Elizabeth "Betsy" Schmitt^{[1, 2]}

1868 - 1962  (94 years)

• Name	Elizabeth "Betsy" Schmitt
  Born	22 Aug 1868	Bond, Ionia Co., Michigan   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Betsy Smith  [7]
  Name	Elizabeth "Betsy" Shantz
  Name	Elizabeth "Betsy" Wambold
  Name	Elizabeth "Betsy" Weber
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00048-3553.9
  Died	31 Dec 1962	Calgary, Alberta, Canada   [6, 8]
  Buried	West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I6213	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Becker Schmitt,   b. 30 Jun 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Mar 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hallman,   b. 28 Feb 1836, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Sep 1868, , Michigan, USA  (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F1643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rev. Israel R. Shantz,   b. 15 Aug 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Dec 1910, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Married	22 Sep 1886	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 7, 9]
  Children	1. Seleda May Shantz,   b. 15 Jun 1887, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Lloyd Dwight Shantz,   b. 1888, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Lloyd Herbert Shantz,   b. 7 Oct 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Feb 1974  (Age 85 years)   4. Samuel F. Shantz,   b. 28 Jan 1889, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Orvil D. Shantz,   b. 28 Oct 1892, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Viera M. Shantz,   b. 4 Oct 1896, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Norma Leoma Shantz,   b. 19 Oct 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Nov 1986, Lake Stevens, Snohomish, Washington, United States  (Age 88 years)   8. Irma Shantz,   b. 14 Oct 1900, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Edna Verda Shantz,   b. 11 May 1903, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Mar 1987, Calgary, Alberta, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F4964	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Deacon Abraham Henry Wambold,   b. 20 Nov 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 May 1934, near Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Married	17 Mar 1915  [10]
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F6309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Joseph S. Weber,   b. 4 Mar 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Aug 1949, near, Didsbury, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Married	Aug 1936  [8]
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F6310	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Elizabeth Scmitt (2019). Ancestry.com. Retrieved 7 September 2019, from https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/477967/person/243322813/media/cd41243e-6c03-4274-8992-2b32c4b383d8

  
  

• Notes

  Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Weber, 94, Calgary, Alta. Dec. 21. The funeral was conducted Jan. 4, at Carstairs, Alta. Mennonite Church. Born Aug. 22, 1868 in Waterloo County, she was a d/o the late Mr. and Mrs. John Schmitt. After her marriage to Israel Shantz, Wilmot Township,they moved to Calgary in 1900. Mr. Shantz, who served as minister and bishop of Carstairs Mennonite Church, died in 1910, leaving three sons and four daughters. Mrs. Weber married Joseph S. Weber, Waterloo in Aug. 1936, and he died in1949, leaving 10 stepchildren. A number of Grandchildren,great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren also survive." Kitchener-Waterloo Record 8 Jan 1963 __________________________ Weber, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hallman) Schmitt, was born in Bond, Mich., Aug. 22, 1868; died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Eby, Calgary, Alta.; aged 94 y. 4 m. 9 d. On Sept. 15, 1886, she was married to Israel R. Shantz, who died Dec. 15, 1910. They were charter members of the West Zion congregation, near Carstairs, and her husband served as first pastor there, and also as bishop. Two daughters also preceded her in death. Surviving are 3 sons (Floyd H. Shantz, Samuel P. Shantz, and Orville D. Shantz) and 4 daughters (Seleda M. Snyder, Norma Thompson, Erma Brummet, and Edna Eby). On March 17, 1915, she was married to Abram Wambold, who died May 8, 1934. Her third marriage was to Joseph Weber, on Aug. 5, 1936. He died on Aug. 6, 1949. Surviving from these marriages are 20 stepchildren. Also surviving are 29 grandchildren, 74 great- grandchildren, and 11 great--great-grandchildren. She was a member of the West Zion Church, where funeral services were held Jan. 4, in charge of C. J. Ramer and Gordon Buschert Gospel Herald - Volume LVI, Number 8 - February 26, 1963 page 175.

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 760. [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..., 418. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-4 Page 3. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 20. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 11. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, W., America, N., Division, C., & Cemetery, W. (1868). Elizabeth Schmitt Weber (1868-1962) - Find A.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 7 September 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31642382. [S18] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration index (needs checking to original registration), 011625. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Elizabeth Schmitt - 8 Jan 1963. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, December 29, 1910 Obituary of Israel R. Shantz. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Abram H. Wambold - July 26, 1934.

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 22 Sep 1886 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 31 Dec 1962 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada Buried - - West Zion Mennonite Cemetery, near, Carstairs, , Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth