Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Anna "Nancy" Shantz[1, 2]

Female 1835 - 1857  (22 years)


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  • Name Anna "Nancy" Shantz 
    Born 5 May 1835  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Name Anna "Nancy" Rudy 
    Name Mary Shantz  [4
    Name Nancy Shantz 
    Residence 1854  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Eby ID Number 00110-6796 
    Died 12 Aug 1857  [1, 3, 4
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I19670  Generations
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 

    Father Samuel B. Shantz,   b. 16 Jan 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1895  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Susannah Erb,   b. 13 Nov 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Married 28 Mar 1830  [2, 7, 8
    Family ID F4139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abraham Rudy,   b. 2 Jan 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1910  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 12 Sep 1854  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 6
    Children 
     1. Susannah Rudy,   b. 10 Jul 1855, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1921, Acton, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     2. Elizabeth Rudy,   b. 1 Aug 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F321  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Nancy Shantz, "was born May 5th, 1835. On December 12th, 1854, she was married to Abraham Rudy, a farmer. She died August 12th, 1857, leaving two daughters"


      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 
    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..., 414.

    2. [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..., 636.

    3. [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..., 207.

    4. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      In memory of / Mary Rudy / daughter of Samuel Shantz / who was born May 3, 1835 / died / August 12, 1857 / aged 22 yrs. / 3 months & 7 days

    5. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 31.
      Nancy SHANTZ Birthplace: Canada Age 17 Mennonite b. 5-May

    6. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Abraham Rudy, farmer of Waterloo married 12 Sep 1854 Berlin by banns to Anna Schantz.

    7. [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..., 413.

    8. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huttner, Lutheran Minister, Preston report 53.
      Samuel Shantz, to Rebecka Rudy, both of Waterloo. 25 Mar. 1845.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 May 1835 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1854 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Sep 1854 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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