Catharine Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1847 - 1924  (77 years)

• Name	Catharine Shantz
  Born	28 Sep 1847	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Catharine Schmidt
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Methodist
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	O Methodist
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1911	St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6852
  Grave Photograph - Find A Grave	Gravestone of Catherine Shantz
  Died	16 Oct 1924	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I19840	Generations
  Last Modified	19 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Simon S. Shantz,   b. 15 May 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Dec 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Judith Stauffer,   b. 1 Aug 1825, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jan 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 36 years)
  Married	4 Mar 1845	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10, 11]
  Family ID	F2937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jacob B. Schmidt,   b. 28 Nov 1845, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Dec 1925  (Age 80 years)
  Married	31 Oct 1886	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 12]
  Children	1. Simon Schmidt,   b. 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Mar 1892  (Age 2 years)   2. Ida Schmidt,   b. 2 Feb 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 May 2022
  Family ID	F1649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Catharine Shantz, "was born September 28, 1847. She is married to Jacob Schmitt, a farmer. They reside north of Baden and have a family of one child." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _________________________ Schmidtt. - Catherine Shantz, beloved wife of Jacob B. Schmitt, was born Sep. 28, 1847. She was married Oct. 30, 1886. This union was blessed with 3 children (2 predeceased). She died, after a short illness, at her home near Baden, Ont., Oct. 16, 1924; aged 77 y. 18 d. She leaves a deeply bereaved husband, 1 daughter, 3 step-daughters, 3 step-sons, 6 grandchildren, 29 step-grandchildren, 7 step-great-grandchildren, 1 sister, and 2 brothers. Funeral services were conducted Oct. 19 by Orphen Wismer (Jno. 14), Mannassah Hallman, and Jonas Snider. Text, Heb. 11: 16. Interment in the Shantz Cemetery. Gospel Herald - Vol. XVII, No. 36 - December 11, 1924 - pages 735, 736

  
  

• 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..., 423. [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..., 265. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-5 Page 13. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 36. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, December 11, 1924 - Obituary of Catharine Shantz. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 9 Page 3. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div. 1 Pg. 16. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 3 Page 14. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 36. [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..., 422. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huttner, Lutheran Minister, Preston report 53. Simon Schontz, to Judit Shauffer, both of Waterloo. 4 Mar. 1845 [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 21, 1926 - Obituary of Jacob B. Schmitt.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Sep 1847 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - O Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 31 Oct 1886 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Oct 1924 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth