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

Aaron D. Shantz[1, 2, 3]

Male 1837 - 1844  (6 years)


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  • Name Aaron D. Shantz 
    Born 17 Sep 1837  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6646 
    Died 21 Jun 1844  [1, 3, 6
    Buried Shantz's Meeting House Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I19072  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2025 

    Father John C. Shantz,   b. 23 Oct 1807, South Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1875  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Nancy Detweiler,   b. 8 Mar 1816, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 12 Jan 1833  [3, 7
    Family ID F5494  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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..., 388.

    2. [S173] Ancestry.com.

    3. [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..., 522.

    4. [S159] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Shantz Mennonite CC#4566 Internet Link.
      Aaron D./ son of/ John C. & Anna/ Shantz/ Died June 21, 1844/ Aged 6 Years, 9 Mo./ 4Dys./

    5. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 3 Oct 1837:42.
      17 Sept 1837 The family of John Schantz in Wilmot was blessed with a son.
      Funeral Card 1909
      Funeral Card 1909


    6. [S159] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Shantz Mennonite CC#4566 Internet Link.
      Aaron D./ son of/ John C. & Anna/ Shantz/ Died June 21, 1844/ Aged 6 Years, 9 Mo./ 4Dys./
      Eby states death was in 1846 but tombstone and age calculates properly to a death date of 1844

    7. [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..., 387.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Sep 1837 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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