Lydia Shantz^[1]

1885 - 1890  (5 years)

• Name	Lydia Shantz
  Born	22 Jan 1885	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Eby ID Number	00002-105.7
  Died	7 Dec 1890	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Buried	Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I6879	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Wendel E. Shantz,   b. 16 Sep 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Sep 1926  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Anne "Nancy" Bowman,   b. 24 Jan 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Aug 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Married	13 Feb 1872	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F2076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SCHANTZ.-On the 7th of December, near Berlin, Ontario, of croup, Lydia, daughter of Bro. and Sister Wendell E. and Nancy Schantz, aged 5 years, 10 months and 17 days. Funeral services by Noah Stauffer and Daniel Wismer, at Berlin, from John 14: 2 and James 4: 14, after which the remains of the little one were laid to rest at Latschaw's meeting house near Manheim. Little Lydia was a bright little girl. She attended the Sunday school at Berlin. Just a little while before she died she asked her brothers and sisters to sing a hymn she had learned in Sunday school, "Home Bells are Ringing." This was her favorite hymn. God bless the bereaved parents, brothers, sisters, and her many friends. Herald of Truth, Vol. XXVIII, No. 1, JANUARY 1, 1891, Pages 14,15

  
  

• 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..., 78. [S49] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Latschaw Mennonite CC#4560 [now Mannheim Mennonite] Internet Link. Lydia/ dau. of/ Wendel & Nancy/ Shantz/ died/ Dec. 7' 1890/ ae 5 yrs 10 m 15 d [S32] News - Herald of Truth, Obituary of Lydia Schantz - JANUARY 1, 1891. [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..., 409. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 22 Feb 1872. Feb. 13, 1872 Wendel Schantz of Waterloo and Esther [should read Nancy] Baumann of Wilmot, by Rev. Wurster

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Jan 1885 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 7 Dec 1890 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth