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

Cornelia "Nellie" Shantz[1]

Female 1893 - 1972  (78 years)


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  • Name Cornelia "Nellie" Shantz 
    Born 4 Oct 1893  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Name Cornelia "Nellie" Lichty 
    Name Nellie Shantz  [2
    Occupation 1925  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Domestic 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6807.5 
    Died 8 Feb 1972  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I19706  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Nelson Shantz,   b. 11 Jun 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1930  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Barbara S. Snyder,   b. 25 Oct 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1966, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years) 
    Married 16 Feb 1886  [6, 7
    Family ID F4919  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Ziegler Lichty,   b. 29 May 1889, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1959, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 25 Nov 1925  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F45261  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs John Lichty- Passed away today, Feb 8, 1972 at K-W hospital after a lengthy ilness in her 78th year, the former Nellie Shantz, wife of the late John Z. Lichty, mother of Stan Shantz of Petersburg and a step son, Edward Lichty of Bridgeport; sister of Lorne Shantz of Kitchener, also survived by nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was predeceased by two brothers and one sister. Service and committal at the Edward R Good Funeral Home Thursday at 3 p.m. with burial to follow at Waterloo Mount Hope Cemetery in the spring. Donations to Emmanuel United Church bhuilding fund may be made as expressions of sympathy.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record 9 Feb 1972

  • 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..., 416.

    2. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-3 Page 8.

    3. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Mrs. John Lichty - 9 Feb 1972.

    4. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020618-25.
      John Z. Lichty, 36, occ. Laborer, b. Woolwich Twp, res. Waterloo, Widower, son of Solomon Lichty (B. Waterloo Co) and Sarah Ziegler married Nellie Shantz, 32, occ. Domestic, b. Wilmot, res. Waterloo, Spinster, daughter of Nelson Shantz (B. Wilmot Twp) and Barbara Snyder, Witn: Alma Nixdorf and Mrs. S. E. Schrader both of Kitchener, 25 November 1925 in Kitchener.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45421769/cornelia-lichty.

    6. [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..., 304.

    7. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Nelson Shantz - July 3, 1930.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Oct 1893 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Domestic - 1925 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Nov 1925 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Feb 1972 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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