Jonathan S. Shantz^[1]

1849 - 1914  (65 years)

• Name	Jonathan S. Shantz
  Born	16 Mar 1849	Near St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	O Methodist
  Occupation	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Sawyer
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	sawyer
  Eby ID Number	00110-6853
  Died	14 Dec 1914	Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada   [5, 10]
  Buried	West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada   [5, 10]
  Person ID	I19841	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  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   [11, 12]
  Family ID	F2937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline Bingeman,   b. 11 Apr 1855, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1927, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	24 Oct 1876  [1, 4, 5]
  Children	1. Ida Shantz,   b. 25 May 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Nov 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 5 years)   2. Urias Shantz,   b. 5 Apr 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Nov 1960, Red Deer, Alberta  (Age 80 years)   3. Judith Ann Shantz,   b. 7 Jul 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Nov 1918, near, Carstairs, , Alberta  (Age 36 years)   4. Clayton Shantz,   b. 10 Apr 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Nov 1918, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 34 years)   5. Elizabeth May "Lizzie" Shantz,   b. 16 Nov 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jul 1897, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 11 years)   6. Johnathan B. Shantz,   b. 22 Aug 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1968  (Age 80 years)   7. Eldon Shantz,   b. 21 Oct 1889, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Feb 1920, near Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 30 years)   8. Verna Shantz,   b. 20 Jul 1892, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1971  (Age 78 years)   9. Edna Shantz,   b. Mar 1895, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F4256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jonathan S. Shantz, "was born March 16th, 1849. On October 24th, 1876, he was married to Caroline Bingeman. They reside in Winterbourne, Ontario, where he is engaged in the sawing and lumber business" 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.]. ____________________________________ "Shantz.-Death came as a welcome relief to Bro. Jonathan. Shantz of Carstairs, Alta., who passed away Dec. 14, 1914; aged 65 y. 8 m. 28 d. The deceased was born March 16, 1849, in Waterloo Co. Ont., where he grew to manhood and on Oct. 27, 1876, was married to Caroline Bingeman. To this union were born 9 children, 2 of them having died while quite young. The remaining ones are in the immediate vicinity and at home. In 1901 he moved with his family to a farm near Carstairs, Alberta, where he has since resided to the time of his death. He has been a member of the Mennonite Church for quite a number of years, and when health permitted was seldom missing at the regular services. Funeral services conducted by N. R. Weber, J. K. Lehman, and N. B. Stauffer, on Dec. 16 at the West Zion Church, near Carstairs, Alta." Gospel Herald - Volume VII, Number 40 - December 31, 1914, page 647: _____________ Jonathan Shantz's Dam. In reference to the general topography of the village of Winterbourne in my last letter I omitted mention of the dam which confines the waters of Cox's Creek. It is the property of Mr. Jonathan Shantz, and contributes the power that operates his saw mill and chopping machine. It is undoubtedly one of the largest confined bodies of water in Waterloo county. The village derives advantages from it in more ways than one. While it adds considerably to the picturesqueness of the village it affords good fishing for the inhabitants thereof when the season is on. In the spring it is alive with chubs, suckers, red fins and bass. The latter abound in large number and many are often caught weighing from three to four pounds. Its generous owner permits free access to it by the public, and consequently the average villager whose beef or pork supply has become diminished or who feels the want of a change from that sort of diet can in a short time with hook and line procure choice specimens for the frying pan. The law prohibiting the catching of bass at this season of the year was the only obstacle that prevented your correspondent from making the attempt to land a few of the big fellows to form a savory feast for the table of the editor of the CHRONICLE. In addition to this advantage afforded to the village Mr. Shantz is the most prominent in giving it some industrial life. He was born near St. Jacobs, March 16, 1849, and is a son of Simon Shantz, Sr. When he was about a year old his parents moved from his birth place to Wilmot where they lived about 45 years He purchased the saw mill here in 1895 from his brother Ezra, who had purchased it from one David Clemens, and has since added a cider and chopping mill. The saw will has a capacity of producing about 8,000 feet of lumber per day, the chopper 200 bags per day and the cider mill about 2,000 gallons per day. He also owns a farm of twenty acres near the village, from which he derives plenty of the necessaries of life for his family. He has been in some way connected in the operation of a saw-mill since he was fourteen years of age, and it is altogether likely that he will follow that vocation as long as he lives, or at least while the timber continues to hold out. Mr. Shantz was married about twenty-two years ago to Miss Caroline, daughter of Mr. John Bingeman, of near Washington, Nine children have been born to them, two of whom are dead. They are of the Mennonite faith and Reform in politics. The family lives in one of the venerable landmarks of the village. It is the old stone tavern which was built in 1836 by the late John Tyson, who was its landlord for two or three years and afterwards was kept by Henry Wenglin and others. It was a famous resort for the travelling public years ago. It is a substantial stone structure, but save its convenient location near the public highway, it does not show signs of having once been a public house. Mr. Shantz is a popular citizen and a man entitled to the respect and esteem of all who meet him or have business transactions with him. Waterloo County Chronicle, 2 Jun 1898, p. 8

  
  

• 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. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-1 Page 3. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 15. [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..., 273. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, December 31, 1914 - Obituary of Jonathan S. Shantz. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div. 1 Pg. 16. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 13. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 51. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 6 Page 36. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45781938. [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

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Mar 1849 - Near St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - O Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Sawyer - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - sawyer - 1901 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 14 Dec 1914 - Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada Buried - - West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth