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

Susannah Shantz[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Female 1854 - 1922  (67 years)


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  • Name Susannah Shantz 
    Born 12 Aug 1854  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Gender Female 
    Name Susannah Snider 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1874  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6683 
    Died 1 Apr 1922  [13
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Person ID I19253  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Noah C. Shantz,   b. 14 Jan 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Hannah Bauman,   b. 28 Feb 1819, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 26 Jan 1841  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 14, 15, 16, 17
    Family ID F2476  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob B. Snider,   b. 10 Jan 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1936, German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 20 Sep 1874  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 8, 12
    Children 
     1. Lydia Ann Snider,   b. 28 Jul 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1903  (Age 27 years)
     2. Annetta Snider,   b. 27 Aug 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Alvin Snider,   b. 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Aeton Snider,   b. 6 Oct 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1962  (Age 76 years)
     5. Mayor Ion S. Snider,   b. 1 Jun 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1963  (Age 74 years)
     6. Harvey Snider,   b. 17 Mar 1893, German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Lloyd Schantz Snider,   b. 21 Sep 1895, German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1970  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F206  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Susannah Shantz, "was born August 12th, 1854. On September 20th, 1874, she was married to Jacob B. Snider."


      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..., 394.

    2. [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..., 274.

    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..., 160.

    4. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 24 Sep 1874.
      20 Sep 1874 By Pastor Wurster in Preston, Jacob Snider was married to Susanna Schantz, both of Waterloo Township.

    5. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012049-94.
      Isaiah Cressman, 23, occ. Farmer, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, son of Isaac and Elizabeth married Annetta Snyder,17, b. Waterloo Twp, res. German Mills, daughter of Jacob and Susannah, Witn: Adam Cressman of Waterloo Twp and Lydia Ann Snyder, 7 February 1894 at The Residence of The Bride's Parents

    6. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-1 Page 14.

    7. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 30.

    8. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 9715-74.
      9715-74 Jacob SNIDER, 21, farmer, Waterloo twp., same, s/o Elias & Hannah, married Susannah SHANTZ, 20, Waterloo twp., same, d/o Noah & Hannah, witn: Amos SNIDER & Aaron SHANTZ, both of Waterloo twp., 20 Sept 1874 at Preston (Mennonite)

    9. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 39.

    10. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 4 Page 5.

    11. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div. 1 Page 7.

    12. [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 46.

    13. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, F., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, F. (1854). Susanna Shantz Snider (1854-1922) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 14 July 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27358127/susanna-snider.

    14. [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..., 393.

    15. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Eby, Benjamin - Minister of the Mennonist Society, Berlin.

    16. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div. 1 Page 6.

    17. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 5 Feb 1841 Pg 6.
      26 Jan 1841 Pastor Benjamin Eby m. Noah SCHANTZ to Hanna BAUMANN, both from Waterloo.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Aug 1854 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1874 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Sep 1874 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo 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 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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