Elizabeth Shantz^{[1, 2, 3]}

1881 - 1952  (70 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Shantz
  Born	15 Oct 1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elizabeth Nahrgang
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Income
  Residence	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1914	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Domestic
  Eby ID Number	00085-5036.9
  Died	28 Jan 1952  [5, 9]
  Buried	Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada   [5, 9]
  Person ID	I4233	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Aaron S. Shantz,   b. 27 May 1839, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1917  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary Biehn,   b. 21 Nov 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	23 Dec 1877  [2, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F4224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joshua Nahrgang,   b. 8 Sep 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Dec 1908  (Age 28 years)
  Married	Dec 1905  [5]
  Children	1. Wilfrid Nahrgang,   b. 1906, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jun 1945  (Age 39 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F17295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Noah M. Shantz,   b. 1 Dec 1879, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Sep 1958, Vineland, Welland Co., Ontario  (Age 78 years)
  Married	3 Mar 1914	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F290978	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Shantz, Elizabeth, daughter of Aaron and Mary (Beihu) Shantz, was born Oct. 15, 1880; died Jan. 28, 1952; aged 71 y. 3m. 13 d. At the age of 16 she accepted Christ as her Saviour during one of John S. Coffman's revival meetings, uniting with the Mennonite Church to which vows she remained loyal through life. In December, 1905, she was married to Joshua Nahrgang, who predeceased her Dec. 31, 1908. Her son, Wilfred Nahrgang, also predeceased her in 1945. On March 3, 1914, she married Noah Shantz, who survives her. Four sisters (Mrs. Rudy Roth, New Hamburg, Ont.; Mrs. Abram Cressman, Plattsville, Ont.; Mrs. Abram Good, Baden, Ont.; and Mrs. Abram Snyder, Waterloo, Ont.) also survive her. Funeral services were conducted by the Belnheim Mennonite Church near New Dundee, Ont., Jan. 30, by Curtis Cressman and Moses Bowman. Burial was made in the Detwiler Cemetery near Roseville, Ont. Gospel Herald - Volume XLV, Number 12 - March 18, 1952 --- page 286, 287

  
  

• 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..., 140. [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..., 401. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 022898-14. Noah M. Shantz, 35, occ. Farmer, b. North Dumfries Twp, res. North Dumfries Twp, son of Henry M. Shantz and Veronica Martin Married Elizabeth (Mrs. Joshua) Nahrgang, 33, occ. Domestic, b. Wilmot Twp, res. Wilmot Twp, Widow, daughter of Aaron Shantz and Mary Biehn, Witness(es): Tobias Bowman of New Hamburg and Bessie Rosenberger of Guernsey Saskatchewan, 3 March 1914 At The Residence of Manasseh Hallman in Petersburg. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, March 18, 1952 - Obituary of Elizabeth Shantz. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 3 Page 26. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 9. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 55. [S62] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries, Roseville - Roseville Mennonite [formerly Detweiler Mennonite] CC#4493 Internet Link. Shantz/ Noah Shantz/ 1879-1958/ his beloved wife/ Elizabeth Shantz/ 1881-1952/ [A] Elizabeth/ [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..., 264. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, August 9, 1917 - Obituary of Aaron Shantz.

  
  

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  Born - 15 Oct 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Income - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Domestic - 1914 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Roseville Mennonite Cemetery [Formerly Detweiller], Roseville, Waterloo, ON, Canada  = Link to Google Earth