Leah Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1852 - 1926  (74 years)

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  Leah Shantz Mennonite Archives of Ontario

  
  

• Name	Leah Shantz
  Born	16 May 1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48227844
  Name	Leah Bergey
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Servant
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1911	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6743
  Died	13 Dec 1926	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  	Cause: fresh cerebral hemmorage
  Buried	Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I19501	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  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   [7, 11, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F4722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nathaniel Bergey,   b. 12 May 1847, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Feb 1929, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	26 Jun 1881	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 14]
  Children	1. Joshua Eldon Bergey,   b. 25 Mar 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 May 1955, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   2. Elma Bergey,   b. 1883, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Simon Alvah Bergey,   b. 27 Jun 1883, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jul 1948  (Age 65 years)   4. Myra Elma Bergey,   b. 5 Mar 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Jacob Edgar Bergey,   b. 18 Mar 1887, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 May 1976, Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)   6. Wesley David Bergey,   b. 14 Sep 1888, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Sadie Elizabeth Bergey,   b. 11 Jun 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Mar 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)   8. Gordon Nathaniel Bergey,   b. 10 Jun 1892, Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Olive Lorinda Bergey,   b. 22 Jan 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1932  (Age 37 years)   10. Lydia Ann Bergey,   b. 4 Jun 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F1972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Leah Shantz, "was born May 16th, 1852. In 1881 she was married to Nathaniel Bergey. They reside near Manheim and have a family of eight 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..., 405. [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..., 235. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-3 Page 3. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 28. [S49] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Latschaw Mennonite CC#4560 [now Mannheim Mennonite] Internet Link. In memory of/ Nathaniel Bergey/ died Feb. 23, 1929/ in his 82nd year/ his wife/ Magdalena Schneider/ died May 10, 1880/ in her 29th year/ his wife/ Leah Shantz/ died Dec. 13, 1926/ in her 75th year/ Bergey [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 34711-1926 Leah Shantz. [S68] Bible - Shantz, Joshua & Magdalena Martin. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 11 Page 9. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 22. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 2 Page 75. [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. [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. [S18] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration index (needs checking to original registration).

  
  

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  Born - 16 May 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Servant - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 26 Jun 1881 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: fresh cerebral hemmorage - 13 Dec 1926 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth