Tobias K. Schantz^{[1, 2]}

1842 - 1925  (83 years)

• Name	Tobias K. Schantz
  Born	10 Apr 1842	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45284584
  Name	Tobias K. Shantz
  Occupation	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Miller
  Residence	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	United Brethren
  Occupation	1881	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Clerk
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Book Agent
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	United Brethren
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Book Agent
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Agent
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	United Bretheran
  Eby ID Number	00110-6960
  Died	16 Apr 1925	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I20164	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Benjamin P. Shantz,   b. 21 Sep 1811, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Nov 1868, , Dallas County, Missouri  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Lydia Kolb,   b. 13 May 1814, Hilltown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 9 Nov 1862, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 48 years)
  Married	5 Nov 1833  [9]
  Family ID	F3865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Moyer,   b. 1 Jul 1840, , Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jan 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)
  Married	6 Aug 1863	Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Orpheus Moyer "Orph" Schantz,   b. 24 May 1864, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Sep 1951, Red Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States  (Age 87 years)   2. Lydia Mary Etta "Etta" Schantz,   b. 9 Oct 1866, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 May 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 33 years)   3. Sophia Emma "Sophie" Schantz,   b. 4 May 1869, , Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Oct 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)   4. Austin Tobias Schantz,   b. 5 Oct 1871, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jul 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   5. Franklin Abraham "Frank" Schantz,   b. 12 Jan 1874, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Oct 1962, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   6. Arthur Benjamin Schantz,   b. 22 Nov 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Florence Annie Catherine Schantz,   b. 28 Dec 1879, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Mar 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)   8. Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz,   b. 3 May 1883, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F4003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Tobias K. Schantz from Ancestry Public Member Trees
  		Sunday Dinner 1 January 1922 artifact Waterloo Region Museum

  
  

• Notes

  Tobias K. Shantz, "was born April 10th, 1842. He is married to Mary Moyer. They reside in Berlin where he is engaged as a book agent. His family consists of eight children, namely: V Orpheus M., born May 24th, 1864, is engaged as receiving clerk with Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., retail dry goods dealers, Corner State and Washington Streets, Chicago, Illinois. He was married, January 30th, 1889, to Cornelia, daughter of Samuel A. and Melvina D. Flagler of Ottumwa, Iowa, and has a family of one daughter named VI Ruth, born September 30th, 1892, at Morton Park, Illinois, V Etta, V Sophia, V Austin, V Franklin, V Arthur, V Florence, and V Herbert." 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.]. ______________________ Died/ At Kitchener, Ontario, on Thursday, April 16th,/ 1925, at 11.45 p. m./ Tobias Shantz/ Aged 83 years and 6 days/ The Funeral/ will take place on/ Sunday, April 19, 1925/ at 2.00 p.m./ from his late residence, 43 Schneider Avenue, thence to Mount Hope Cemetery for interment./ Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation Funeral Card of Tobas K. Shantz __________________ Tobias Shantz Tobias Shantz, aged 83 years, died last evening at 11:45 o'clock. The late Mr. Shants was one of the district's oldest residents being born in Freeport on the site where the Freeport Sanitorium now stands, in the year 1842. After growing up he went to Port Elgin with his father where he learned the milling business with which he was connected the greater part of his life. After leaving Port Hope he moved to Conestoga where he was in the employee of Schneider Milling Company. In 1865 Mr. Shantz had a very interesting trip being one of those early pioneers to go to Missouri where he helped to survey the land there for the settlers. He married Mary Moyer, a school teacher from Port Elgin, in 1861. The late Mr. Shantz had been a resident of the city since 1885. He was a devoted member of the United Brethren church. Surviving are his aged wife, four sons, two daughters, and one brother, They are O. M. Shantz and A. D. Shantz of Chicago; A. B. Shantz of Big Prairie, Alberta, and Frank A. Shantz, Miss S. E. Shantz, Miss Florence Shantz, all at home, Christian, Witaskawin, Alberta. One in-law Rev. Soloman Eby, Preston Road, also survives, The funeral will be held from his late residence 43 Schneider avenue Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Services will be held at the home with burial following in the Mount Hope cemetery. Kitchener Daily Record, Fri, Apr 17, 1925 Page 8

  
  

• 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..., 439. [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..., 654. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-11 Page 16. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 22. Tobias SCHANTZ Labourer Birthplace: Canada Age 11 Mennonite b. 10-Apr [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 3 Page 7. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 25 1911 Pg. 9. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, p 36. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 1 Page 2. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Kolb family bible.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Apr 1842 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 6 Aug 1863 - Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Miller - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk - 1881 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Book Agent - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Book Agent - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agent - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Bretheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Apr 1925 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth