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

Samantha Shantz[1, 2]

Female 1870 - 1936  (65 years)


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  • Name Samantha Shantz 
    Born 2 Dec 1870  Shantz Station, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Female 
    Name Samantha Schiedel 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6698.4 
    Died 30 Jan 1936  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 10
    Cause: Cause: Diabetes - Cacer of the Rectum - Pulmonary Embolism 
    Buried 2 Feb 1936  Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I19310  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Abraham C. Shantz,   b. 7 May 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1922, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Catharine Goetz,   b. 20 Apr 1846, , France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1933, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 25 Feb 1866  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 11, 12, 13, 14
    Family ID F4920  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob M. Schiedel,   b. 15 Oct 1864, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1921, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married Nov 1889  [9
    Children 
     1. Roy Garfield Schiedel,   b. 28 May 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1960  (Age 70 years)
     2. Ray Shannon Schiedel,   b. 27 Apr 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1927  (Age 34 years)
     3. Flossie May Schiedel,   b. 10 Nov 1895, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1966, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     4. Gordon Stanley Schiedel,   b. 16 Feb 1898, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1910  (Age 12 years)
     5. Nelson Schiedel,   b. Jan 1904, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F6098  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Samantha Schiedel

      Taken to Toronto General Hospital two months ago, where she under-went two operations, Mrs. Samantha Schiedel of Breslau, passed away there on Jan, 30 in her 66th year. Mrs. Schiedel was the relict of the late Jacob M. Schiedel, who passed a was 15 years ago. She was born at Shantz Station, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Abram C. Shantz and attended the Breslau M.B.C. Mennonite Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Orville H. Mader, Breslau, two sons, Roy and Nelson, Breslau, and 19 grandchildren. Four brothers, Nelson and Irvine Shantz, Kitchener, Joseph and Abram, Breslau, and four sisters, Mrs. John Shiry, Kitchener, Mrs. Joel Gole, Richan, Ont., Mrs. Daniel Brox, Spruce Grove, Alta., and Mrs. Peter Martin, R.R. 3, Kitchener, also survive. The funeral was held Sunday from the home at 2 o'clock and thence to Cressman Mennonite Church followed by interment in the adjoining cemetery.

      The Waterloo Chronicle 6 Feb 1936 pg 5

  • 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..., 253.

    2. [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..., 397.

    3. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Division 1 Page Number 37 Household Number 175.

    4. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link .
      Jacob M.Schiedel / born 1864, died 1921 / Samantha Shantz / his wife / born 1870, died 1936 / Asleep in Jesus / Schiedel

    5. [S293] Census - ON, York, Toronto - 1901, Toronto (City/Cité) Ward/Quartier No. 1 F-7 Page 10.

    6. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 33.

    7. [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Township Div. 5 Page 17.

    8. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Name:Samantha Shontz Date of Birth:2 Dec 1870 Gender:Female Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father's name:Abraham Shontz Mother's name:Catharine Goetz

    9. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 14.

    10. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      ame:Samantha Schiedel Gender:Female Birth Year:abt 1871 Birth Place:Shantz Station, Ontario Age at Death:65 Death Date:30 Jan 1936 Death Place:York, Ontario, Canada Father:Abram C Shantz Mother:Catherine Goetz

    11. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Abraham C.Shantz - May 18, 1922.

    12. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Catharine Goetz - January 19, 1933 - page 894,895.

    13. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 1 Mar 1866.
      Feb. 25, 1866 Abraham Schantz and Catharina Goetz, both of Waterloo Tp.,by Rev. Wurster

    14. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Shantz Abraham, 22, Waterloo, Waterloo, son of Isaac and Catherine (Clemens), married 25 Feb 1866 Catherine Goetz, 21, Waterloo, France, daughter of Francis and Barbara (Ohlie)

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Dec 1870 - Shantz Station, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - 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 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Cause: Diabetes - Cacer of the Rectum - Pulmonary Embolism - 30 Jan 1936 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 2 Feb 1936 - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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