Catharine Shantz^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1792 - 1854  (61 years)

• Name	Catharine Shantz
  Born	5 Sep 1792	, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Catharine Snyder
  Eby ID Number	00110-6909
  Grave Photograph - Find A Grave	Gravestone Image
  Died	27 Feb 1854	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5, 6]
  Buried	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I19977	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Christian Schantz,   b. 11 Jul 1769, Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 7 Apr 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Hannah Paul,   b. 10 Sep 1772, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 10 Jul 1845, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	1791  [1]
  Family ID	F4993	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John C. Snyder,   b. 1 Feb 1792, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 31 Jul 1834, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 42 years)
  Married	Sep 1814  [1, 7]
  Children	1. Levi Snyder,   b. 16 Aug 1815, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 May 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   2. Absalom Snyder,   b. 23 May 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 May 1900, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   3. Hannah Snyder,   b. 25 Jul 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Dec 1848  (Age 29 years)   4. Samuel Shantz Snider,   b. 9 Oct 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Mar 1912  (Age 90 years)   5. Amos Snyder,   b. 14 May 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Elizabeth Snyder,   b. 4 Mar 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jan 1910, Blenheim, Harwich Twp., Kent Co., Ontario  (Age 82 years)   7. Nancy Snyder,   b. 30 Apr 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Oct 1897, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)   8. Christian Snyder,   b. 15 Sep 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Rebecca Snyder,   b. 10 Apr 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Mar 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F3986	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Catharine Shantz, "was born September 5th, 1792. In September, 1814, she was married to John C. Schneider and died February 27th, 1854." 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..., 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..., 398. [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..., 406. [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..., 390. [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..., 280. [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township). In memory of/ Catharine/ Wife of John C. SNYDER/ Who died/ Feb. 27' 1854/ aged 61 y. 5 m./ [flat on ground 2016] [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Sep 1792 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Died - 27 Feb 1854 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth