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

Josiah E. Shantz[1, 2, 3]

Male 1861 - 1908  (46 years)


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  • Name Josiah E. Shantz 
    Born 18 Nov 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Express Driver 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Carter 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6800 
    Died 28 Apr 1908  [7
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I19680  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Isaac Erb Shantz,   b. 23 May 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Eby,   b. 26 Aug 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1915  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 30 Dec 1860  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Family ID F4950  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth K. Shantz,   b. 28 Mar 1863, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1943  (Age 79 years) 
    Children 
     1. Nettie Shantz
     2. Eldon Roy "Roy" Shantz,   b. 30 Nov 1885, , Marion Co., Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1933, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     3. Ivan Abner Shantz,   b. 1 Jul 1887, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1955  (Age 67 years)
     4. Vernon Floyd Shantz,   b. 19 Jun 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Gordon Wesley Shantz,   b. 19 Oct 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Edith Shantz,   b. 2 Jan 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F4951  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Josiah Shantz, "was born November 18th, 1861. He is married to Eliza Shantz and resides in the town of Berlin where he is engaged in running a dray. To them were born the following 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 
    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..., 558.

    3. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-5 Page 16.

    4. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 2 Page 6.

    5. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 2 Page 6.

    6. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 3 Page 14.

    7. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.

    8. [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."

    9. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div 3 Page 17.

    10. [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

    11. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Section 3 Page 7.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Nov 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Express Driver - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carter - 1901 - 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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