Nancy Shantz^[1]

1865 - 1945  (80 years)

• Name	Nancy Shantz
  Born	22 Apr 1865	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33994432
  Name	Nancy Hunsperger
  Name	Nancy Wildfong
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6788
  Died	28 Aug 1945	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8, 9]
  Buried	31 Aug 1945	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8, 9]
  Person ID	I386977	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Amos Y. Shantz,   b. 31 May 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 May 1904  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Nancy Moyer,   b. 2 Sep 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jan 1914  (Age 78 years)
  Married	2 Mar 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10, 11, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F4016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jonas Hunsperger,   b. 20 Sep 1866, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jul 1904, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 37 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F262007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Nathaniel H. Wildfong,   b. 21 Mar 1865, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Dec 1945, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	11 Jan 1910	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [14]
  Children	1. Catharine M. Wildfong,   b. Apr 1901, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F262006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Nancy Shantz, "twin sister to Amos, was born April 22nd, 1865. She is unmarried and has her home with her brother, Jacob." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _________________ MRS. N. WILDFONG. Sr. HESPELER, Aug. 29. Following an illness of twelve years, Mrs. Nathaniel Wildfong, Sr., died yesterday, at her home, in Wellington Township. Mrs. Wildfong, was born 80 years ago, in the district where she lived all her life. She was a member of the Tankard Brethren in Christ. Parents of the deceased were the late Mr. and Mrs. Amos Schantz. Surviving are her husband, in Wellington Township; four stepchildren and 20 grandchildren, together with a number of nieces and nephews. One sister, Melinda Schantz, Kitchener, also survives. The remains are resting at the Stager and Co. Funeral Home, Hespeler, until 11 a.m., Friday, when the body will be removed to Wanner's Mennonite Church, for funeral services, at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Wanner's Cemetery. Kitchener Daily Record 29 Aug 1945 pg 13

  
  

• 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..., 412. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-2 Page 8. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 23. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 1 Page 11. [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Div. 6 Pg. 12. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 6. [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link. [East] Sophia FRICKEY/ Wife of/ Nathaniel H./ WILDFONG/ Died May 2, 1909/ Aged 45 yrs./ Gone but not forgotton/ WILDFONG [North] Nathaniel WILDFONG/ Died Dec.15, 1945/ Aged 81 years/ His wife Nancy SHANTZ/ Died Aug. 28, 1945/ Aged 81 years/ [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33994432. [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township). [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..., 411. [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..., 103. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Amos Schantz, aged 23, yeoman of Waterloo married 2 Mar 1852, Greenbush by banns to Nancy Meyer aged 18, of Waterloo [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 021366 (1910). Name:Nancy Hunsperger Age:43 Birth Year:abt 1867 Marriage Date:11 Jan 1910 Marriage Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:Amos Shantz Mother:Nancy Moyer Spouse:Nathaniel Wildfong

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Apr 1865 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 11 Jan 1910 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 28 Aug 1945 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 31 Aug 1945 - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth