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

Nancy Shantz[1, 2]

Female 1866 - 1932  (66 years)


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  • Name Nancy Shantz 
    Born 8 Jan 1866  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Female 
    Name Franceska Shantz  [6
    Name Nancy Rudy 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1886  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6660.5 
    Died 7 Mar 1932  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I19148  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Levi S. Shantz,   b. 8 May 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1929  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Lydia Rosenberger,   b. 27 May 1845, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1918  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 28 Mar 1865  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Family ID F833  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Daniel H. Rudy,   b. 24 Apr 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1940, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 26 Jan 1886  Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Children 
     1. Norman Rudy,   b. 4 Jan 1887, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1890, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     2. Clarence Rudy,   b. 27 Sep 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1966, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Clayton Rudy,   b. 7 Nov 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Alvin Rudy,   b. 15 Jan 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1960, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     5. Melvin Rudy,   b. 27 Dec 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1937, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
     6. Levi "Lee" Rudy,   b. May 1902, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Daniel Rudy

      Death summoned an esteemed resident of Preston on Monday morning in the person of Nancy Shantz, wife of Daniel Rudy in her 67th year. She had been ill only three weeks.

      The deceased was born in Wilmot Township but resided in Preston for the past 26 years. She leaves her husband and five sons, besides one sister, Mrs. Abraham Honderich, of Bleam's Road, Wendall Shantz, of Mannheim, and Emory Shantz, of Kitchener. The funeral was held on Thursday afternoon to the Hagey Mennonite Church and Cemetery at Preston.

      New Hamburg Independent Mar 11 1932 pg 5

  • 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..., 209.

    2. [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..., 391.

    3. [S177] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) g-2 Page 12.

    4. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 12.

    5. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link .
      Rudy / in loving memory of / Daniel Rudy / April 24, 1861-Dec. 27, 1940 / Nancy Shantz / Jan. 8, 1866- Mar. 7, 1932 / Melvin Rudy / Dec. 27, 1897-July 8, 1937 / Norman Rudy / Jan. 4, 1887-April 29, 1890 / interred at Blair

    6. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Division 1 Page Number 43 Household Number 185.

    7. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 5 Page 15.

    8. [S1669] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1911, Div. 24 Pg. 21.

    9. [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 13.

    10. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 11 Feb 1886.
      January 26, 1886 Daniel Rudy of Blair, & Nancy Schantz of Wilmot, were married by Pastor Brezing, Heidelberg.

    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..., 390.

    12. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 30 Mar 1865.
      Mar. 28, 1865 Levi Schantz and Lydia Rosenberger, both of Wilmot

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Jan 1866 - 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 - 1886 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Jan 1886 - Heidelberg, Wellesley 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 MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Mar 1932 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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