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

Jeremiah B. "Jerry" Shantz[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1867 - 1908  (41 years)


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  • Name Jeremiah B. "Jerry" Shantz 
    Born 10 Jan 1867  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Male 
    Name Jerry Shantz 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1890  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Farmer 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6710.3 
    Died 16 Apr 1908  [9
    Buried Didsbury Cemetery, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Person ID I19370  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Elias Shantz,   b. 14 Jun 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1899  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Susannah Brubacher,   b. 30 Oct 1847, Shantz Station, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1934, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 1 Mar 1864  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 11, 12
    Family ID F170  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Schneider,   b. 18 Nov 1870, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1940  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 24 Feb 1890  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8, 13, 14
    Children 
     1. Alson Shantz,   b. 14 Dec 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1913  (Age 22 years)
     2. Wilfred Snyder Shantz,   b. 18 Jun 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1965  (Age 72 years)
     3. Elenora "Nora" Shantz,   b. 1893, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F287087  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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..., 399.

    2. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 343.

    3. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 351.

    4. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012205-90.
      Jeremiah Shantz, 22 occ. Farmer, b. Breslau, res. Breslau, son of Elias and Susannah married Anna Schneider, 19, b. Breslau, res. Breslau, daughter of Ezra and Lucinda, Witn Amos Detweiler of Brown City Michigan U.S.A. and Sarah Shantz of Breslau, 24 February 1890 in Breslau.

    5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012205-90.

    6. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 29.

    7. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 34.

    8. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 23.

    9. [S3231] Find A Grave, Jeremiah B. "Jerry" Shantz (1867 - 1908) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2017). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86302825&.

    10. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, D., America, N., Division, C., & Cemetery, D. (1867). Jeremiah B. “Jerry” Shantz (1867-1908) - Find A.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 4 November 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86302825/jeremiah-b_-shantz.

    11. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 10 Mar 1864.
      Mar. 1, 1864 Elias Schantz and Susanna Brubacher, both of Waterloo Tp., by Rev. Bindemann

    12. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 2 Page 2.

    13. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 351.
      March 29th, 1889

    14. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012205-90.
      24 February 1890

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Jan 1867 - Breslau, 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 - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1890 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Feb 1890 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1891 - 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
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