Menno W. Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1869 - 1927  (58 years)

• Name	Menno W. Shantz
  Born	26 May 1869	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Agricultural Laborer
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6923
  Died	16 Jun 1927  [5, 7]
  	Cause: heart failure
  Buried	Brutus Mennonite Cemetery, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, USA   [7]
  Person ID	I20029	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Daniel Shantz,   b. 30 Mar 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jun 1906, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Esther Wismer,   b. 1 Jun 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Nov 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 55 years)
  Married	30 Oct 1849	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F3951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca G. Brubacher,   b. 2 Dec 1872, Mosa Township, Middlesex Co., Ontario ,   d. 28 Apr 1947  (Age 74 years)
  Married	13 Jan 1895	Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Abram B. Shantz,   b. 12 Feb 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1975, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)   2. Barbara B. Shantz,   b. Feb 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Mar 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 0 years)   3. Suannah Shantz,   b. 11 Apr 1898, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Dec 1918  (Age 20 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F9110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Menno W. Shantz, "was born May 26th, 1869. He is unmarried and resides in Woolwich Township where he has his home with Mr. Peter Ziegler." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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 Shantz was born at Waterloo, Ont., 1869; died very suddenly while at work of heart failure, June 16, 1927. In his young manhood he was married to Rebecca Brubacher. 9 children came to bless this union,--Barbara, Johnnie, and Nancy dying in infancy, Maryann and Susanna at the age of 21, 3 boys (Abram, Dan, and Edward) and 1 daughter (Hannah) remain with the devoted wife and mother to mourn the loss of a kind loving husband and father; also 2 brothers (Jacob and Daniel) two sisters (Mrs. Esther Bauman and Mrs. Barbara Allemom) remain. A large number of relatives and friends were gathered together to pay their last respects to the departed. He was buried at the Mennonite Church, of which he was a member since his youth. Henry Brenneman conducted the services. Once more we were made to see that our life is as the grass in the morning it is flourishing and in the evening cut and withered away. We must all appear in the presence of God to give an account of our deeds whether they be good or evil. Herald - Volume XX, Number 13 - June 30, 1927, pages 303, 304

  
  

• 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..., 433. [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..., 661. [S197] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1881, Div 1 Page 19 Family 78. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Menno Shantz Born: Waterloo Age: 25 Father: Daniel Shantz Mother: Ester Shantz Born: abt 1870 Spouse: Rebecka Brubacker Age: 22 born: Mossa Father: John Brubacker Mother: Nansa Brubacker married 13 Jan 1895 [S8] News - Gospel Herald, June 30, 1927 - Obituary of Menno Shantz. [S2545] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Township North 1891, Section 1 page 34. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, B., America, N., County, E., & Cemetery, B. (1869). Menno W. Shantz (1869-1927) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28789565. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 30. [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..., 431. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Benjamin Eby, Mennonist Society, Berlin #148. Daniel SHANTZ, to Esther WISSMER, both of Waterloo. 30 Oct. 1849 [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 29.

  
  

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  Born - 26 May 1869 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 13 Jan 1895 - Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Brutus Mennonite Cemetery, Brutus, Emmet, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth