David Y. Shantz^{[1, 2, 3]}

1819 - 1894  (75 years)

• Name	David Y. Shantz
  Born	29 Aug 1819	near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1842	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Occupation	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Other Methodist
  Occupation	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6748
  Died	24 Oct 1894	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9]
  Person ID	I19519	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Shantz,   b. 11 Oct 1781, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1 Jul 1867, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Mary Yost,   b. 12 Mar 1784, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 22 Oct 1869, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	1805  [10]
  Family ID	F4914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Stauffer,   b. 16 Oct 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Sep 1913  (Age 90 years)
  Married	15 Mar 1842	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 7]
  Children	1. Veronica "Franceska" Shantz,   b. 5 Jan 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Nov 1935, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)   2. Margaret Shantz,   b. 1845, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary Ann Shantz,   b. 31 Jul 1846, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Feb 1924  (Age 77 years)   4. David Shantz,   b. 1858, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. David S. Shantz,   b. 23 Jun 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Aug 1950  (Age 91 years)   6. Stauffer S. Shantz,   b. 24 Jan 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Dec 1938, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)   7. Herman S. Shantz,   b. 2 Mar 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Sep 1950, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F2935	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  David Y. Shantz, " was born near Berlin, Ontario, August 29th 1819. On March 15th, 1842, he was married to Barbara Stauffer who was born October 16th, 1822. Shortly after their marriage they moved on their farm in Wilmot Township where he died October 24th, 1894, leaving a family of five 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. [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..., 391. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012051-94. Stauffer Shantz, 32, occ. Farmer, b. Wilmot Twp, res. Wilmot Twp, son of David and Barbara married Maggie Snyder, 22, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Joseph C. and Elizabeth, Witn: Jacob B. and Marian Snyder of Waterloo Twp, 6 March 1894 at The Residence of Bride's Parents [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 1 Page 47. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 3 Page 14. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 15 Page 99. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Eby, Benjamin Rev., Minister of the Mennonist Society #19. David Shantz, To Barbara Stauffer, Both Of Waterloo. 15 Mar. 1842. Rev. Eby. Wit. Daniel Stauffer And Jacob Shantz [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. [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..., 511. [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..., 395.

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1842 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 15 Mar 1842 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Oct 1894 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth