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

Emily Shantz[1, 2, 3]

Female 1854 - 1921  (66 years)


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  • Name Emily Shantz 
    Born 18 Feb 1854  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    Name Emily Bowman 
    Name Emma Shantz 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6819 
    Died 1921  [7
    Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Burnside Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I19754  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2025 

    Father Samuel B. Shantz,   b. 16 Jan 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1895  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Rudy,   b. 29 Oct 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 25 Mar 1845  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8, 9, 10, 11
    Family ID F316  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Samuel Shantz,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Rebecca,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F282102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel C. Bowman,   b. 23 Dec 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1924, Maple Valley, Sanilac Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 9 Dec 1873  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Children 
     1. Ethel Bowman,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Matilda Bowman,   b. 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1962  (Age 87 years)
     3. Anna Rebecca Bowman,   b. 21 Jan 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1967, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     4. D. Isaiah Bowman,   b. 26 Dec 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1950, Baltimore, Baltimore (City), Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 
    Family ID F2078  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Emily Shantz, "was born February 18th, 1854. On December 9th, 1873, she was married to Samuel C. Bowman."


      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..., 417.

    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..., 78.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 013056-73.
      Samuel Bowman, 20, occ. Yeoman, b. Wilmot, res. Wilmot, son of Moses S. and Anna married Emily Shontz, 19, b. Waterloo, res. Waterloo, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca, witnessed by: Samuel Shontz of Waterloo and Moses S. Bowman of Wilmot, 9 December 1873 in Waterloo Twp.

    4. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880, Lynn, St. Clair, Michigan Family History Library Film 1254605 < NA Film Number T9-0605 Page Number 299D.

    5. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 26.

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

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, (2018). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170229192/emily-bowman.
      Emily Bowman
      BIRTH1854
      DEATH1921 (aged 66\endash 67)
      BURIAL
      Evergreen Cemetery
      Burnside Township, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA

    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..., 413.

    9. [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..., 206.

    10. [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.

    11. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 11.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Feb 1854 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Dec 1873 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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