Amos M. Shantz^[1]

1865 - 1939  (74 years)

• Name	Amos M. Shantz
  Born	29 Apr 1865	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1887	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	machinist
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Trunk Maker
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Evangelical
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Trunk Maker, Factory
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Evangelical
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Box Maker, Trunk Factory
  Residence	1921	61 Hohner Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Evangelical
  Eby ID Number	00110-6787
  Died	21 Oct 1939	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Person ID	I19656	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 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   [10, 11, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F4016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clara Elizabeth Giller,   b. 10 Apr 1867, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Apr 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	22 Mar 1887	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Children	1. Leslie Floyd Shantz,   b. 22 Jun 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1963  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F4947	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Amos Shantz, "was born April 22nd, 1865. He is married to Clara Giller. They reside in Berlin where he is engaged as delivery man for Bramm Bros., millers. His family consists of one son named.." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _________________________ Amos Shantz Kitchener - Funeral services were held here Wednesday afternoon for Amos Shantz, 74, of 61 Hohner Ave., who died Saturday afternoon at Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital following a lengthy illness. Mr. Shantz was born in Wilmot Township on April 29, 1865, and married Clara E. Giller on March 22, 1887, in Kitchener. He attended Zion Evangelical Church. Besides his wife he is survived by a son, Leslie F. Shantz, at home, a brother, Jacob Shantz of Plattsville, two sisters, a twin, Mrs. Nathaniel Wildfong of Hespeler and Mrs. Melinda Shantz of Kitchener. The Waterloo Chronicle Oct 27 1939 pg 3

  
  

• 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..., 412. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-11 Page 16. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 23. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 25 1911 Pg. 12. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 1 Page 11. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 30 Page 16. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 1 Page 22. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26557769. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Amos Shantz Born: Canada Age: 21 Father: Amos Shantz Mother: Nancy Shantz Born: abt 1866 Spouse: Clara E Giller Age: 19 born: Canada Father: Henry Giller Mother: Elizabeth married 22 Mar 1887 married: Waterloo, Berlin [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. [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 - 29 Apr 1865 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - machinist - 1887 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 22 Mar 1887 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Trunk Maker - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Trunk Maker, Factory - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Box Maker, Trunk Factory - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Oct 1939 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth