Laura May Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1892 - 1916  (23 years)

• Name	Laura May Shantz
  Born	12 Sep 1892	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Laura May Burkholder
  Residence	1911	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1913	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Domestic
  Eby ID Number	00110-6654.9
  Died	13 Apr 1916  [6, 7]
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I19347	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Sarah D. Shantz,   b. 3 Jun 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Dec 1921, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Married	28 Feb 1875	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F4895	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bishop Oscar Burkholder,   b. 24 Sep 1886, near, Stouffville, , Ontario ,   d. 29 Oct 1956, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Married	1913	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 7]
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F41947	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  From Allan Detweiler 2008

  
  

• 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..., 398. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 15978-13. Oscar Burkholder, 26, occ. Minister, b. Scarboro Twp York Co., res. Markham, son of A. W. Burkholder and Agnes Wood Married Laura May Shantz, 20, occ. Domestic, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Breslau, daughter of Isaac C. and Sarah, Witness(s): Rolph Burkholder of Stouffville and Edith Shantz of Breslau, 7 May 1913 in Waterloo [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-6 Page 10. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-6 Page 10. [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Township Div. 5 Page 18. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link . In/ loving memory of/ Laura M. Shantz/ wife of/ Oscar/ Burkholder/ who died/ April 30, 1916/ aged 23 yrs.7/ mos. & 18 days [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Oscar Burkholder - 30 Oct 1956. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Isaac Schantz Born: Waterloo Township Age: 21 Father: Isaac Schantz Mother: Catharine Schantz Born: abt 1854 Spouse: Sarah Schantz Age: 21 born: Wilmot Father: John Schantz Mother: Nancy Schantz married 28 Feb 1875 married: Waterloo, New Hamburg [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 29.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Sep 1892 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Domestic - 1913 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1913 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth