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

Ellen Shantz[1]

Female 1821 - 1895  (74 years)


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  • Name Ellen Shantz 
    Born 27 Mar 1821  Of, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Name Ellen Flowers 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6619 
    Died Nov 1895  [2
    Buried Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I18958  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 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 John Flowers,   b. 11 Aug 1818, Selinsgrove, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1862, , Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 7 Nov 1839  [1
    Children 
     1. George Diadorus Flowers,   b. 21 Feb 1853, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1887  (Age 34 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4858  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ellen Shantz, "was born March 27th, 1821. On November 7th, 1839, she was married to John Flowers who was born August 11, 1818, and died June 29th, 1862. They had a family of four 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 383.

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11650950/ellen-flowers.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 Mar 1821 - Of, 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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