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

Lloyd Herbert Shantz[1]

Male 1888 - 1974  (85 years)


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  • Name Lloyd Herbert Shantz 
    Born 7 Oct 1888  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Name Lloyd Dwight Shantz 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6823.3 
    Died 18 Feb 1974  [3
    Buried West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I19770  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Rev. Israel R. Shantz,   b. 15 Aug 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1910, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth "Betsy" Schmitt,   b. 22 Aug 1868, Bond, Ionia Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1962, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 22 Sep 1886  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Family ID F4964  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Ann Cressman,   b. 17 Apr 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1969, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 20 Dec 1917  [3
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F29097  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary M. Burkholder,   b. 23 Jul 1895, Hubbard, Marion, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1972, Duchess, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F53712  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Eby Eby in his book gives his name as Lloyd Dwight, he was in error.

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      Shantz, Lloyd Herbert, son of Israel and Elizabeth Shantz, was born at Kitchener, Ont., died Feb. 18, 1974; aged 85 y. 4 m. 11 d. On Dec. 20, 1917, he was married to Mary Ann Cressman, who preceded him in death on Oct. 8, 1969. On Oct. 6, 1971, he was married to Mary Weber, who died on June 22, 1972. Surviving are one son (Royden), one dauther (Gladys), 7 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, 7 stepchildren, 31 step-grandchildren, 13 step-great-grandchildren, one brother (Sam), and 4 sisters (Seleda, Erma, Norma, and Edna). He was preceded in death by one sister (Vera), one brother (Orville), and one grandson (Vernon Diller). He was a member of the Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held in charge of Gordon Buschert, C. J. Ramer, and Linford Hackman; interment in adjoining cemetery.

      Gospel Herald - Volume 67, Number 14 - April 2, 1974, pp. 293, 294

  • 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..., 418.

    2. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-4 Page 3.

    3. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, April 2, 1974 - Obituary of Lloyd Herbert Shantz.

    4. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, December 29, 1910 Obituary of Israel R. Shantz.

    5. [S18] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration index (needs checking to original registration), 011625.

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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Oct 1888 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
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