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

Isaac Shontz[1]

Male 1809 - 1867  (57 years)


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  • Name Isaac Shontz 
    Born 12 Feb 1809  Of, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Name Isaac Shantz 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6576 
    Died 21 Jan 1867  [1, 2
    Buried Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I18857  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Abraham Shantz,   b. 15 Dec 1776, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1856, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Alice "Allie" Hunsberger,   b. 20 Jan 1775, Of, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1821, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Family ID F4796  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Stauffer,   b. 11 Feb 1812, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1887, Des Moines, Boone, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 7 Oct 1830  [1
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F4820  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Isaac Shantz, "the third son of Abraham Shantz, was born February 12, 1809. On October 7th, 1830, he was married to Sarah Stauffer. He died January 21st, 1867. They had a family of twelve 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 378.

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113464398/isaac-shontz.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Feb 1809 - Of, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States Link to Google Earth
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