Rachel Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1856 - 1890  (34 years)

• Name	Rachel Shantz
  Born	27 Mar 1856	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Rachel Shantz
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6704
  Died	22 Aug 1890	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 8]
  	Cause: phthisis pulumalis
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Person ID	I19348	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 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  [7, 9]
  Family ID	F4915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Noah W. Shantz,   b. 10 Aug 1854, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Dec 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	27 Feb 1876	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Edmund S. Shantz,   b. 12 Apr 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Nov 1943, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   2. Maurice "Morris" Shantz,   b. 12 Aug 1877, Wheatland Twp., Mecosta, Michigan ,   d. 22 Dec 1961, Calgary, Alberta, Canada  (Age 84 years)   3. Elah S. "Eli" Shantz,   b. 23 Dec 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1971  (Age 92 years)   4. Daniel S. Shantz,   b. 20 Oct 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Nov 1955  (Age 75 years)   5. Mystic Shantz,   b. 3 Sep 1882, Caledonia, Mecosta, Michigan ,   d. 13 Oct 1883  (Age 1 years)   6. Susannah Shantz,   b. 2 Jan 1885,   d. 12 Nov 1886  (Age 1 years)   7. Orvie Shantz,   b. 13 Sep 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 May 1907  (Age 17 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F4922	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rachel Shantz, "was born March 27th, 1856. On February 27th, 1876, she was married to Noah W. Shantz. They resided in Michigan but several years ago they returned to Berlin where she died." 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..., 398. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Edmund Shantz. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Rachel C Shantz Born: Waterloo Age: 20 Father: Isaac Shantz Mother: Catherine Shantz Born: abt 1856 Spouse: Noah W Shantz Age: 21 born: Waterloo Father: Daniel Shantz Mother: Cother Shantz married 27 Feb 1876 [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 17337-1890. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 30. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Waterloo N. Twp. 1881 Page 16. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 43. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link . Noah W.Shantz/ born 1854, died 1920/ his wife/ Rachel Shantz/ born 1856, died 1890 [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Mar 1856 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 27 Feb 1876 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: phthisis pulumalis - 22 Aug 1890 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth