Levi M. Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1853 - 1930  (76 years)

• Name	Levi M. Shantz
  Born	10 Dec 1853	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	O Methodist
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1879	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Butter Maker
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Button Turner
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Drummer, Button Factory
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	New Mennonite
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Sawing, Button Factory
  Residence	1921	58 Brubacher St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6783
  Died	25 Feb 1930  [10, 12]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10, 12]
  Person ID	I19630	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Amos Y. Shantz,   b. 31 May 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 May 1904  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Nancy Moyer,   b. 2 Sep 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jan 1914  (Age 78 years)
  Married	2 Mar 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 13, 14, 15]
  Family ID	F4016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Cressman,   b. 28 Aug 1854, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Apr 1925  (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Lanson Shantz,   b. 28 Jul 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Aug 1880  (Age 1 years)   2. Elminda Shantz,   b. 12 May 1882, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1966  (Age 83 years)   3. Mary Shantz,   b. 1884, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Diana Shantz,   b. 6 Feb 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Mar 1935  (Age 51 years)   5. Mary Ann Shantz,   b. 11 Apr 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Ida Shantz,   b. 27 May 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jun 1930  (Age 44 years)   7. Morgan C. Shantz,   b. 3 Nov 1888, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1958  (Age 69 years)   8. Leander C. Shantz,   b. 15 Apr 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jan 1964  (Age 72 years)   9. Arthur C. Shantz,   b. 25 Aug 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1953  (Age 57 years)   10. Rosetta Shantz,   b. 8 Oct 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1953  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Levi Shantz, "was born December 10th, 1853. He is married to Nancy Cressman and resides in Berlin where he is engaged with the J. Y. Shantz & Son Button Co., To them were born seven 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..., 411. [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..., 499. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-7 Page 7. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Shantz / Levi Shantz / 1853-1930 / Nancy Cressman / beloved wife of / Levi Shantz / 1855-1925 / peace, perfect peace / (A) Father [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 26 Pg 11. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 1 Page 11. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 30 Page 3. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 6. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 36. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27358168/levi-m.-shantz. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 32152-1879 Lanson Shantz. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [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..., 103. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Amos Schantz, aged 23, yeoman of Waterloo married 2 Mar 1852, Greenbush by banns to Nancy Meyer aged 18, of Waterloo [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Dec 1853 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - O Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1879 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Butter Maker - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Button Turner - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Drummer, Button Factory - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - New Mennonite - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Sawing, Button Factory - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth