Catharine "Catherine" Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1836 - 1917  (80 years)

• Name	Catharine "Catherine" Shantz
  Born	17 May 1836	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44339199
  Name	Catharine "Catherine" Eby
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	New Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6957
  Died	28 Feb 1917  [8, 9, 10]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 9]
  Person ID	I20146	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Rev. Solomon Eby,   b. 15 May 1834, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Feb 1931, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 96 years)
  Married	17 Jun 1855	, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F5019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Catharine Shantz, "was born May 17th 1836. She is married to Rev. Solomon Eby. They reside at Bethel, Ontario." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 438. [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..., 603. [S271] Census - ON, Bruce - 1881, Saugeen, Bruce North, Ontario Film 1375911 District 177 Sub-district C Division 2 Page Number 14 Household Number 51+. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. The Lord is / my shepherd / Eby / Rev. Solomon Eby / 1834-1931 / husband of / Catherine Shantz / 1836-1917 / their daughter / Lydia Eby / 1940 / Burial Card: Solomon, Feb.10, 1931; Lydia, Apr.18, 1940) [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Mother / Catherine / Shantz / beloved wife of / Elder S. Eby / born / May 17, 1836 / died / Feb.29, 1917 / aged / 81 yrs. 7 m. / 12 days [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 22. Katharina SCHANTZ Birthplace: Canada Age 16 Mennonite b. 17-May [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 26 Pg 9. [S3231] Find A Grave, E, Cemetery, F., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, F. (1836). Catherine Shantz Eby (1836-1917) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 13 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44339199/catherine-eby. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sub District 5 Page 19.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 May 1836 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 17 Jun 1855 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - New Mennonite - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth