Amsy S. Shantz^[1]

1885 - 1970  (85 years)

• Name	Amsy S. Shantz
  Born	9 Apr 1885	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer Son
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farm Hand
  Residence	RR3, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6669.8
  Died	23 Oct 1970	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I19204	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John C. Shantz,   b. 5 Jul 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jun 1914  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Mary Snyder,   b. 28 Nov 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jul 1930  (Age 82 years)
  Married	21 Feb 1874  [1, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F4905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Luella K. Kinzie,   b. 6 Oct 1890, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Dec 1977, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	1915
  Children	1. John Clifford Shantz,   b. 11 Jan 1917,   d. 1993  (Age 75 years)   2. Vera K. Shantz,   b. 18 Feb 1920   3. Nora K. Shantz,   b. 6 Jun 1923   4. Arthur Calvin Shantz,   b. 3 Apr 1925,   d. 19 May 1926  (Age 1 years)   5. Alice Shantz,   b. 14 Dec 1926,   d. 6 Aug 1999  (Age 72 years)   6. Harold Edward Shantz,   b. 26 Aug 1929,   d. 29 Apr 1930, RR3, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   7. Myrtle K. Shantz   8. Mildred May Shantz
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F10725	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Amsy S. Shantz Amsy S. Shantz of Fairview Mennonite Home in Preston died in the South Waterloo Hospital in Galt Friday after a brief illness. He was 85. Born in Kitchener, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John C. Shantz, he had lived in Preston for the past two years. He formerly lived at RR 2, Hespeler, and farmed at RR 3, Kitchener. Mr. Shantz was a member of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church. Surviving besides his wife, the former Luella Kinzie, whom he married in Breslau in 1915, are one son, J. Clifford of Salem; five daughters, Mrs. Amos (Vera) Kipfer of Manilla, N.Y., Nora of Waterloo,. Mrs. David H. (Alice) Bauman of Flora-dale, Mrs. Stanley (Myrtle) Stricker of Kitchener and Mrs. Russell (Mildred) Scheerer of RR 1, Hespeler and 12 grand-children. Mr. Shantz was the last surviving member of his family. He was predeceased by four sisters, three brothers and two sons. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where Rev. Howard Schmitt of Wanner Mennonite Church will conduct the service on Monday at 3 p.m. Burial will be in Woodland cemetery.

  
  

• 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..., 392. [S177] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1901, Waterloo c-5 Page 6. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 6. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 5 Page 3. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 27. [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..., 320.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Apr 1885 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer Son - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farm Hand - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - RR3, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Oct 1970 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth