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

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shantz[1]

Female 1872 - 1944  (72 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shantz 
    Born 8 Feb 1872  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Name Elizabeth "Lizzie" Steckle 
    Name Lizzie Shantz 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6905 
    Grave Photograph - Find A Grave Gravestone of Elizabeth Shantz 
    Died 17 May 1944  [5
    Buried Lakeview Conservative Mennonite Cemetery, Blake, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I19970  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Deacon Menno S. Shantz,   b. 16 Apr 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1917  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Snider,   b. 29 Nov 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1893, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 9 Nov 1858  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 7, 8
    Family ID F2838  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Menno D. Steckle,   b. 9 Aug 1868, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1941  (Age 72 years) 
    Children 
     1. Daniel Shantz Stoeckle,   b. 14 Feb 1895, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1968  (Age 73 years)
     2. Simon Steckle,   b. 24 Aug 1896, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1903  (Age 6 years)
     3. Menno Shantz Steckle,   b. 5 Aug 1898, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1980, Exeter, Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     4. Magdalena Steckle,   b. 26 Dec 1900, Stanley Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1976  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4992  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth Shantz, "was born February 8th, 1872. She was married to Menno Steckley. They reside in Stanley Township, Huron County, Ontario, near Blake P. O., where he is farming."


      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 
    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..., 430.

    2. [S216] Census - ON, Huron - 1901, Stanley Township g-5 Page 1.

    3. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 2 Page 45.

    4. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Section 3 Page 16.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45564669/elizabeth-steckle.

    6. [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..., 429.

    7. [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..., 268.

    8. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Moses Shantz, 22, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of Joseph and Veronica, married 9 Nov 1858 Elizabeth Snyder, 21, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of Elias and Hana

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Feb 1872 - 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 MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Lakeview Conservative Mennonite Cemetery, Blake, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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