Nancy Shantz^[1]

1854 - 1885  (30 years)

• Name	Nancy Shantz
  Born	18 Sep 1854	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Nancy Shantz
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6744
  Grave Photograph - Find A Grave	Gravestone of Nancy Shantz
  Died	13 Mar 1885	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5, 6]
  	Cause: Haemorrhage (10 hours)
  Buried	Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I386684	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Joshua Y. Shantz,   b. 11 Sep 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Magdalena Martin,   b. 8 Dec 1822, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Feb 1892, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Married	17 Mar 1840	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F4722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Stauffer Shantz,   b. 13 Feb 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Oct 1933, Fisher Mills, (Cambridge) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	13 Feb 1877	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 11]
  Children	1. Edwin Simon Shantz,   b. 4 Apr 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Feb 1952, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   2. Henry S. Shantz,   b. 19 Apr 1883,   d. 19 Apr 1883  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F261900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Nancy Shantz, "was born September 18th, 1854. On February 13th, 1877, she was married to Joseph S. Shantz. They resided near Hespeler where she died March 13th, 1885, leaving a family of two sons named." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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

  [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..., 405. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Joseph S Shantz Born: Waterloo Township Age: 26 Father: Simon Shantz Mother: Judith Shantz(a Born Stauffer) Shantz Born: abt 1851 Spouse: Nancy Shantz Age: 22 born: Wilmot Township Father: Joshua Shantz Mother: Magdalena Shantz(a Born Martin) Shantz married 13 Feb 1877 [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 1 Page 45. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 22. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate. [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 017171 (1885). Name:Nancy Shantz Gender:Female Age:30 Birth Date:abt 1855 Birth Place:Wilmot Tsp, Ontario Death Date:Mar 1885 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada [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..., 404. [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..., 20. [S68] Bible - Shantz, Joshua & Magdalena Martin. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 21 Mar 1840:50. 17 Mar 1840 Benjamin Eby, teacher, m. Josua Schantz, son of Jacob Schantz near Berlin, Waterloo Tp, to Magdalena Martin, daughter of heinrich Martin, in Woolwich Tp. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 010936 (1877). Name: Joseph S Shantz Age:26 Birth Year:abt 1851 Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario Marriage Date:13 Feb 1877 Marriage Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:Simon Shantz Mother:Judith Shantz(a Born Stauffer Shantz Spouse:Nancy Shantz

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Sep 1854 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 13 Feb 1877 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Haemorrhage (10 hours) - 13 Mar 1885 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth