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

Harvey Herbert Shantz[1]

Male 1871 - 1937  (65 years)


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  • Name Harvey Herbert Shantz 
    Born 30 Dec 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Farm Laborer 
    Occupation 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Evangelical 
    Occupation 1921  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Farmer 
    Residence 1921  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Evangelical 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6862 
    Died 20 Dec 1937  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Cause: Carcinoma of Thyroid-Exhaustion 7 Heart Failure 
    Buried Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Person ID I19864  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Tilman S. Shantz,   b. 8 Jan 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1913  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Esther Snyder,   b. 14 Dec 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1925  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 20 Mar 1871  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10
    Family ID F4980  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Ann Weber,   b. 12 Jan 1874, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1957  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 29 May 1901  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Earl Roy Shantz,   b. 17 Aug 1902, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1992  (Age 89 years)
     2. Ella May Shantz,   b. 16 Dec 1904, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 2003, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years)
     3. Lorne W. Shantz,   b. 5 Oct 1907, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1993  (Age 85 years)
     4. Pearl Violet Shantz,   b. 16 Mar 1910, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F39124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Harvey H. Shantz

      A resident of this district for many years, Harvey H. Shantz, 65, died at his home on the Elmira Highway this morning. The deceased, the oldest son of the late Tilman S. Shantz, was born on the Shantz homestead on the Elmira highway. He was a member of the Evangelical church, St. Jacobs.

      Surviving are his widow, the former Sarah Weber, two sons, Earl and Lorne, one daughter Ella, six brothers, Alvin H., Alfred E., Urias A., angus M., Walter W., and Ezra E., two sisters Elsie L., and Mrs. Jacob F. Kercher. One daughter predeceased him in infancy.

      Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the late residence, two and a half miles north of Waterloo, on the Elmira highway, to St. Jacobs Evangelical church with interment in the St. Jacobs' cemetery.

      Kitchener Daily Record Dec 20 1937 pg 15

  • 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..., 425.

    2. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-3 Page 13.

    3. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 2 Page 24.

    4. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 3 Page 1.

    5. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sud District 3 - Lexington 1921 Page 18.

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, C., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, C. (1871). Harvey Herbert Shantz (1871-1937) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 26 March 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18373004.

    7. [S232] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Calvary United St. Jacobs 4585 Cemetery Internet Link.
      Shantz / In Loving Memory of / Harvey Shantz / 1871 - 1937 / His Beloved Wife / Sarah Weber / 1874 - 1957 / Gone But Not Forgotten /

    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..., 424.

    9. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 30 Mar 1871.
      Mar. 21, 1871 Dilman Schantz and Esther Schneider, both of Waterloo Tp., by Rev. Wurster

    10. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Section 3 Page 27.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Dec 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farm Laborer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 May 1901 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Carcinoma of Thyroid-Exhaustion 7 Heart Failure - 20 Dec 1937 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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