Isaac Y. Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1809 - 1878  (69 years)

• Name	Isaac Y. Shantz
  Born	31 Jan 1809	, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Land	1833	Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 086, Waterloo County, Ontario   [8]
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6692
  Died	6 Oct 1878	Near Shantz Station, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 6]
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I19274	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Shantz,   b. 11 Oct 1781, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1 Jul 1867, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Mary Yost,   b. 12 Mar 1784, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 22 Oct 1869, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	1805  [9]
  Family ID	F4914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catharine Clemens,   b. 14 Feb 1816, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 30 Aug 1869, Near Shantz Station, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Married	23 Apr 1833  [1, 7]
  Children	1. Mary Shantz,   b. 16 May 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Feb 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   2. Susannah Shantz,   b. 21 Apr 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary Catharine "Catherine" Shantz,   b. 7 Apr 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Mar 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 36 years)   4. Veronica "Fanny" Shantz,   b. 12 Apr 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 May 1896  (Age 56 years)   5. Jacob C. Shantz,   b. 4 Mar 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Dec 1875, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  (Age 33 years)   6. Abraham C. Shantz,   b. 7 May 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Apr 1922, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   7. Lydia Ann Shantz,   b. 20 Jan 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Apr 1915, Wheatland, Mecosta, Michigan, USA  (Age 68 years)   8. Noah Shantz,   b. 29 Jan 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Feb 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   9. Owen C. Shantz,   b. 27 Jan 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Matilda Shantz,   b. 6 Jan 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Isaac C. Shantz,   b. 20 Jan 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Apr 1928, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   12. Rachel Shantz,   b. 27 Mar 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Aug 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 34 years)   13. Magdalena Shantz,   b. 25 Mar 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 May 1915  (Age 57 years)   14. Clemens Shantz,   b. 27 May 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jul 1861  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F4915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Isaac Y. Stantz, "was born January 31st, 1809. On April 23rd, 1833, he was married to Catharine Clemens who was born February 14th, 1816, and died August 30th, 1869. Soon after their marriage they moved near Shantz Station, on the farm now possessed by their son, Isaac C., where they resided until their deaths. He died October 6th, 1878. To them was born a family of fourteen 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.].

  
  

• 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..., 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..., 171. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link . In memory of/ Isaac Y.Shantz/ born Jan'y 31,1809/ died Oct.6,1878/ aged/ 69 yr's 8 mo.& 6 d's/ Jesus has called the father home/ His flesh lies mouldering in the tomb/ God grant his offspring may be blest/ And meet him in eternal rest [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 29. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 10 Oct 1878. Died 6 Oct 1878 Isaac Y. Schantz died near Schantz Station, at age of approx. 65 years [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 43. [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..., 395.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 Jan 1809 - , Pennsylvania, USA Land - 1833 - Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 086, Waterloo County, Ontario Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth