Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Olive Shantz

Female 1897 - 1982  (85 years)


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  • Name Olive Shantz 
    Born 9 Jul 1897  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1911  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1940  New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-28423P 
    Died 9 Jul 1982  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I28423  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

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

  • Notes 
    • SHANTZ, Olive

      At St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, on Thursday, Nov. 11, 1982, following a lengthy illness, Olive Shantz, aged 86 years, of Nithview Home, New Hamburg. She was born in Wilmot township.

      A member of Shantz Mennonite Church, Baden. Sister of Russell Shantz and Violet (Mrs. Noah Heater), both of Waterloo and Edna (Mrs. Clinton Habel) of Kitchener.

      Predeceased by her parents, Herman Shantz and the former Sarah Ann Schmit;: two brothers, Lincoln and Lloyd; three sisters, Mrs. Alfreda Roth, Mrs. Lyla Roth and Mrs. Salena Cressman.

      The funeral service was held at the Ratz-Bechtel funeral chapel, Kitchener on Saturday, with Chaplain Gerald Schwartzentruber (Nithview Home) officiating. Interment in Shantz Mennonite cemetery, Baden.

      New Hamburg Independent Nov 17 1982 pg 18

  • Sources 
    1. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.

    2. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 13.

    3. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 3.

    4. [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.

    5. [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.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Jul 1897 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1940 - New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Jul 1982 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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