Mary Shantz^[1]

1834 - 1906  (71 years)

• Name	Mary Shantz
  Born	16 May 1834	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mary Reist
  Residence	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	C. Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6693
  Died	8 Feb 1906	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 10]
  	Cause: paralysis
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Person ID	I19276	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Isaac Y. Shantz,   b. 31 Jan 1809, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 6 Oct 1878, Near Shantz Station, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	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, 12]
  Family ID	F4915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deacon Peter Reist,   b. 23 Jul 1832,   d. 22 Feb 1916  (Age 83 years)
  Married	12 Sep 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 11, 13]
  Children	1. Isaac Shantz Reist,   b. 19 May 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Aug 1880, Of, Kossuth, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 27 years)   2. Mary Ann Reist,   b. 25 Aug 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jul 1857  (Age 1 years)   3. Amos Reist,   b. 30 Jan 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Aug 1875  (Age 18 years)   4. Catherine Reist,   b. 20 Nov 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1880, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 22 years)   5. David Reist,   b. 27 Mar 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Sep 1879  (Age 19 years)   6. Peter Reist,   b. 31 Jan 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Feb 1875  (Age 13 years)   7. Owen Reist,   b. 1865, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Dr. Owen S. Reist,   b. 4 Feb 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Sep 1931  (Age 65 years)   9. Norman Reist,   b. 1877, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Shantz, "was born May 16th, 1834. On September 12th, 1852, she was married to Peter Reist. They reside near Kossuth, Ontario." 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.]. _________________ Reist. - On Feb. 8, 1906, near Kossuth, Ont., of paralysis, Sister Mary, wife of Bro. Peter Reist; aged 71 y., 8 m., 23 d. Her husband, one son, four grandchildren and many friends remain to mourn her departure; but with the hope that she has gone to rest with the redeemed. Funeral on the 10th. Services at the home of Jacob Woolner, Sr., and at the Cressman Mennonite church by A. B. Snyder and Jacob S. Woolner. Gospel Witness Obituary Feb. 28, 1906

  
  

• 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. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-5 Page 8. [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 [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 9. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 7. [S701] News - Gospel Witness, Feb. 28, 1906 - Obituary of Mary Shantz. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 6 Page 58. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 47. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link . Peter Reist/ born July 23, 1832/ died Feb. 22, 1916/ aged 83 yrs. 6 mos. 30 ds./ Mary Shantz/ his wife/ born May 16, 1834/ died February 8, 1906/ aged 71 yrs. 8 mos. 23 dys./ In heaven we'll greet thee/ Where no farewell tear is shed/ Reist [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Peter Reist, farmer of Waterloo Twp. married 12 Sep 1852 in Greenbush by banns to Mary Schantz of Waterloo Twp. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 43. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 May 1834 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 12 Sep 1852 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: paralysis - 8 Feb 1906 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth