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Sarah Ann Schmitt[1]

Female 1870 - 1937  (67 years)


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  • Name Sarah Ann Schmitt 
    Born 12 Jan 1870  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41851721 
    Name Sarah Ann Shantz 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00106-6086.3 
    Died 1 Feb 1937  RR2, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7, 11] 
    Buried Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7, 11] 
    Person ID I19504  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2025 

    Father Jacob B. Schmitt,   b. 28 Nov 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1925  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Snyder,   b. 8 Dec 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 20 Oct 1867  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 12, 13] 
    Family ID F1648  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Herman S. Shantz,   b. 2 Mar 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Sep 1950, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 1 Jan 1891  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Salena Shantz,   b. 12 Aug 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1981, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     2. Alfretta S. Shantz,   b. 23 Sep 1892, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1969, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Lincoln S. Shantz,   b. 3 Mar 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1973, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     4. Olive S. Shantz,   b. 17 Jan 1896, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1982, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     5. Russell S. Shantz,   b. 5 Nov 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1991, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     6. Edna Shantz,   b. 22 May 1900, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1986  (Age 85 years)
     7. Lloyd Stanley Shantz,   b. 27 Oct 1904, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1979  (Age 74 years)
     8. Lyla Shantz,   b. 11 Mar 1908, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     9. Violet Shantz,   b. 11 Mar 1908, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 2002, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 
    Family ID F4936  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Sarah Schmitt, "born January 12th, 1870. She is married to Herman Shantz, a farmer. They reside north of Baden, near the old "Grody Farm." No family."

      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.].

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      Shantz.-Sarah Ann, beloved wife of Herman Shantz and eldest daughter of the late Jacob B. Schmitt, was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., Jan. 12, 1870; was married to Herman Shantz Jan. 1, 1891. This union was blessed with 3 sons and 6 daughters. She was the first of her family to answer the death summons from on high. Disease gripped her body and for 18 months her health gradually failed and she fell peacefully asleep on the morning of Feb. 1,1937; aged 67 y. 20 d. She leaves her deeply bereaved husband, 3 sons, 6 daughters, 19 grandchildren, 3 brothers, 3 sisters,. and many relatives and friends. May God comfort the bereaved family. As a mother in the home, she tried to lead her family into the fold of Christ. May God reward her labors. "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the Spirit. That they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them." Funeral services were conducted Feb. 1 by Bros. Orphen Wismer and Manassah Hallman at the Shantz Church near Baden. Interment in the adjoining cemetery.

      "We miss her, oh how sadly,
      None but aching hearts can tell;.
      We have lost her, heaven has found her,
      Our Father doeth all things well."

      Gospel Herald, February 25, 1937 - Vol. XXIX, No.48 - page 1022,1023,1024

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 406.

    2. [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..., 305.

    3. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-6 Page 1.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011846-91.
      011846-91 (Waterloo Co.) Herman SCHANTZ, 26, farmer, Wilmot, Wilmot, s/o David SCHANTZ & Barbara nee STAUFFER married Sarah SCHMITT, 21, Wilmot,
      Wilmot, d/o Jacob SCHMITT & Magd nee SNYDER, witn: Stauffer SCHANTZ of Wilmot & E. (illeg) SNYDER., 1 January 1891 in New Hamburg.

    5. [S159] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Shantz Mennonite CC#4566 Internet Link.
      Shantz / Mother / Sarah Ann Schmitt / 1870-1937 / Father / Herman S. Shantz / 1864-1950

    6. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 1 Page 46.

    7. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, February 25, 1937 - Obituary of Sarah Ann Schmidt.

    8. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 10 Page 1.

    9. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 4 Page 14.

    10. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 3 Page 15.

    11. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41851721.

    12. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 1 Aug 1867.
      Oct. 20, 1867 Jakob B. Schmitt of Wilmot and Magdalena Snyder of Waterloo Tp., by Rev. Kaessmann

    13. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Jacob B. Schmitt, 22, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, son of Georg and Salome (Becker), married 20 Oct 1867 Magdalena Snyder, 22, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of Christian and Anna (Cressmann)

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Jan 1870 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Jan 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Feb 1937 - RR2, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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