Menno S. Shantz^{[1, 2, 3]}

1852 - 1937  (84 years)

• Name	Menno S. Shantz
  Born	11 Oct 1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1876	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	miller
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Stage Driver
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	teamster
  Eby ID Number	00110-6876
  Died	4 Jan 1937	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I19881	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Moses Shantz,   b. 22 Aug 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jan 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Susannah Snider,   b. 4 Apr 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 May 1916  (Age 86 years)
  Married	18 Mar 1849	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Family ID	F3930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Bricker,   b. 17 Apr 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	12 Apr 1876	Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 8]
  Children	1. Abner Gordon Shantz,   b. 20 Jun 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ada M. C. Shantz,   b. 20 Sep 1879, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Pearly Shantz,   b. 1884, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Perlous D. Shantz,   b. 17 Oct 1884, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Ransom Garnett Shantz,   b. 18 Nov 1884, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Melvin Grant Shantz,   b. 2 Oct 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F3501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Menno S. Shantz, "the third son, was born October 11th, 1852. On April 12th, 1876, he was married to Lydia, daughter of David and Hannah (Kolb) Bricker. She was born April 17th, 1851. He is a miller by trade but at present he resides in Berlin where he is engaged in the livery business. Their family consists of four children" 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.-Menno S., son of the late Moses and Susannah Shantz, was born near Waterloo, Ont., Oct. 11, 1852; died at the Kitchener & Waterloo Hospital Jan. 4, 1937; aged 84 y. 2 m. 24 d. On April 12, 1876, he was United in holy marriage to Lydia Bricker who remains to mourn her loss. This union was blessed with 3 sons and 1 daughter (Abner of Waterloo, Melvin of Detroit, Mrs. C. F. Gibbs of Toronto, and Pearlous who predeceased his father in death 26 years ago). 4 grandchildren also survive, along with 3 brothers and 3 sisters. He was baptized and received into Mennonite Church fellowship a few weeks before his death. We praise the Lord for his testimony of faith before he passed on. Funeral services were held at Ratz and Bechtel Funeral Home. Services conducted by J. B. Martin. Text, John 6: 68. Gospel Herald, March 18, 1937 - Vol. XXIX, No.51 - page 1086, 1087

  
  

• 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..., 426. [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..., 323. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 20 Apr 1876. 12 Apr 1876 By Pastor Cormany in Breslau, Menno Schantz of Bridgeport was married to Lydia Bricker of Breslau. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, a-2 pg 4. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, DIV 1 Page 1 Family 1. Menno S. SHANTZ M 28 German Ontario Miller Mennonite Lydia SHANTZ M 29 German Ontario Mennonite Abby Gordon SHANTZ 3 German Ontario Mennonite Ada M.C. SHANTZ 1 German Ontario Miller Mennonite [S8] News - Gospel Herald, March 18, 1937 - Obituary of Menno S. Shantz. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 10 Page 80. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 52. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, DIV 1 Page 1 Family 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..., 424. [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..., 279. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Bindemann, Frederick W. - Entry 127. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Moses SHANTZ Res: Waterloo 29 Occupation: Yeoman Susana SNYDER Res: Waterloo 19 married 18 Mar 1849 Waterloo, Greenbush by Banns Witnesses: Daniel C. Snyder, farmer, & Joseph ? Shantz, Waterloo [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Section 3 Page 18.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Oct 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1876 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 12 Apr 1876 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - miller - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Stage Driver - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - teamster - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 4 Jan 1937 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth