Jacob Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1781 - 1867  (85 years)

• Name	Jacob Shantz
  Born	11 Oct 1781	Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26915942
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 001, Waterloo County, Ontario   [7]
  Land	Bef 1831	Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 008N, Waterloo County, Ontario   [7]
  Name	Jacob Schantz  [3]
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6690
  Grave Photograph - Find A Grave	Gravestone of Jacob Shantz
  Died	1 Jul 1867	near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5, 8]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I19270	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Isaac Shantz,   b. 14 Jan 1748, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 11 Oct 1802, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Barbara Rife,   b. 12 Sep 1753, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1820, South Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	4 May 1774  [9]
  Family ID	F3031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Yost,   b. 12 Mar 1784, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 22 Oct 1869, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	1805  [1]
  Children	1. Mary Shantz,   b. 23 Mar 1807, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 9 May 1809  (Age 2 years)   2. Isaac Y. Shantz,   b. 31 Jan 1809, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 6 Oct 1878, Near Shantz Station, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)   3. John Yost Shantz,   b. 6 Feb 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Feb 1891, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   4. Veronica "Fanny" Shantz,   b. 23 May 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Aug 1887, Near Williamsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   5. Joseph Y. Shantz,   b. 10 Jul 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 May 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)   6. Joshua Y. Shantz,   b. 11 Sep 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. David Y. Shantz,   b. 29 Aug 1819, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Oct 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   8. Mayor Jacob Yost Shantz,   b. 2 May 1822, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Oct 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   9. Samuel Y. Shantz,   b. 15 Jan 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 May 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   10. Amos Y. Shantz,   b. 31 May 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 May 1904  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024
  Family ID	F4914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Jacob Shantz, "the third son of Isaac and Barbara (Reiff) Shantz, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, October 11th, 1781. In 1805 he was married to Mary Yost who was born in the same county, March 12th, 1784, and died near Berlin, Ontario, October 22, 1869. In 1810 they left their native home and moved to Canada. They settled a little south-east of Berlin, on the farm now owned by their grandson, Jacob B. Shantz. This place old Mr. Shantz purchased from old George (Yarrick) Eby who had settled thereon in 1804. Here Mr. and Mrs. Shantz resided until their deaths. He died July 1st, 1867, leaving a family of ten children" 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.]. ____________________________________ On the first of July, 1867, in Waterloo Township, C. W., Br. JACOB SHANTZ, aged 85 years, 8 months, and 20 days. He was a native of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and removed to Canada with his family in the year 1810. He lived in wedlock sixty-two years, and leaves eight children, eighty-four grand-children, and fifty-six great-grand-children. He took an active part in converting the wilderness of Waterloo Township into fruitful country. He was energetic and courageous in what he did, and is his works were according to the will of God, he is now at rest. DAVID SHERK. HERALD OF TRUTH - Volume IV, Number 8 - August 1867 pages 115, 116 _________________________ A LARGE FAMILY The family of the late Jacob Shantz, father of our well-known Mr. Jacob Y. Shantz, was most remarkable for its size and long life. There were eight brothers in this family, named Isaac, John, Joseph, Joshua, David, Jacob, Samuel and Amos - all good scriptural names. They all write Y. as a middle name, after their mother's maiden name, which was Yost. These brothers all lived up to about two weeks ago when Isaac, the eldest, died at the advance age of about 70, the youngest being about 50. They all raised large families, some of them even beyond the orthodox dozen, and we believe all with perhaps one exception rejoice in the possession of numerous grand-children. The family have also been remarkably successful in their business matters, each having not only a comfortable home of his own but a sufficient surplus to start his children on the road to prosperity. These worthy brothers had one sister, wife of the late Abraham D. Clemens, Williamsburg, who is also still living though considerably over sixty years old. It is a very rare thing to find so large a family attaining the ages of these excellent brothers who are most of them yet in the prime of manhood. BERLIN DAILY NEWS OCTOBER 17th, 1878

  
  

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  [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. [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..., 21. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Zum Andenken an / Jacob Schantz / gest. een 7ten Juli 1867 / Alt. 83 Jahr 8 Mo. 20 Ta. / in memory of / Jacob Schantz / who died July 7, 1867 / aged 83 years 8 mos. 20 days [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. Jacob SCHANTZ Gentleman Birthplace: USA Age 71 Mennonite b. ?October Maria SCHANTZ Birthplace: USA Age 69 Mennonite [S32] News - Herald of Truth, August 1867 pages 115, 116 - Obituary of Jacob Shantz. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 4 Page 42. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 49. [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..., 396. [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..., 374.

  
  

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  Born - 11 Oct 1781 - Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Land - Bef 1831 - Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 001, Waterloo County, Ontario Occupation - Gentleman - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth