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

Elizabeth Shantz[1]

Female 1811 - 1886  (74 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Shantz 
    Born 16 Oct 1811  Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Name Elizabeth Ziegler 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6589 
    Died 28 Jun 1886  [1, 2
    Buried Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I18882  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 Jonas Ziegler,   b. 1 Feb 1808, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1854, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 20 May 1828  [1
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F4830  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Shantz, "the second daughter of Abraham Shantz, was born October 16th 1811. On May 20th, 1828, she was married to Jonas Ziegler. She died June 28th, 1886. 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 379.

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93278994/elizabeth-ziegler.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Oct 1811 - Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
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