Veronica Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1854 - 1929  (75 years)

• Name	Veronica Shantz
  Born	16 Sep 1854	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Veronica Groff
  Name	Veronika Schantz  [8]
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1873	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 6]
  Residence	1873	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Eby ID Number	00110-6877
  Died	29 Sep 1929  [7]
  Buried	Girard Union Cemetery, Henning, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States   [7]
  Person ID	I19889	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 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   [9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F3930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry Groff,   b. 20 Jul 1849, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jul 1935, Henning, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States  (Age 86 years)
  Married	23 Sep 1873	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 6, 8]
  Children	1. Henry Edward "Ed" Groff,   b. 12 Aug 1874, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1968, Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, United States  (Age 93 years)   2. Walter Groff,   b. 19 Sep 1876, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Dec 1947  (Age 71 years)   3. Clara May Groff,   b. Sep 1882, Of, May City, Osceola, Iowa, USA ,   d. 1974  (Age ~ 91 years)   4. Mary Susannah Groff,   b. 1885, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1972  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F1305	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Veronica Shantz, "the eldest daughter, was born September 16th, 1854. On September 23rd, 1873, she was married to Henry Groff and has a family 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

  
  

• 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..., 724. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian). Bridegroom Name: Heinrich Groff Age: 24 Res: Waterloo Place of Birth: Dumfries Names of Parents: Andreas Groff & Mary Bowman Bride: Name: Veronica Schantz Age: 19 Res: Waterloo Tp. Place of Birth: Waterloo Tp. Names of Parents: Moses Schantz & Sussana Schneider Witness(S): Name: Aaron Schantz Res: Waterloo Tp. Name: Laura Schneider Res: Waterloo Tp. Date of Marriage: Sept. 23, 1873 [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 2. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 10 Page 80. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 12921 (1873), Groff-Shantz. Henry Groff, 24, Farmer, res. Waterloo, b. Canada, son of Andrew Groff and Mary Bauman married Veronica Shantz, 19, res. Waterloo, b. Canada, daughter of Moses and Susannah, witnessed by: Aaron Shantz and Laura Schneider both of Waterloo, 23 September 1873 in Berlin [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, G., America, N., County, O., & Cemetery, G. (1854). Veronica Shonts Groff (1854-1929) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 17 July 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64441048/veronica-groff. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 2 Oct 1873. 23 Sep 1873 Heinrich Groff was married to Veronika Schantz by Pastor F.W. Tuerk, in Berlin. Both are of Berlin. [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 - 16 Sep 1854 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1873 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1873 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 23 Sep 1873 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Girard Union Cemetery, Henning, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States  = Link to Google Earth