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

Elmina Shantz[1, 2]

Female 1868 - 1943  (74 years)


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  • Name Elmina Shantz 
    Born 22 Nov 1868  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Name Elmina Miller 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Pentecostal 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6803 
    Died 1943  [6
    Buried Memorial Park Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I19693  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 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  [2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Family ID F4950  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rev. Christian R. Miller,   b. 1868, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1953  (Age 85 years) 
    Children 
     1. Ruth W. Miller,   b. Mar 1906, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F4952  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elmina Shantz, "was born November 22nd, 1868. She is married to Rev. Christian R. Miller. They reside in Berlin. He is engaged as assistant minister to Rev. Solomon Eby of the Bethel field of labor."


      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..., 415.

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

    4. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 34 Page 4.

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

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, (2018). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 3 November 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177121329/elmina-shantz-miller.

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

    8. [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.

    9. [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."

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

    11. [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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Nov 1868 - , 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 MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Pentecostal - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Memorial Park Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States Link to Google Earth
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