Pastor Benjamin B. Shantz^{[1, 2]}

1880 - 1964  (84 years)

• Name	Benjamin B. Shantz
  Prefix	Pastor
  Born	23 Jun 1880	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00002-117.3
  Died	17 Dec 1964	Vineland, Welland Co., Ontario   [5, 8]
  Buried	Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I6943	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob E. Shantz,   b. 27 Apr 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Mar 1922, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Lydia U. Bowman,   b. 14 Apr 1855, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jan 1929, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	27 Nov 1877  [2, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F2092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Myra Snyder,   b. 11 Jul 1885, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jul 1980, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 95 years)
  Married	7 Mar 1906	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 11]
  Children	1. Violet Shantz,   b. Apr 1907, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1999  (Age ~ 91 years)   2. Grace Shantz,   b. Jul 1908, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Levi Clayton Shantz,   b. 1911,   d. 1992  (Age 81 years)   4. Mary Edna "Edna" Shantz,   b. 5 Jul 1917, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Apr 2004, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   5. Jacob Ralph "Ralph" Shantz,   b. 21 Feb 1922, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 2014, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)   6. Donald Roy "Roy" Shantz,   b. 31 Mar 1925, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F5893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Rev. Benjamin Shantz

  
  

• Notes

  Shantz, Benjamin B., son of Jacob E. and Lydia (Bowman) Shantz, was born at Preston, Ont., June 23, 1880; died at the Bethesda Home, Vineland, Ont., Dec. 17, 1964; aged 84 y. 5 m. 24 d. On March 7, 1906, he was married to Myra Snyder, who survives. In 1909* he was ordained as pastor and in 1939 as bishop of the Hagey Church. He served as bishop in Waterloo County until his retirement. Surviving are 4 sons (Clayton, Gordon, Ralph, and Roy), 4 daughters (Violet - Mrs. Cranson Good, Grace - Mrs. Wesley Metzger, Edna - Mrs. Rae Hilborn, and Marjory, of Puerto Rico), and 14 grandchildren. One sister and one brother predeceased him. He was a member of the Preston Church, where funeral services were held Dec. 19, in charge of Rufus Jutzi, assisted by J. B. Martin and Howard Good. Gospel Herald - Volume LVIII, Number 9 - March 9, 1965 - pages 214,215

  
  

• 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..., 81. [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..., 410. [S177] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-3 Page 3. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-3 Page 3. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . Shantz / Rev. Benjamin B. Shantz / 1880-1964 / Pastor of Hagey Mennonite / Church for 40 years / Myra Snyder / his beloved wife / 1885-1980 / I know that my Redeemer liveth [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 47. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 1. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Benjamin B. Shantz - March 9, 1965 - pages 214,215. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, May 11, 1922 - Obituary of Jacob E. Shantz. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 8. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, September 2, 1980 - Myra Snyder.

  
  

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  Born - 23 Jun 1880 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 7 Mar 1906 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Dec 1964 - Vineland, Welland Co., Ontario Buried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth