Benjamin K. Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1846 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Benjamin K. Shantz
  Born	5 Dec 1846	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00110-6962
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I20182	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  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  [5]
  Family ID	F3865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Eby,   b. 10 May 1852, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	25 Sep 1877	Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Oscar Shantz   2. Martha Shantz   3. Franklin Shantz   4. Noah Shantz   5. Herbert Shantz   6. Luella Shantz   7. Allan Shantz   8. Edna Shantz
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F5025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin K. Shantz, "was born December 5th, 1846. He is married to Mary Eby and resides at Port Elgin, Ontario, where he is engaged as a carpenter and builder." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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..., 439. [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..., 589. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 8712-77. Benjamin SCHANTZ, 30, carpenter, Waterloo, Port Elgin, s/o Benjamin & Lydia, married Mary EBY, 25, Waterloo, Saugeen, d/o Jacob & Ann, witn: Christian & Lydia EBY of Wallace, 25 Sept 1877 at Wallace (Mennonite) [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 22. Benjamin SCHANTZ Birthplace: Canada Age 6 Mennonite b. 5-Dec [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Kolb family bible.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Dec 1846 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth