Eden Shantz^[1]

1887 - 1898  (10 years)

• Name	Eden Shantz
  Born	3 Jul 1887	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6734.3
  Died	29 Mar 1898	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  	Cause: appendicitis
  Buried	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I19462	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Susannah Cassel,   b. 3 Mar 1860, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Mar 1937, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Married	6 Mar 1883	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F3524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SHANTZ. -Eden, son of bro. Noah S. and Sister Susanna Shantz, died on March 29th 1898 in Wilmot Twp. , Waterloo Co. , Ont. , of appendicitis. He was born July 3rd, 1887 and was consequently in his eleventh year. He was a clever boy and beloved by all who knew him. A large concourse of friends, neighbors and acquaintances gathered at the funeral to sympathize with the bereaved parents, this being their fifth child in the glory world. The large gathering at the funeral in the Blenheim church on the 31st of March was addressed by Pre. Noah Stauffer in an earnest discourse from Psalms16: 6. "He is not dead, the child of our affection, But gone unto that school, Where he no longer needs our poor protection, And Christ Himself doth rule. "1a Herald of Truth, Vol. XXXV, No. 10, May 15, 1898 page 156, 157.

  
  

• 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. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, Obituary of Eden Shantz - May 15, 1898. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online. In memory of/ Eden/ son of / Noah & Susannah/ Shantz/ born July 3, 1887/ died March 29, 1898/ aged 10 years/ 8 months & 26 days/ [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 24. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Susannah Cressman April 15, 1937 - Vol. XXX, No.3 - page 62,63,64. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 12413-83. Noah S. SCHANTZ, 23, farmer, Wilmot, same, s/o Joseph E. & Elisabetha SCHWARTZ (sic), married Susannah CASSEL, 23, Blenheim twp., Wilmot twp., d/o Henry B. & Mary Anna, witn: Samuel R. CASSEL & Louisa SCHANTZ, both of Wilmot twp., 6 March 1883 Wilmot Township

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Jul 1887 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: appendicitis - 29 Mar 1898 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth