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

Mary Shantz[1, 2, 3]

Female 1814 - 1875  (61 years)


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  • Name Mary Shantz 
    Born 14 Jan 1814  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Female 
    Name Mary Herner 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6828 
    Died 22 Dec 1875  Chatsworth, Livingston, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 6, 8
    Buried Sullivan Center Cemetery, Cullom, Livingston, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I19783  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Isaac Shantz,   b. 23 Apr 1783, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1854, South-East Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Esther Bechtel,   b. 2 Feb 1786, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1867, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 15 Oct 1808  [3, 9
    Family ID F4138  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel Herner,   b. 10 Oct 1809, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1882, Cullom, Livingston, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 10 Sep 1834  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Adam Herner,   b. 7 Jun 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Ada Herner,   b. 17 Jun 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. William Isaac "Isaac" Herner,   b. 27 Jul 1837, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1907, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     4. Moses Herner,   b. 4 Oct 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1915, Wakefield, Dixon, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     5. John S. Herner,   b. 2 Sep 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Rev. Samuel S. Herner,   b. 27 Aug 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1909, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     7. Benjamin Herner,   b. 2 Nov 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1915  (Age 69 years)
     8. Aaron Herner,   b. 2 Feb 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1850  (Age 2 years)
     9. Veronica "Fanny" Herner,   b. 2 Jun 1850, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1931, Joliet, Will, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     10. Menno Herner,   b. 1 May 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1852  (Age 0 years)
     11. David Herner,   b. 10 Aug 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     12. Esther Herner,   b. 29 May 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F4968  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mary Shantz, "was born January 14th, 1814, and died December 22nd, 1875. On September 10th, 1834, she was married to Samuel Herner."


      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..., 418.

    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..., 786.

    3. [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..., 224.

    4. [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..., 787.

    5. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 2 Pg 3.

    6. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 13 Jan 1876.
      Died 22 Dec 1875 By Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois, Mary Herner, wife of Samuel Herner, died at the age of 61 years, 11 months, 8 days.

    7. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 51.

    8. [S3231] Find A Grave, (2018). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 9 December 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48047219/mary-herner.

    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..., 413.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Jan 1814 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 Dec 1875 - Chatsworth, Livingston, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Sullivan Center Cemetery, Cullom, Livingston, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
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