Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario
      Marital Status: Widowed
      Occupation: Retired
      Race: German
      Father's Name: Noah Shantz
      Mother's Name: Hannah Bauman
      Ethnicity: German
      Race: White
      Race: German
      Occupation: Retired
      Birth Date: 16 Dec 1841
      Birthplace: Waterloo Co.
      Death Place: Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario
      Death Age: 81 years 2 days
      Burial Date: 22 Dec 1922
      Burial Place: Kitchener, Ont
      Father's Birthplace: Waterloo County
      Mother's Birthplace: Preston, Ont

    16. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Name: Ananias Shantz
      Event Type: Birth
      Event Date: 16 Dec 1869
      Event Place: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
      Gender: Male
      Father's Name: Henry B. Shantz - laborer of Waterloo Twp
      Mother's Name: Lydia Snyder
      Certificate Number: 5420

    17. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Eby, Benjamin - Minister of the Mennonist Society, Berlin.

    18. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div. 1 Page 6.

    19. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 5 Feb 1841 Pg 6.
      26 Jan 1841 Pastor Benjamin Eby m. Noah SCHANTZ to Hanna BAUMANN, both from Waterloo.

    20. [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..., 394.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Dec 1841 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1863 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Oct 1863 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - laborer - 1869 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - farmer - 1881 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - day labourer - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Income - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRetired - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Dec 1922 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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