Nancy Detweiler^{[1, 2]}

1816 - 1856  (39 years)

• Name	Nancy Detweiler
  Born	8 Mar 1816	Bucks Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Anna Detweiler
  Name	Nancy Shantz
  Eby ID Number	00029-2302
  Died	17 Feb 1856	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4]
  Buried	Shantz's Meeting House Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I22862	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. Jacob Detweiler,   b. 25 Nov 1778, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 8 Aug 1858, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Susannah Rosenberger,   b. 15 Jan 1781, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 9 Sep 1847, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	15 Dec 1803  [5]
  Family ID	F5427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John C. Shantz,   b. 23 Oct 1807, South Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 May 1875  (Age 67 years)
  Married	12 Jan 1833  [1, 3]
  Children	1. Benjamin D. Shantz,   b. 20 Aug 1833, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jan 1889, Wordsworth, Huron Co., Michigan  (Age 55 years)   2. Mary Ann Shantz,   b. 24 Aug 1834, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Mar 1917, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   3. Abraham D. Shantz,   b. 6 Mar 1836, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Dec 1899, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)   4. Aaron D. Shantz,   b. 17 Sep 1837, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jun 1844  (Age 6 years)   5. John D. Shantz,   b. 4 Oct 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jun 1923, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   6. Enoch Donald Shantz,   b. 6 Aug 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Apr 1920, Foremost, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 78 years)   7. Magdalena Shantz,   b. 26 Mar 1843, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Oct 1916  (Age 73 years)   8. Menno D. Shantz,   b. 3 Nov 1844, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1911  (Age 66 years)   9. Susannah Shantz,   b. 8 Mar 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Oct 1886, Near Port Elgin, Bruce Co., Ontario  (Age 39 years)   10. Lydia D. Shantz,   b. 11 Apr 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Nov 1932, Pembroke, Pembroke Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario  (Age 83 years)   11. Nancy D. Shantz,   b. 15 Mar 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Mar 1910  (Age 59 years)   12. Sarah D. Shantz,   b. 3 Jun 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Dec 1921, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F5494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Anna Detweiler, was born March 8th, 1816. On January 12 1833, she was married to John C. Shantz who was born October 23rd, 1807, and died April 17th, 1875. They resided in Wilmot Township where she died, February 17th, 1856, leaving a family of twelve children, namely: VI Benjamin D., VI Mary Ann, VI Abraham D., VI Aaron (dead, VI John D., VI Enoch D., VI Magdalena, VI Menno D., VI Susannah, VI Lydia, VI Nancy, and VI Sarah. " 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..., 387. [S173] Ancestry.com. [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..., 522. [S159] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Shantz Mennonite CC#4566 Internet Link. Anna/ wife of/ John C. Shantz/ Died/ Feby. 17, 1856/ aged 39 years, 11 Mo./ 9 Days./ [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..., 516.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Mar 1816 - Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Died - 17 Feb 1856 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth