Elsie May Shantz

1894 - 1941  (46 years)

• Name	Elsie May Shantz
  Born	25 Aug 1894	Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elsie May Poth
  Residence	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-28421
  Died	1941
  Buried	New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I28421	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. Christian Shantz,   b. 7 Feb 1856, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Jan 1940, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Magdalena F. Shupe,   b. 4 Dec 1855, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jul 1924, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Married	13 Nov 1877	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F5016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elmer Andrew Poth,   b. 10 Jun 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Aug 1948, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Children	1. Kenneth Poth   2. Robert Poth,   d. Bef 2007   3. Muriel R. Poth,   b. 1918,   d. 1983  (Age 65 years)   4. Earlmont Elmer Poth,   b. 1922,   d. 15 Jul 2007, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025
  Family ID	F39874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 3359-1894 Elsie May Shantz. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 13. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 3. [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..., 437. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011094-77. Christian Schantz (S/B Shantz), 21, occ. Yeoman, b. Dumfries, res. Dumfries, S/O Henry & Lydia Married Magdalena Schupe, 21, b. Blenheim, res. Wilmot Twp, D/O Moses & Charlotte, Witn Isaac Schupe & Mary Rosenberger Of Wilmot Twp, 13 November 1877 In New Hamburg.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Aug 1894 - Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth