Maria Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1841 - 1886  (44 years)

• Name	Maria Shantz
  Born	8 Aug 1841	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Maria Nahrgang
  Name	Mary Shantz
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1865	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Eby ID Number	00110-6738
  Died	27 May 1886	Near Wilmot Centre, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I19477	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Joshua Y. Shantz,   b. 11 Sep 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Magdalena Martin,   b. 8 Dec 1822, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Feb 1892, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Married	17 Mar 1840	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F4722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Deacon John S. Nahrgang,   b. 15 Feb 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	21 Mar 1865	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 6, 7]
  Children	1. Oliver Nahrgang,   b. 11 Apr 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Dec 1930  (Age 64 years)   2. Lucinda Nahrgang,   b. 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Lydia Ann Nahrgang,   b. 8 Apr 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jan 1958, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   4. Isaiah Nahrgang,   b. 2 Oct 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1955  (Age 82 years)   5. Louisa Nahrgang,   b. 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Ida Nahrgang,   b. 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Mary Nahrgang,   b. 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Joshua Nahrgang,   b. 8 Sep 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Dec 1908  (Age 28 years)   9. Lovina Nahrgang,   b. 27 May 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jun 1956, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   10. Allen Nahrgang,   b. Oct 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Shantz, "was born August 8th, 1841. She was married to John Nahrgang. They resided near Wilmot Centre, where she died May 27th, 1886." 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..., 404. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 018742-04. Ephraim Baer, 27, Occ. Farmer, b. Huron Co., Res. Wilmot Twp, son of Henry Baer and Leah Bowman married Lovina Nahrgang, 21, b. Wilmot Twp, Res. Wilmot Twp, daughter of John Nahrgang and Mary Shantz, Witn: Joshua Nahrgang of Wilmot and Susie Shantz of Waterloo Twp, 16 March 1904 in Waterloo Twp. [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..., 140. [S68] Bible - Shantz, Joshua & Magdalena Martin. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div. 1 Pg. 10. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. John Nahrgang, 25, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, son of Christoph and Mary, married 21 Mar 1865 Mary Schantz, 23, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, daughter of Joshua and Magdalene (Martin) [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 6 Apr 1865. Mar. 21, 1865 Mary Schantz and John Nahrgang, both of Wilmot Tp., by Rev. G. Schmidt in Philippsburg [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..., 20. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 21 Mar 1840:50. 17 Mar 1840 Benjamin Eby, teacher, m. Josua Schantz, son of Jacob Schantz near Berlin, Waterloo Tp, to Magdalena Martin, daughter of heinrich Martin, in Woolwich Tp.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Aug 1841 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1865 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 21 Mar 1865 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth