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Mary Ann Hostetler[1, 2]

Female 1856 - 1932  (75 years)


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  • Name Mary Ann Hostetler 
    Born 20 May 1856  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Mary Ann Shantz 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00059-3946 
    Died 4 May 1932  Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Cause: Apoplexy 6 years-Hypertension 
    Buried 7 May 1932  Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I532  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Moses Hostetler,   b. 12 Jan 1813, , Somerset Co, , Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1908, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Mother Margaret Latschaw,   b. 15 Dec 1814, Colebrook, Dale, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1887, Near New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 5 Jul 1842  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Family ID F4430  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Solomon Shantz,   b. 31 May 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1915, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 6 Feb 1877  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Children 
     1. Estella Shantz,   b. Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Margaret "Maggie" Shantz,   b. 9 Apr 1878, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1938, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     3. Judith Ann Shantz,   b. 14 Aug 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1945, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     4. Priscilla Shantz,   b. 24 Dec 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1985, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 102 years)
     5. Rev. Moses H. Shantz,   b. 10 Sep 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1938, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     6. Allen Shantz,   b. 15 Mar 1885,   d. 17 Mar 1886  (Age 1 years)
     7. Ephraim Shantz,   b. 3 Nov 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1956, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     8. Mabel Shantz,   b. 21 Aug 1889, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1953, Near, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     9. Maria Shantz,   b. 9 Dec 1891,   d. 29 Dec 1891  (Age 0 years)
     10. Susannah Shantz,   b. 23 Aug 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1966, Millersville, Sandusky, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mary Ann Hostetler, "was born May 20th, 1856. She is married to Solomon Shantz, a farmer. They reside in Wilmot Township, near Haysville, Ontario. She has a family of six 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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      Death of Mrs. Solomon Shantz

      Another of the older people of this neighborhood has passed away in the person of Mary Ann Hostetler, widow of the late Solomon Shantz. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jos. Salzman, at Petersburg, following a paralytic stroke on Wednesday, May 4th, at the age of 75 years, 11 months and 14 days. The deceased was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Moses Hostetler and was born on the Hostetler homestead adjoining New Hamburg, and now owned by Mr. John Ritz. She spent her entire life in this community and being possessed of a charming and lovable disposition she endeared herself to a wide circle of friends. She was married to Solomon Shantz and for many years resided on a farm a few miles southeast of New Hamburg. Since the death of her husband in 1915, she made her home with her children. There are left in bereavement two sons and five daughters. Three children predeceased her. The remaining family are Moses H. Shantz near New Dundee, Ephraim Shantz, near Haysville, Mrs. John E. Bingeman, New Hamburg, Mrs. Titus Kolb, of Kitchener, Mrs. Joseph Salzman, of Petersburg, and Mrs. Frank Miller, of Millersville, Ohio. She also leaves one brother, Mr. Henry Hostetler, of Wellesley, and one sister, Mrs. Emmanuel Hammacher, of Wilmot Centre. The funeral will take place on Saturday afternoon from the home of her daughter to Geiger's Mennonite Church at Wilmot Centre, of which she had been a life long adherent. Internment will be made in the adjoining cemetery

      New Hamburg Independent, May 6, 1932

  • 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..., 402.

    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..., 872.

    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..., 825.

    4. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 11.

    5. [S2555] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, May 6, 1932.

    6. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 010878-77.
      010878-77 - Solomon SCHANTZ, 24, farmer, Wilmot Township, same, s/o Joseph & Elizabeth SCHANTZ, married Mary Ann HOSTETTLER, Wilmot Township, same, d/o Moses & Margaretha HOSTETTLER, witn: Henry & Lavina HOSTETTLER, 6 Feb. 1877, New Hamburg

    7. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 4 Page 1.

    8. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 3 Page 65.

    9. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 1.

    10. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 9.

    11. [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..., 823.

    12. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Bindemann, Frederick, Minister of the German Evangelical Church at Greenbush, Waterloo Township #14.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 May 1856 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 Feb 1877 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 7 May 1932 - Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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