Christian Schantz^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1769 - 1857  (87 years)

• Name	Christian Schantz
  Born	11 Jul 1769	Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26932602
  Land	Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 12, Waterloo County, Ontario
  Immigration	1810	, Canada
  Name	Christian Shantz
  Residence	1810	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Lived with son Benjamin.
  Eby ID Number	00110-6908
  Died	7 Apr 1857	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I19975	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Jacob Shantz,   b. CA 1710, , Switzerland ,   d. 5 Feb 1781, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Mother	Catherine Beary,   b. Abt 1710,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F4793	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Paul,   b. 10 Sep 1772, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 10 Jul 1845, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	1791  [1]
  Children	1. Catharine Shantz,   b. 5 Sep 1792, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 27 Feb 1854, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)   2. Elizabeth Schantz,   b. 15 May 1794, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 5 Feb 1857  (Age 62 years)   3. Magdalena Schantz,   b. 15 Dec 1795, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 8 Feb 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)   4. Jacob Shantz,   b. 15 Aug 1797, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 21 Jul 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   5. David P. Shantz,   b. 10 Jul 1802, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 27 Jun 1873, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   6. Bishop Heinrich "Henry" Schantz,   b. 3 Nov 1804, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 4 Oct 1877, South Of Roseville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)   7. Susannah Shantz,   b. 24 Jan 1807, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 16 May 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   8. Hannah Shantz,   b. 13 Jun 1809, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 May 1834  (Age 24 years)   9. Benjamin P. Shantz,   b. 21 Sep 1811, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Nov 1868, , Dallas County, Missouri  (Age 57 years)   10. Rebecca Shantz,   b. 3 Mar 1815, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jun 1876, South Of St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F4993	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Christian Shantz, "son of old Jacob Shantz and his second wife, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Pottstown, July 11th, 1769. In 1791 he was married to Hannah Paul who was born in the same county September 10th, 1772, and died in Waterloo County, Ontario, July 10, 1845. In 1810 they with their family and others moved to Canada and settled at Freeport, Ontario, on the farm known as the 'Rev. Abraham C. Weber Farm'. He died April 7th, 1857. His family consisted of ten children, eight of whom were born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania." 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.]. ___________________________ A-1-133 Christian Shantz Probate of the Will of Christian Shantz the elder, late of the Township of Woolwich, Yeoman, deceased, on the petition of Jacob Shantz of the Township of Waterloo, Yeoman, and David P[?] Shantz of the Township of Blenheim in the County of Oxford, Yeoman, the Executors named in said will…. …I, Christian Shantz Senr., of the Township of Waterloo, Yeoman…That all my just debts shall be paid. Second, I give and bequeath to each of my sons and daughters, share and share alike, and I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my two sons Jacob Shantz and David Shantz, my lawful Executors in full power, to give deed or deeds as I would do in my own proper person of this my last Will and Testament… Witnessed by Jacob Lutz and Elizabeth Shantz Will dated 2nd February 1854 Proven 22nd April 1857 Died 7th April 1857 Inventory £635/13/4 Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 partial transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber. ______________________ Died In Woolwich, on the 7th April, Mr. Christian Shontz, aged 87 years. The deceased was born on the 11th day of July, 1769, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was married to Miss Hannah Paul in the year 1791, and lived in this state 54 years, during which time he begat 12 children, 7 are yet alive; the number of his grand children is 82, of whom 73 are yet alive; the number of his great-grand children is 119, of whom 105 are still alive. The entire number of his progenitors is 213, of whom 185 are yet alive. The deceased emigrated to the Township of Waterloo in the year 1810, where he lived 47 years. Dumfries Reformer, 22 Apr 1857

  
  

• 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..., 430. [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. [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..., 34. [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..., 48. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 22. Christian SCHANTZ Gentleman Birthplace: USA Age 83 Mennonite b. 11-Feb birthdate differs from Eby's book. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Jul 1769 - Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Immigration - 1810 - , Canada Residence - 1810 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 7 Apr 1857 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth