Waterloo Region Generations
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Sophia Emma "Sophie" Schantz

Sophia Emma "Sophie" Schantz[1]

Female 1869 - 1958  (89 years)

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  • Name Sophia Emma "Sophie" Schantz 
    Born 4 May 1869  , Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/278259271 
    Residence 1871  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    United Brethren 
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Seamstress 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    United Brethren 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Teacher 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Saleswoman, Knop Store 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    United Bretheran 
    Residence 1958  43 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number 00110-6960.8 
    Died 8 Oct 1958  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20171  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Tobias K. Schantz,   b. 10 Apr 1842, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Mary Moyer,   b. 1 Jul 1840, , Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 6 Aug 1863  Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F4003  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Sophia Emma Shantz
    Sophia Emma Shantz
    from Ancestry Public Member Trees
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    Sophie Emma Schantz

  • Notes 
    • Sophie E. Schantz

      A resident of Kitchener for 75 years, Miss Sophie E. Schantz, 89, of 43 Schneider Ave., died Wednesday in K-W Hospital after a lengthy illness.

      A native of Lincoln County, she had been an employee of the F. W. Woolworth Company for many . years before retiring in 1934. She was a member of Alma St. United Brethren Church and of the Ladies' Aid and Women's Missionary Society.

      Surviving are two brothers, Frank A. and Austin T., both of Kitchener, and niece, Mrs. Dorothy Russell of Kitchener. She was predeceased by three brothers and three sisters.

      The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where the funeral service will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m., by Rev. A. Ward Woolner.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Thu, Oct 9, 1958 Page 7

  • 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..., 439.

    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..., 655.

    3. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-11 Page 16.

    4. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 3 Page 7.

    5. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 25 1911 Pg. 9.

    6. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, p 36.

    7. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 1 Page 2.

    8. [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.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 May 1869 - , Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Brethren - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Seamstress - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Brethren - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Teacher - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Saleswoman, Knop Store - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - United Bretheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1958 - 43 Schneider Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Oct 1958 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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