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

Noah B. Shantz[1, 2]

Male 1861 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Noah B. Shantz 
    Born 30 Jul 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farm Hand 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Teamster 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6685 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I19256  Generations
    Last Modified 25 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  [2, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Family ID F2476  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Leah Hoenstein,   b. 29 May 1862, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 9 Sep 1884  Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Children 
     1. Clayton Shantz,   b. 9 Sep 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Alexander Edgar Shantz,   b. 16 Nov 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4912  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Noah B. Shantz, "was born July 30th, 1861. He is married to Leah Hoenstein. They reside in the town of Berlin where he is engaged with Messrs. John Fennell and Son as drayman and teamster. His family consists of two children named.."


      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..., 395.

    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..., 160.

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

    4. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 32.

    5. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 2 Page 8.

    6. [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.

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

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

    9. [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.

    10. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 001733-84 Noah Shantz & Leah Hunstein.
      Noah Schantz, 23, r. Mildmay, b. Waterloo Co.., b, Yeoman, Noah Shantz & Hannah Schantz; Leah Hunstein, 21, Mildmay, b. Carrick Twp., s, Henry & Elizabeth Hunstein, wit. John Hunstein & Catharine Thomas, both of Mildmay, Sept. 9, 1884 in Mildmay, g. Mennonite, b. Methodist, Samuel Knipp, banns.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Jul 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farm Hand - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., 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 MapsMarried - 9 Sep 1884 - Mildmay, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Teamster - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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