Lydia Ann Good^[1]

1882 - 1903  (21 years)

• Name	Lydia Ann Good
  Born	1882	Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Lydia Ann Shantz
  Residence	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00041-3244.12
  Died	4 Apr 1903	Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Saint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Conestogo, Woolwich, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I8927	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry B. Good,   b. 13 Oct 1842, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1906  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Sarah Reist,   b. 10 Apr 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Feb 1899, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 55 years)
  Married	10 Jan 1865  [1]
  Family ID	F2596	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edwin Shantz,   b. 28 Mar 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Apr 1934, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Married	Jun 1902  [5]
  Children	1. Rev. Merle Shantz,   b. 20 Mar 1903, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jun 1989, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F6513	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  136Shantz-On the 4th of April 1903, at Breslau, Ont., Lydia Ann Good beloved wife of Edwin Shantz, aged 24 Y., 3 M., 12 D. She leaves her sorrowing husband and infant son, and many relatives and friends. Her summons to enter eternity was sudden and should teach us who remain to be always "ready for in such an hour as we think not the Son of Man cometh" Funeral services were conducted at the house by S.Eby and at the Mennonite Brethren in Christ church at Breslau by C.N. Good in German, from Psalm 90: 12 and by E.S. Hallman in English.Text, John 11: 25,26. Her remains were interred in the M.B.C. cemetery at Conestoga, her former home, where also a short service was held by C.N. Good in English. Text Mal. 3: 18. Peace be to her ashes. HERALD OF TRUTH, Vol. XL, No. 17, APRIL 23RD, 1903 PAGE 135-136

  
  

• 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..., 704. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Division 3 Page Number 12 Household Number 61. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 3 Page 12. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Div. 2 Page 6. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Edwin Shantz - April 12, 1934.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1882 - Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 4 Apr 1903 - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth