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

Nancy D. Shantz[1, 2, 3]

Female 1851 - 1910  (59 years)


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  • Name Nancy D. Shantz 
    Born 15 Mar 1851  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Female 
    Name Nancy D. Shantz 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Other Methodist 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6653 
    Died 20 Mar 1910  [5
    Buried Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I19115  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    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, 10
    Family ID F5494  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    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 ?,   b. CA 1807,   d. Bef 1861  (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Family ID F264685  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John S. Shantz,   b. 4 Dec 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 29 Jan 1873  [8, 11
    Children 
     1. Alvin Shantz,   b. 1873, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Susannah S. Shantz,   b. 2 Nov 1874, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Linie Ann Shantz,   b. 29 Nov 1876, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Edmond Shantz,   b. 1877, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Anson Shantz,   b. 12 Jun 1879,   d. 4 Oct 1879  (Age 0 years)
     6. Annetta Shantz,   b. 26 Apr 1882, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1908  (Age 26 years)
     7. Laurena Shantz,   b. 12 Sep 1884, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Katy Schul,   b. 1890, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4894  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Nancy D. Shantz, "was born march 15th 1851. She is married to John S. Shantz, a farmer."


      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..., 389.

    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. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, a-2 pg 1.

    5. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link .
      Shantz / John S.Shantz / died / Jan.12,1900 aged 53 yrs / his wife Nancy / died Mar.20,1910 / aged 59 yrs / Their memory is blessed

    6. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-2 Page 1.
      birth date in census given is 13 Mar 1851

    7. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 5 Page 13.

    8. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 8.

    9. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 15 Page 100.

    10. [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.

    11. [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..., 400.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Mar 1851 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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