Joseph Y. Shantz^{[1, 2, 3]}

1815 - 1900  (84 years)

• Name	Joseph Y. Shantz
  Born	10 Jul 1815	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35218222
  Residence	1838	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Occupation	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Farmer & Saw
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6724
  Grave Photograph - Find A Grave	Gravestone of Joseph Y. Shantz
  Died	8 May 1900	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [5]
  Person ID	I19412	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  [11]
  Family ID	F4914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Stauffer,   b. 5 Jan 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Aug 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	15 May 1838	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5, 9]
  Children	1. Aaron S. Shantz,   b. 27 May 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1917  (Age 78 years)   2. Jacob Shantz,   b. 17 Mar 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jul 1845  (Age 4 years)   3. David Shantz,   b. 1843, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Daniel Shantz,   b. 4 Jan 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Oct 1936, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)   5. Simon Shantz,   b. 30 Jan 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Sep 1847  (Age 1 years)   6. Hannah Shantz,   b. 25 Jun 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Mar 1940, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)   7. Susannah Shantz,   b. 6 Jul 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Feb 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   8. Solomon Shantz,   b. 31 May 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Nov 1915, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)   9. Rev. David S. Shantz,   b. 13 May 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 May 1929, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada  (Age 75 years)   10. Mary Shantz,   b. 21 Apr 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Apr 1884, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 28 years)   11. Noah S. Shantz,   b. 16 May 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 May 1936, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)   12. Elizabeth Shantz,   b. 23 Dec 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jul 1946  (Age 84 years)   13. Louisa Shantz,   b. 17 Dec 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jun 1950  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph Y. Shantz, "was born July 10th, 1815. On May 15th, 1838, he was married to Elizabeth Stauffer who was born January 5th, 1820. They reside in Wilmot Township where he followed farming many years but now lives retired. To them were born the following children" 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.]. ________________________ SHANTZ - Joseph Y. Shantz, son of Jacob and Mary (Yost) Shantz, was born July 10, 1815, in Waterloo Co., Ont. He was married to Elizabeth Stauffer on the 15th of May, 1838. To them were born twelve children, of whom four sons and five daughters survive, all living in Wilmot Twp., near the paternal home. Bro. Shantz passed away on the 8th of May at the ripe old age of 84 ys., 9 ms., and 28 ds. A large circle of relatives and friends followed the remains to their last resting place at Geiger's M. H. on the 11th. Deceased united with the Mennonite Church in his youth and was a consistent member until death. Funeral services were held by E.S. Hallman from Psa. 39: 4, and Amos Cressman from Rev. 14: 13. Sister Shantz preceded her husband several years ago. May the Lord comfort the family and friends. HERALD OF TRUTH, Vol. XXXVII, No. 11, June 1, 1900, pages 174, 175 _____________ Joseph Y. Shantz. Under the hospitable roof of this pioneer citizen I spent a few pleasant hours. He is one of the specimens of noble manhood, through whose instrumentality vast sections of the wilds of Western Canada have been made to blossom as the rose. He was born July 10th, 1815. His wife, nee Elizabeth Stauffer, was born near Doon, in Waterloo township, January 10th, 1820. They were married on May 15th, 1838, and now live a quiet and retired life on the old homestead, which through years of hard toil and privations they accumulated that in after years they and their offspring might enjoy. That they have faithfully responded to the Divine injunction to replenish and multiply the earth, is proved by the fact that they are the parents of twelve children, seven sons and five daughters, and have fifty grand children to their credit. They have lived here for about sixty years Besides securing sufficient of this world's goods to enable them to live in ease and comfort during their declining years, their nine children now living have been amply provided for, their sons all having good farms and in well- to-do circumstances. The old saw-mill, some distance below the old homestead, was built about fifty years ago. In this pioneer industry Mr. Shantz expended countless drops of perspiration, and when sawing logs not entirely beyond his strength to handle he would operate it single-handed and alone. At that time there was a large amount of custom sawing and he did not waste time in taking advantage of it. Mr. Shantz was evidently a young man of extraordinary physical endurance and of strong mental capacity, for now in the eighty-third year of his age we find him still vigorous in mind and not what may be called infirm physically. Mrs. Shantz is yet hail and hearty in the seventy-eighth year of her age. They are both devout adherents of the Mennonite faith. Waterloo County Chronicle, 21 Apr 1898, p. 8

  
  

• 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..., 401. [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..., 511. [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..., 389. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 30. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, June 1, 1900 - Obituary of Joseph Y. Shantz. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div. 1 Pg. 16. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 53. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 34. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 17 May 1838:22. 15 May 1838 Benjamin Eby, teacher, m. Joseph Schantz, son of Jakob Schantz, to Barbara (Elizabeth?) Staufer, daughter of Daniel Staufer, both of Waterloo Tp. (Poem follows) [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 14. [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 - 10 Jul 1815 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1838 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 15 May 1838 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer & Saw - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 8 May 1900 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth