Jacob B. Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1836 - 1866  (30 years)

• Name	Jacob B. Shantz
  Born	28 Jul 1836	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1852	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6932
  Died	5 Dec 1866  [1, 3]
  	Cause: accident
  Buried	Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario   [3]
  Person ID	I20053	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	David P. Shantz,   b. 10 Jul 1802, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 27 Jun 1873, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Sarah Biehn,   b. 25 Dec 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jun 1889  (Age 77 years)
  Married	8 Jan 1828  [5, 6]
  Family ID	F4217	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob B. Shantz, "was born July 28th, 1836, and was accidentally killed while engaged in the Plattsville flax mills, December 5th, 1866. He was not married." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 434. [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..., 263. [S138] Cemetery - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - Blenheim Mennonite Internet Link Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery online. In memory of Jacob B. son of David P. and Sarah Shantz who died Dec 5, 1866 aged 30 yrs 4 mo & 8 days [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 17. [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. [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..., 262.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Jul 1836 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth