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Magdalena "Martha" Snyder[1, 2]

Female 1851 - 1931  (80 years)


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  • Name Magdalena "Martha" Snyder 
    Born 21 Feb 1851  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Magdalena "Martha" Shantz 
    Name Magdalena "Martha" Simpson 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00106-5923 
    Grave Photograph - Find A Grave Gravestone of Magdalena 
    Died 3 Jun 1931  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Cause: Arteriosclerosis (2 years) - Paralytic Stroke (5 days) 
    Buried 6 Jun 1931  Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 10] 
    Person ID I386682  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2025 

    Father Absalom Snyder,   b. 23 May 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1900, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F24240  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Absalom Snyder,   b. 23 May 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1900, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Mary Bricker,   b. 7 Mar 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 1 Feb 1841  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Family ID F262044  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alfred Simpson,   b. 30 Jan 1835, Bridlington Quay, , Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1886  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 9 Apr 1884  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6] 
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 
    Family ID F4239  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Joseph Stauffer Shantz,   b. 13 Feb 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 1933, Fisher Mills, (Cambridge) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 9 Mar 1887  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 16] 
    Children 
     1. Emma Naomi Shantz,   b. 10 Oct 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1889  (Age 0 years)
     2. Judith Magdalena Shantz,   b. 10 Oct 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1888  (Age 0 years)
     3. Hermes Clement Shantz,   b. 4 May 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years)
     4. Ammon Junia "A. J." Shantz,   b. 24 Jan 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1988, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 
    Family ID F261899  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Joseph S. Shantz

      The death occurred near Hespeler, yesterday of Magdalena Snyder, beloved wife of Joseph S. Shantz, in her 81st yesr. The funeral will be held on Saturday, June 6, at two o'clock, with a service at Wanner church. Interment will be made in the Wanner church, cemetery.

      Kitchener Daily Record 4 Jun 1931 pg 21

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      Magdalena Snyder, "was born February 21st, 1851. On April 9th, 1884, she was married to Alfred Simpson who died June 1st., 1886. On March 9th, 1887, she was again married to Joseph S. Shantz, a farmer. They reside near Hespeler, Ontario. She had no family with her first husband, but with her second husband there are four 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.].

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      Shantz.-Magdalena Snyder Shantz, beloved wife of Joseph S. Shantz, was born Feb. 21, 1851; died Wednesday, June 3, 1931. She was in her 81st year. On April 9, 1884, she was married to Alfred Simpson, who preceded her in death June 1, 1886. On March 9, 1887, she was married to Joseph Shantz. She united with the Mennonite Church in her teen age and remained a faithful member until death. She is survived by a sorrowing husband, 2 sons, 1 daughter, 2 brothers and 2 sisters. The funeral was held on Saturday, June 6, and was conducted by Bro. Oscar Burkholder. Text, Psa. 91: 1 and 16.

      Gospel Herald - Vol. XXIV, No. 12 - June 18, 1931 - pp. 270-272

  • 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..., 423.

    2. [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..., 313.

    3. [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..., 283.

    4. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-4 Page 13.

    5. [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township).
      Magdalena Snyder / 1851-1931

    6. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Magdalena Snyder Born: Canada Age: 33 Father: Absalom Snyder Mother: Mary Snyder Born: abt 1851 Spouse: Alfred Simpson Age: 49 born: England Father: John Simpson Mother: Elizabeth Simpson married 9 Apr 1884

    7. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 10.

    8. [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link.
      SHANTZ [A] Edwin S. SHANTZ/ 1878-1952/ [B] Ida MARTIN/ Wife of Edwin S. SHANTZ/ 1880-1938/[C] Father/ Joseph S. SHANTZ/ 1851-1933/ [D] Mother/ Magdalena SNYDER/ 1851-1931/[E] Son/ Hermes C. SHANTZ/ 1890-1909/

    9. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 59.

    10. [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township).

    11. [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 033905 (1931).
      Name:Magdelena Shantz Gender:Female Age:80 Birth Date:abt 1851 Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario Death Date:3 Jun 1931 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    12. [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..., 281.

    13. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Eby, Benjamin - Minister of the Mennonist Society, Berlin.

    14. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 35.

    15. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 5 Feb 1841 Pg 6.
      2 Feb 1841 Pastor Benjamin Eby m. Absalom SCHNEIDER to Maria BRUECKER, both from Waterloo.

    16. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 012117 (1887).
      Name:Joseph S Shantz Age:36 Birth Year:abt 1851 Birth Place:Canada Marriage Date:9 Mar 1887 Marriage Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:Simon Shantz Mother:Judith Shantz Spouse:Magdalena Simpon

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Feb 1851 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Apr 1884 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Mar 1887 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Arteriosclerosis (2 years) - Paralytic Stroke (5 days) - 3 Jun 1931 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 6 Jun 1931 - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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