Elizabeth Nahrgang^{[1, 2]}

1836 - 1894  (57 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Nahrgang
  Born	12 Dec 1836	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elizabeth Shantz
  Residence	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00085-5034
  Died	4 Jun 1894	Wadsworth, Huron Co., Michigan   [1, 2, 4]
  Person ID	I4199	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Christopher Nahrgang,   b. 25 Dec 1801, Lehrbach, District Of Alsfeld, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. 22 Jun 1886, Near New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Mary Schneider,   b. 1 Apr 1808, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Mar 1887, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	8 Apr 1833  [1, 7]
  Family ID	F997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin D. Shantz,   b. 20 Aug 1833, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jan 1889, Wordsworth, Huron Co., Michigan  (Age 55 years)
  Married	30 Jan 1854  [1]
  Children	1. Malinda Shantz   2. Nancy Shantz,   b. 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Christopher Shantz,   b. 1857, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mary Shantz,   b. 1859, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. John Shantz,   b. 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Lydia Shantz,   b. 3 Feb 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Aug 1863  (Age 0 years)   7. Allan Shantz,   b. 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Isaac Shantz,   b. 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Isabella Shantz,   b. 2 Jun 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Dec 1871  (Age 2 years)   10. Salome Shantz,   b. 1872, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Caroline Shantz,   b. 1874, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Minerva Shantz,   b. 1876, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   13. Alice Shantz,   b. 1879, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F1340	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Shantz.- Mrs. Benjamin D. Shantz departed this life on June 4th, 1894, at her home at Wadsworth, Huron Co., Mich., aged 57 years, 5 months, and 22 days. She was a daughter of Christopher and Mary Nahrgang, was born in Wilmot, Waterloo Co., Ontario, married to Benj. D. Shantz, Jan. 30, 1855; lived in Canada 25 years, then moved to Michigan where she resided until her death. She lived in widowhood 5 yrs. 4 mos., and 17 days. To her were born 13 children, of which 8 remain to mourn her departure three of them are married. Twenty-two years ago she was converted to God, and was a devoted follower of the Lamb. She was a true mother to her children and a ""other in Israel.""Her presence will be missed in church and Sunday school as well as at her home. Let prayers be offered for the bereaved. A large concourse of mourning friends and acquaintances gathered together to pay the last tribute of respect. Services conducted by A. S. Stambaugh from John 14: 1, 2. Magd. D. Shantz HERALD OF TRUTH , Vol. XXXI, No. 13, July 1, 1894 - pages 206, 207 _________________ Elizabeth Nahrgang, "was born December 12th, 1836. On January 30th, 1854, she was married to Benjamin D. Shantz. They followed farming and resided near Wordsworth, Huron County, Mich., where he died January 17th, 1889, and she died June 4th, 1894. To them was born a family of twelve 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.].

  
  

• 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..., 139. [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..., 387. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, July 1, 1894 Obituary of Elizabeth Nahrgang. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 1 Page 33. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Page 27. [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..., 346.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Dec 1836 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 4 Jun 1894 - Wadsworth, Huron Co., Michigan  = Link to Google Earth