Isaac Erb Shantz^{[1, 2, 3]}

1839 - 1908  (68 years)

• Name	Isaac Erb Shantz
  Born	23 May 1839	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1860	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Merchant
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Manufacturer, Farmer
  		Isaac E. Shantz - Lancaster Stave, Heading Shingle & Patent Coiled Hoops Factory 1878 Waterloo County Directory
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Merchant
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Mennonite
  Elected Office	1897	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Councillor - Kitchener Council
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	machine manufacturer
  Business	1907	I. E. Shantz & Co. Foundry, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	I. E. Shantz & Co. Foundry
  		I. E. Shantz Foundry image from Busy Berlin 1897
  		I. E. Shantz envelope 1895 from ebay 2014
  Historic Building	544 Lancaster St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	....The property also has two houses located on site. 544-546 Lancaster St., owned by the developers, are rental units. The two houses were likely built in 1873 by former reeve and entrepreneur Isaac Erb Shantz and "warrant conservation," says a heritage impact assessment report filed by the developer in the proposal package to the city. The houses are not designated as heritage but the city has identified them as "being of potential cultural heritage value or interest." The report also says the houses have been "significantly altered" since being built in the 1870s. The property was sold to the Hamel family in 1901 and through marriage became associated with the Rotharmel family. The houses were in the family for 118 years, said the heritage report. The family has since sold the houses..... "High-Density Development Includes Five Rental Buildings, 10 To 26 Floors, On Lancaster Street". 2021. Therecord.Com. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2021/11/12/high-density-development-includes-five-rental-buildings-10-to-26-floors-on-lancaster-street.html.
  		Kitchener-LancasterSt.W.-0544-and546-WaterlooRegionRecord.jpg The property also has two houses located on site. 544-546 Lancaster St., owned by the developers, are rental units. The two houses were likely built in 1873 by former reeve and entrepreneur Isaac Erb Shantz and “warrant conservation,” says a heritage impact assessment report filed by the developer in the proposal package to the city. The houses are not designated as heritage but the city has identified them as “being of potential cultural heritage value or interest.” The report also says the houses have been “significantly altered” since being built in the 1870s. The property was sold to the Hamel family in 1901 and through marriage became associated with the Rotharmel family. The houses were in the family for 118 years, said the heritage report. The family has since sold the houses. - "High-Density Development Includes Five Rental Buildings, 10 To 26 Floors, On Lancaster Street". 2021. Therecord.Com. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2021/11/12/high-density-development-includes-five-rental-buildings-10-to-26-floors-on-lancaster-street.html.
  Historic Building	546 Lancaster St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	....The property also has two houses located on site. 544-546 Lancaster St., owned by the developers, are rental units. The two houses were likely built in 1873 by former reeve and entrepreneur Isaac Erb Shantz and "warrant conservation," says a heritage impact assessment report filed by the developer in the proposal package to the city. The houses are not designated as heritage but the city has identified them as "being of potential cultural heritage value or interest." The report also says the houses have been "significantly altered" since being built in the 1870s. The property was sold to the Hamel family in 1901 and through marriage became associated with the Rotharmel family. The houses were in the family for 118 years, said the heritage report. The family has since sold the houses..... "High-Density Development Includes Five Rental Buildings, 10 To 26 Floors, On Lancaster Street". 2021. Therecord.Com. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2021/11/12/high-density-development-includes-five-rental-buildings-10-to-26-floors-on-lancaster-street.html.
  		Kitchener-LancasterSt.W.-0544-and546-WaterlooRegionRecord.jpg The property also has two houses located on site. 544-546 Lancaster St., owned by the developers, are rental units. The two houses were likely built in 1873 by former reeve and entrepreneur Isaac Erb Shantz and “warrant conservation,” says a heritage impact assessment report filed by the developer in the proposal package to the city. The houses are not designated as heritage but the city has identified them as “being of potential cultural heritage value or interest.” The report also says the houses have been “significantly altered” since being built in the 1870s. The property was sold to the Hamel family in 1901 and through marriage became associated with the Rotharmel family. The houses were in the family for 118 years, said the heritage report. The family has since sold the houses. - "High-Density Development Includes Five Rental Buildings, 10 To 26 Floors, On Lancaster Street". 2021. Therecord.Com. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2021/11/12/high-density-development-includes-five-rental-buildings-10-to-26-floors-on-lancaster-street.html.
  Interesting	business, building, life story, poltics, public service
  Name	I. E. Shantz
  Eby ID Number	00110-6799
  Died	11 Jan 1908	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 13]
  	Cause: Anaemia with Congestion of Lungs (10 months)
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I19678	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel B. Shantz,   b. 16 Jan 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jan 1895  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Susannah Erb,   b. 13 Nov 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Oct 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 33 years)
  Married	28 Mar 1830  [3, 14, 15]
  Family ID	F4139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Magdalena Eby,   b. 26 Aug 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Sep 1915  (Age 74 years)
  Married	30 Dec 1860	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16]
  Children	1. Josiah E. Shantz,   b. 18 Nov 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Apr 1908  (Age 46 years)   2. Tilman Shantz,   b. 28 Feb 1863, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Feb 1863  (Age 0 years)   3. Edmund Shantz,   b. 14 Jul 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Dec 1947  (Age 82 years)   4. Elmina Shantz,   b. 22 Nov 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1943  (Age 74 years)   5. Mary Ann Shantz,   b. 5 Jun 1871, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Nov 1924  (Age 53 years)   6. Milton E. Shantz,   b. 8 Jul 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Jan 1944  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F4950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Isaac E. Shantz, "was born May 23rd, 1839. On December 23rd, 1860, he was married to Magdalena Eby. They reside in the town of Berlin where he is engaged in the foundry of which he is proprietor. His family consisted of six 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.]. _____________________ Well Known Berlin Manufacturer Succumbs on Saturday, After Long Illness Was in His 69 Year One of Berlin's oldest and highly esteemed citizens, passed away about 6 o'clock on Saturday evening, in the person of Mr. Isaac E. Shantz, the well-known senior member of the firm of I. E. Shantz & Co., at his home on College street. The deceased suffered from congestion of the lungs at the time of his death and had been in poor health during the last ten months. The late I. E. Shantz was born on May 23rd, 1839 and was a son of the late Samuel Shantz, who owned one of the finest farms in the county on the Petersburg-Road, three miles west of Berlin. After securing a common school education and working on his fathers farm, for some years, he entered a mercantile business in Bridgeport and also became interested in several successful manufacturing industries. About fifteen years ago he moved to Berlin and after conducting the store now occupied by Beck & Schell for some years, he purchased the foundry which he has been conducting, for the last ten or twelve years. The deceased was of a quiet and unassuming disposition and while he took a keen interest in municipal affairs of Berlin and was a member of the Town Council, in 1897. He was a devoted Christian man and was highly respected by all with whom he came in contact. He was married to Magdalena Eby in 1860, who survives him and we regret to state, is quite ill. There are five children; Josiah, Berlin, Edmund, Waterloo Tp., Mrs. Amos Groff, Waterloo, Mrs. (Rev,) C. R. Miller, Berlin and Milton B., who will have the sincere sympathy of the entire community. The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon, at 1: 30 o'clock, to the East End Mennonite church and Cemetery. Chronicle Telegraph 16 Jan 1908 pg 10

  
  

• 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..., 414. [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..., 558. [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. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, a-2 pg 8. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. In memory of / Isaac E. Shantz / born May 23, 1839, died Jan.11, 1908 / aged 58 yrs. 7 mo. 19 ds / Magdalena Eby / his wife / born Aug.26, 1841 / died Sept.15, 1915, aged 74 yrs. 20 ds. / at rest / Shantz [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 31. Isaac E. SHANTZ Labourer Birthplace: Canada Age 13 Mennonite b. 23-May [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 2 Page 6. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div 3 Page 17. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Isaac Shantz, 21, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of Samuel and Susanna, married 23 Dec 1860 Magdalena Eby, 19, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of Elias and Anna [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Section 3 Page 7. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 3 Page 14. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, a-1 pg 8. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate. Isaac E Shantz Gender: Male Age: 68 Religion: Mennonite Birth Date: abt 1840 Birth Place: Ontario Death Date: 11 Jan 1908 Death Place: Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Cause of Death: Anaemia & Congestion of Lungs #029295 [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. [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. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 25 Jan 1860. "Shantz - Eby: On the 30th ult., by the Rev'd Joseph Hagey, Mr. Isaac E. Shantz, to Magdalena, eldest daughter of Elias Eby, Esq., Bridgeport."

  
  

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  Born - 23 May 1839 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1860 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 30 Dec 1860 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Manufacturer, Farmer - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Councillor - Kitchener Council - 1897 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - machine manufacturer - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - I. E. Shantz & Co. Foundry - 1907 - I. E. Shantz & Co. Foundry, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Anaemia with Congestion of Lungs (10 months) - 11 Jan 1908 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth