Walter C. Shantz^[1]

1894 - 1987  (93 years)

• Name	Walter C. Shantz
  Born	13 Apr 1894	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Laborer, Farm
  Residence	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1937	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Eby ID Number	00110-6734.6
  Died	10 Dec 1987	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [5]
  Person ID	I19465	Generations
  Last Modified	6 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, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F3524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Selina Shirk,   b. 21 May 1898, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jun 1979, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	7 Jan 1920	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. Joanne Elaine Shantz   2. Kenneth Shantz   3. Jeanne Adell Shantz   4. Kathryn Louise Shantz   5. Beth Wanita Shantz   6. Lorna Lucille Shantz,   b. 29 May 1921,   d. 22 Mar 2009, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   7. Wilbur Joseph Shantz,   b. 3 Oct 1927, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jul 2015, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   8. Clyde Franklin Shantz,   b. 18 Jun 1933, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Apr 1960, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 26 years)   9. Shantz,   b. 1938,   d. 1938  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F7485	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Shantz, Walter C., son of Noah S. and Susannah (Cassel) Shantz, was born in Wilmot Township, Ont., Apr. 13, 1894; died at Cambridge, Ont., Dec. 10, 1987; aged 93 y. On Jan. 7, 1920, he was married to Selina Shirk, who preceded him in death in 1979. He is survived by 2 sons (Kenneth and Wilbur), 5 daughters (Lorna Bergey, Jeanne Culp, Joanne Hunsberger, Kathryn Leatherman, and Beth Good), and a sister (Marion Steiner). He was preceded in death by a son (Clyde), 3 brothers (Eden, Lincoln, and Stauffer), and a sister (Mrs. Laura Good). He was a member of the Nith Valley Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Dec. 13, in charge of Amzie Brubacher and James Sider; interment in Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery.1a Gospel Herald - Volume 81, Number 2 -January 12, 1988, page 30

  
  

• 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. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 11. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online. SHANTZ/ Walter C. Shantz/ 1894- / husband of / Selina Shirk/ 1898-1979/ [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 5. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Walter C. Shantz - January 12, 1988, page 30. [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 - 13 Apr 1894 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer, Farm - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 7 Jan 1920 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1937 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Dec 1987 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth