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

Sarah "Sally" Shantz[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female 1841 - 1894  (53 years)


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  • Name Sarah "Sally" Shantz 
    Born 3 Jan 1841  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99470518 
    Name Sarah "Sally" Myers 
    Residence 1852  North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1862  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Evangelical Association 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6934 
    Died 30 Apr 1894  Langdon, Cavalier, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Lebanon Cemetery, Langdon, Cavalier, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20064  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father David P. Shantz,   b. 10 Jul 1802, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1873, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Sarah Biehn,   b. 25 Dec 1811, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1889  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 8 Jan 1828  [9, 10
    Family ID F4217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel Myers,   b. 23 Nov 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1915, Dundurn, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 6 May 1862  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
     1. Angeline Shantz Myers,   b. 17 Jul 1862, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1957, Elk River, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     2. Mathilda "Matilda" "Tillie" Myers,   b. 3 Dec 1863,   d. 19 Nov 1922  (Age 58 years)
     3. Effie Priscilla Myers,   b. 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1922, Anaheim, Orange, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     4. Ephriam Obadiah Myers,   b. 14 Jul 1867, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1944, Saskatoon, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. Mary Myers,   b. 1870, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Manasseh Myers,   b. 1873, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Sandy Myers,   b. 1876, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Milton Myers Myers,   b. 21 May 1878, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1878  (Age 0 years)
     9. Ida M. Myers,   b. 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F5003  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Sarah Shantz
    Sarah Shantz
    image from Dennis Aman on Find A Grave

  • Notes 
    • Sarah Shantz, "was born January 3rd, 1841. She was married to Samuel Myers and died at Langdon, North Dakota, April 30th, 1894."


      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..., 434.

    2. [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..., 137.

    3. [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.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 16921-1902.
      Ephraim J. Myers, 34, Occ. Farmer, b. Baden Ont., Res. North Dakota, son of Samuel Myers and Sarah Schantz, married Sarah Cole, 38, b. Berlin, Res. same, daughter of John G. Cole and Susannah Shoemaker, Witnessed by: Menno and May A. Cole, Both of Buffalo NY, 4 March 1902 at Berlin

    5. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Film 1375901 District 162 Sub-district E Division 2 Page Number 86 Household Number 415.

    6. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 86.

    7. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 3 Page 17.

    8. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Samuel Meyers, 22, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, son of Michael and Maria, married 6 May 1862 Sally Shantz, 24, res, Blenheim, b. Dumfries, daughter of David and Sally

    9. [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.

    10. [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
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 3 Jan 1841 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1852 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1862 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 May 1862 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical Association - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Apr 1894 - Langdon, Cavalier, North Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Lebanon Cemetery, Langdon, Cavalier, North Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
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