John Yost Shantz^{[1, 2, 3]}

1811 - 1891  (80 years)

• Name	John Yost Shantz
  Born	6 Feb 1811	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218747309
  Land	Abt 1837	Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 087, Waterloo County, Ontario   [9]
  Residence	1837	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  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   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6707
  Died	23 Feb 1891	Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 8, 11]
  Buried	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Person ID	I19361	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  [12]
  Family ID	F4914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah Scheirich,   b. 1 Apr 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Apr 1884, Near Shantz Station, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Married	28 Mar 1837	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 10]
  Children	1. Barbara Shantz,   b. 25 Aug 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Mar 1885, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 46 years)   2. Mary Shantz,   b. 16 Jan 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jun 1890, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 50 years)   3. Elias Shantz,   b. 14 Jun 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Sep 1899  (Age 58 years)   4. Elizabeth "Eliza" Shantz,   b. 25 Mar 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)   5. Dilman Shantz,   b. 7 Feb 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Oct 1878  (Age 33 years)   6. John S. Shantz,   b. 4 Dec 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Jan 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)   7. Joel Shantz,   b. 14 Mar 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Aug 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   8. Benjamin Shantz,   b. 9 Sep 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Sep 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   9. Susannah Shantz,   b. 26 Aug 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1925  (Age 75 years)   10. Lydia Shantz,   b. 5 Jun 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Apr 1882  (Age 28 years)   11. Leah Shantz,   b. 28 Feb 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Dec 1872, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 17 years)   12. Veronica "Fronica" "Fanny" Shantz,   b. 1 Jan 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Sep 1934, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   13. Nancy Shantz,   b. 4 Oct 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Jan 1884, Near Shantz Station, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 25 years)   14. Oliver S. Shantz,   b. 12 Aug 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Sep 1910  (Age 49 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F3015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Y. Shantz, "the second son, was born February 6th, 1811. On March 28th, 1837, he was married to Susannah Scheirich. She was born April 1st, 1820, and died April 6th, 1884. Soon after their marriage they settled on their farm, then nearly all forest, near Shantz Station, where they resided until their deaths. During the last years of his life he was so unfortunate as to lose his eyesight. he died February 23rd, 1891, leaving a large family" 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. [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..., 226. [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..., 599. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Mar 12, 1891. John Y. Schantz died near Breslau at age of 80 years & 17 days. Feb 23, 1891 [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 30. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 43. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link . Our/ father/ John Y. Shantz/ born/ Feb. 6, 1811/ died Feb. 23, 18--/ [rest of monument is destroyed] [Just the base remaining, September 2010] [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 49. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 30 Mar 1837:16. 28 Mar 1837 Benjamin Eby m. Johannes Schantz to Susanna Scheirich, daughter of Johannes Scheirich, all of Waterloo. [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..., 399. [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.

  
  

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  Born - 6 Feb 1811 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Land - Abt 1837 - Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 087, Waterloo County, Ontario Residence - 1837 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 28 Mar 1837 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 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