Clara Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1884 - 1959  (75 years)

• Name	Clara Shantz
  Born	1 Jul 1884	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Clara Cressman
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6812
  Died	29 Sep 1959	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I19714	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Menno E. Shantz,   b. 11 Mar 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 May 1920, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Barbara Rudy,   b. 18 Jun 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jan 1900, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Married	18 Sep 1864	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F354	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ivan S. Cressman,   b. 3 Mar 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Nov 1967, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	22 Sep 1909	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 11]
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F7828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cressman, Clara, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Menno E. Shantz, was born July 1, 1884, in Wilmot Twp., Ont.; died Sept. 29, 1959, at Kitchener, Ont.; aged 75 y. 2 m. 28 d. She and her husband, Ivan S. Cressman, had just celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Sept. 22, 1959. Surviving are a daughter (Myrtle Cressman) and a sister (Mrs. Cyrus Weber). She was a member of the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, where funeral services were held on Oct. 1, in charge of Edgar Metzler. Gospel Herald - Volume LII, Number 47 - December 8, 1959 - pages 1047, 1048

  
  

• 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..., 416. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020571-09. Ivan I. Cressman, 25, occ. Farmer, res. of Wilmot, son of Moses M. Cressman and Elizabeth Shantz Married Clara Shantz, 25, res. of Wilmot, daughter of Menno E. Shantz and Barbara Rudy, Witn: Addis Cressman of New Hamburg and Agnes Shantz of Petersburg, 22 September 1909 in Wilmot. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-3 Page 8. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, December 8, 1959 - Obituary of Clara Cressman. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 2. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 2 Page 2. [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..., 213. [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. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 22 Sep 1864. Sept. 18, 1864 Menno J. Schantz and Barbara Rudy, both of Waterloo Tp., by Rev. Kaessmann [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Menno J. Shantz, res. Waterloo Co, b. Waterloo Co, married 18 Sept 1864 Barbara Rudy, res. Waterloo Co, b. Waterloo Co [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 20571-1909.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Jul 1884 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 22 Sep 1909 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Sep 1959 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth