Susannah Shantz^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1847 - 1886  (39 years)

• Name	Susannah Shantz
  Born	8 Mar 1847	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Susannah Devitt
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Other Methodist
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Eby ID Number	00110-6651
  Died	28 Oct 1886	Near Port Elgin, Bruce Co., Ontario   [1]
  Person ID	I19104	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	John C. Shantz,   b. 23 Oct 1807, South Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 May 1875  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Nancy Detweiler,   b. 8 Mar 1816, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Feb 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 39 years)
  Married	12 Jan 1833  [4, 8]
  Family ID	F5494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	John C. Shantz,   b. 23 Oct 1807, South Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 May 1875  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	?,   b. CA 1807,   d. Bef 1861  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Family ID	F264685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F211524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	David Devitt,   b. 7 Jan 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1901  (Age < 62 years)
  Children	1. Isaiah S. Devitt,   b. 26 Dec 1881, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Jun 1869, , Presque Isle, Michigan
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F3546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Susannah Shantz, "was born March 8th, 1847. She was married to David Devitt. They resided near Port Elgin, Ontario, where she died October 28th, 1886." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 389. [S173] Ancestry.com. [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..., 531. [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. [S215] Census - ON, Bruce, Saugeen - 1881, Division 1 Page Number 23 Household Number 95. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 5 Page 13. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 15 Page 100. [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

  Born - 8 Mar 1847 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1881 - Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth