Mary Shantz^[1]

1840 - 1890  (50 years)

• Name	Mary Shantz
  Born	16 Jan 1840	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mary Shoemaker
  Name	Polly
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1864	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6709
  Died	5 Jun 1890	near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 6]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Person ID	I19364	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	John Yost Shantz,   b. 6 Feb 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Feb 1891, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	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   [10, 11]
  Family ID	F3015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin Shoemaker,   b. 21 Jan 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Oct 1918  (Age 80 years)
  Married	23 Feb 1864	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 8]
  Children	1. Nancy Shoemaker,   b. 11 Mar 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1932  (Age 65 years)   2. Susannah Shoemaker,   b. 11 Mar 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jan 1932  (Age 65 years)   3. Aaron S. Shoemaker,   b. 31 May 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Dec 1928  (Age 57 years)   4. Magdalena Shoemaker,   b. 14 Oct 1879, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1958  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1595	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mary (Polly) Shantz, "was born January 16th, 1840. She was married to Benjamin Shoemaker, a farmer. They resided several miles east of Berlin where she died June 5th, 1890." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 399. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 4. [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..., 469. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 25. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 24. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 43. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 25 Feb 1864. Feb. 23, 1864 Maria Schantz and Benjamin Schumacher, both of Waterloo Tp., by Rev. Bindemann [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [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. [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Jan 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1864 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 23 Feb 1864 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth