Abraham Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1776 - 1856  (80 years)

• Name	Abraham Shantz
  Born	15 Dec 1776	Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Abraham Schantz
  Residence	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00110-6537
  Died	28 Dec 1856	Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA   [3, 4]
  Buried	Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I18789	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Isaac Shantz,   b. 14 Jan 1748, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 11 Oct 1802, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Barbara Rife,   b. 12 Sep 1753, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1820, South Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	4 May 1774  [1]
  Family ID	F3031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Bechtel,   b. 20 Sep 1796, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 20 Sep 1869  (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. Nancy Shantz,   b. 3 Nov 1827, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 17 Jul 1897, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 69 years)   2. Sarah Shantz,   b. 12 Nov 1829, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Levia Shantz,   b. 21 Sep 1830, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 9 Feb 1912, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)   4. Abraham B. Shantz,   b. 12 Jul 1833, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Joseph Shantz,   b. 12 Mar 1838, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F2214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Alice "Allie" Hunsberger,   b. 20 Jan 1775, Of, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 27 Aug 1821, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 46 years)
  Children	1. Moses H. Shantz,   b. 14 Sep 1804, , Butler Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Sep 1884, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 80 years)   2. Aaron Shantz,   b. 20 Feb 1806, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 16 Aug 1875  (Age 69 years)   3. Catharine Shantz,   b. 8 Apr 1807, Of, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Isaac Shontz,   b. 12 Feb 1809, Of, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 21 Jan 1867  (Age 57 years)   5. Elizabeth Shantz,   b. 16 Oct 1811, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 28 Jun 1886  (Age 74 years)   6. Magdalena "Lena" Shantz,   b. 3 Sep 1812, , Butler Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 30 Jun 1841  (Age 28 years)   7. Amos Shantz,   b. 23 Aug 1814, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 7 Jun 1884, , Venango Co., Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 69 years)   8. Mary Shantz,   b. 16 Jul 1816, Of, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 21 Jul 1816  (Age 0 years)   9. David Shantz,   b. 16 Aug 1818, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Ellen Shantz,   b. 27 Mar 1821, Of, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Nov 1895  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Abraham Shantz, "the eldest son of Isaac Shantz, was born December 15th, 1776. He was married to Allie Hunsberger who was born January 20th, 1775, and died August 27, 1821. They resided, after they came to Canada, on the farm now possessed by Isadore B. Snyder, a little east of Berlin. Not finding the county to his expectations and the winter too severe for himself, he left Canada and moved to Harmony, Butler County, Pennsylvania, not far from Pittsburg, where he died December 28th, 1856. He had a family of ten 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

  [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..., 374. [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..., 102. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10598519/abraham-schantz. [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..., 375.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Dec 1776 - Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Residence - - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 28 Dec 1856 - Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Buried - - Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States  = Link to Google Earth