Salena Shantz

1891 - 1981  (89 years)

• Name	Salena Shantz
  Born	12 Aug 1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41280294
  Name	Salena Cressman
  Residence	1911	Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1950	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-29727
  Died	31 Jan 1981	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I29727	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Herman S. Shantz,   b. 2 Mar 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Sep 1950, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann Schmitt,   b. 12 Jan 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Feb 1937, RR2, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1891	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F4936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jacob H. Cressman,   b. 5 Jul 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Oct 1978, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Children	1. Walter Herman Cressman,   d. Bef 2010   2. Olive Oleda Cressman,   b. 8 Dec 1915, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jun 1996, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   3. Marvin Willard Cressman,   b. 20 Jul 1917,   d. 9 Jun 1999  (Age 81 years)   4. Erlene Catharine Cressman,   b. 16 Apr 1919,   d. 2 May 2006, Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   5. Marcella Effie Cressman,   b. 12 Dec 1922,   d. 28 Nov 2001  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F19567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cressman, Salena, daughter of Herman and Sarah (Schmitt) Shantz, was born in Wilmot Twp., Ont. Aug. 12, 1891; died at Cambridge, Ont., Jan. 31, 1981; aged 89 y. She was married to Jacob Cressman, who died in 1978. Surviving are 3 sons (Marvin, Walter, and Glen), 5 daughters (Olive-Mrs. Clayton Wilbelm, Erlene-Mrs. Melvin Burkhardt, Marcella-Mrs. Leland Siebert, Verneda-Mrs. Gerald Smith and Mrs. Kathleen Fast), 21 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, one brother (Russel Shantz), and 3 sisters (Olive Shantz, Mrs. Edna Habel and Violet-Mrs. Noah Herner). She was a member of Erb Street Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Feb. 3, in charge of Wilmer Martin; interment in Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume 74, Number 9 - March 3, 1981 page 182

  
  

• Sources

  [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-6 Page 1. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, March 3, 1981 - Obituary of Salena Shantz. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 10 Page 1. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Herman Shantz - Oct, 2, 1950. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011846-91. 011846-91 (Waterloo Co.) Herman SCHANTZ, 26, farmer, Wilmot, Wilmot, s/o David SCHANTZ & Barbara nee STAUFFER married Sarah SCHMITT, 21, Wilmot, Wilmot, d/o Jacob SCHMITT & Magd nee SNYDER, witn: Stauffer SCHANTZ of Wilmot & E. (illeg) SNYDER., 1 January 1891 in New Hamburg.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Aug 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1950 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 31 Jan 1981 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth