Mary Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1856 - 1884  (28 years)

• Name	Mary Shantz
  Born	21 Apr 1856	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Maria Shantz  [8]
  Name	Mary Christner
  Name	Polly Shantz
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6733
  Died	21 Apr 1884	Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 7, 8, 9]
  	Cause: inflammation due to childbirth
  Buried	Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [7]
  Person ID	I19459	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Y. Shantz,   b. 10 Jul 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 May 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	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   [10, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F1019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Daniel Christner,   b. 11 Aug 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Feb 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Ira Christner,   b. 18 Jan 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Sep 1937, , Saint Louis, Minnesota  (Age 60 years)   2. David Christner,   b. 10 Sep 1878, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1952  (Age 73 years)   3. Ida Christner,   b. 29 Jun 1880, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Aug 1967, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   4. Elton Christner,   b. 11 Jun 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jun 1919, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada  (Age 36 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F4388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Shantz, "was born April 21st, 1856. She was married to Daniel Christner, a farmer. They resided in Wilmot Centre where she died April 21st, 1884, leaving a family of four 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  
  

• 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..., 403. [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, District 161 Sub-district A Division 4 Page Number 21 Household Number 82. Gives age and birth country [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 4 Page 33. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 14. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 34. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51277401/mary-christner. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 18745-1884 Maria Shantz. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), May 1, 1884. Mrs. Daniel Christner died in Wilmot Center at age of 28 years. Apr. 21, 1884 [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. [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) [S32] News - Herald of Truth, June 1, 1900 - Obituary of Joseph Y. Shantz.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Apr 1856 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth