Priscilla Swartz^{[1, 2]}

1878 - 1968  (90 years)

• Name	Priscilla Swartz
  Born	13 Jun 1878	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46059659
  Name	Priscilla Shantz
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1968	170 Pandora Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00004-896.4
  Died	1 Nov 1968	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 6]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 6]
  Person ID	I6860	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Abraham H. Swartz,   b. 12 Mar 1852, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Oct 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Susannah Bergey,   b. 5 Oct 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Feb 1925, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Married	19 Nov 1872  [7]
  Family ID	F2058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wendel R. Shantz,   b. 1 Mar 1870, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Oct 1949, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. William Hearth,   b. 4 Dec 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Leota Lucille Shantz,   b. 25 Dec 1900, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Mar 1994, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)   3. Vinetta Rose Shantz,   b. 24 Aug 1902, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Aug 1997, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)   4. Lloyd Stanley Shantz,   b. 22 Oct 1904, Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Aug 1994, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)   5. Susannah Shantz,   b. 23 Nov 1906,   d. 23 Nov 1906  (Age 0 years)   6. Ward Lyle Shantz,   b. 24 Sep 1909, Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1993  (Age 83 years)   7. Clayton Arthur Shantz,   b. 11 May 1914, Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Mar 2004, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)   8. Dorothy Marie Shantz,   b. 1916, Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Sep 2005, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F5971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MRS. WENDELL SHANTZ Mrs. Wendell R. Shantz. 170 Pandora Ave., died Friday at K-W Hospital. She was 90. A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Abram Swartz, she was born in Blenheim Township and lived most of her life in Kitchener. She was a member of the First Mennonite Church and the Ladies Aid Society. She was predeceased by her husband in 1949 and by one sister. Survivors include three sons. Lloyd S.. Waterloo; Ward. Port Credit, and Clayton. Roseville; three daughters. Mrs. Edwin (Leota) Feick, Kitchener. Mrs. Vernon (Vinetta) Witmer, Wilmot Township, and Mrs. Lloyd (Dorothy) Schmitt, New Dundee; a brother. Wellington. Waterloo; three sisters. Mrs. Jemima Witmer and Mrs. Clifford Cressman. both of Kitchener, and Mrs. Susan Weber. Waterloo; 22 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren. and two great-greatgrandchildren. New Hamburg Independent

  
  

• 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..., 367. [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..., 236. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-6 Page 2. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Shantz / Wendell R Shantz / 1870-1949 / his wife / Priscilla Swartz / 1878-1968 / (A) Mother (B) Father [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 4 Page 12. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46059659/priscilla-shantz. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, February 26, 1925 - Obituary of Susannah Bergey.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Jun 1878 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 1 Nov 1968 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth