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Lydia Rosenberger[1]

Female 1845 - 1918  (72 years)


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  • Name Lydia Rosenberger 
    Born 27 May 1845  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Lydia Shantz 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1865  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00095-5381 
    Grave Photograph - Find A Grave Gravestone of Lydia Rosenberger 
    Died 30 Mar 1918  [7, 14] 
    Buried Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I2573  Generations
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2026 

    Father Abraham B. Rosenberger, Sr.,   b. 15 Nov 1799, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1883, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Nancy Ann Strome,   b. 1 Jan 1807, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Family ID F4162  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Levi S. Shantz,   b. 8 May 1841, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1929  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 28 Mar 1865  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 12] 
    Children 
     1. Veronica Shantz,   b. 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Abraham R. Shantz,   b. 8 Jan 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1927, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     3. Nancy Shantz,   b. 8 Jan 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1932, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     4. Jessie (?) Shantz,   b. 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Isaiah R. Shantz,   b. 11 Apr 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1906, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     6. Wendel R. Shantz,   b. 1 Mar 1870, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1949, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     7. Barbara R. Shantz,   b. 27 Jan 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 12 years)
     8. Susannah R. Shantz,   b. 14 Aug 1874, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1928, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     9. Samuel Shantz,   b. 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Lydia R. Shantz,   b. 1 Jan 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1948, RR2, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     11. Sarah R. Shantz,   b. 9 Feb 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1895  (Age 16 years)
     12. Emery Rosenberger Shantz,   b. 20 Oct 1881, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1948, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     13. Noah Shantz,   b. 20 Jul 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     14. Hannah Shantz,   b. 20 Jul 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     15. Hiram Shantz,   b. 23 Mar 1885, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1886  (Age 1 years)
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2026 
    Family ID F833  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Lydia Rosenberger, "youngest daughter of Abraham Rosenberger, was born May 27th, 1845. She is married to Levi S. Shantz. They reside near Philipsburg, Ontario, and have a family of twelve children."


      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 
    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..., 390.

    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..., 197.

    3. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-6 Page 2.

    4. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 1 Page 43.

    5. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851.
      Gives age and country of birth

    6. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Division 1 Page Number 43 Household Number 185.

    7. [S159] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Shantz Mennonite CC#4566 Internet Link.
      Rest in Peace / Levi S. Shantz / Born May 8, 1841 / Died May 6, 1929 / Lydia Rosenberger / Beloved wife of Levi Shantz / Died March 30, 1918 / Aged 72 Yrs. 10 Mo. 3 D. / Shantz /

    8. [S1507] Census - ON, Waterloo, Baden - 1911, Baden Div. 13 Page 20.

    9. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 5 Page 15.

    10. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 3 Page 20.

    11. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 2 Page 12.

    12. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 30 Mar 1865.
      Mar. 28, 1865 Levi Schantz and Lydia Rosenberger, both of Wilmot

    13. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 1 Page 40.

    14. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Erbsville Sub Dist 4 1921 Page 1.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 May 1845 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1865 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Mar 1865 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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