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	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  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	26 Apr 2024
  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