Melvina Shantz^[1]

1882 - 1944  (61 years)

• Name	Melvina Shantz
  Born	20 Aug 1882	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58665084
  Name	Melvina Bock
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Bible Christian
  Eby ID Number	00110-6952.4
  Died	21 Jun 1944	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I20129	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Rev. Christian Shantz,   b. 7 Feb 1856, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Jan 1940, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Magdalena F. Shupe,   b. 4 Dec 1855, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jul 1924, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Married	13 Nov 1877	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 6]
  Family ID	F5016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emerson K. Bock,   b. 20 Oct 1878, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Oct 1951  (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. Cameron Vincent Bock,   b. 31 Dec 1904, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Nov 1982, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   2. Marjorie Elfreda Bock,   b. 24 Mar 1907, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Sep 2010, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 103 years)   3. Ronald Wilson Bock,   b. 1913,   d. 2009  (Age 96 years)   4. Marion Althea "Althea" Bock,   b. 18 Oct 1919, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jan 2017, Kincardine, Kincardine Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 97 years)
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F42033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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..., 437. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 34460-1882. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 13. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 25. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58665084/melvina-bock. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011094-77. Christian Schantz (S/B Shantz), 21, occ. Yeoman, b. Dumfries, res. Dumfries, S/O Henry & Lydia Married Magdalena Schupe, 21, b. Blenheim, res. Wilmot Twp, D/O Moses & Charlotte, Witn Isaac Schupe & Mary Rosenberger Of Wilmot Twp, 13 November 1877 In New Hamburg.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Aug 1882 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Bible Christian - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Jun 1944 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth