Maria "Mary" Shantz^{[1, 2, 3]}

1775 - 1866  (91 years)

• Name	Maria "Mary" Shantz
  Born	13 Mar 1775	Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208640653
  Name	Maria "Mary" Schumacher
  Name	Mary Shantz
  Eby ID Number	00110-6536
  Died	6 Apr 1866	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 6]
  	Cause: infirmities of old age and finally also the palsy
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I18787	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Isaac Shantz,   b. 14 Jan 1748, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 11 Oct 1802, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Barbara Rife,   b. 12 Sep 1753, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1820, South Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	4 May 1774  [1]
  Family ID	F3031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Johannes "John" Schumacher,   b. 12 May 1775, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 30 Jan 1828, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania  (Age 52 years)
  Married	2 May 1797  [1, 4]
  Children	1. Jacob S. Shoemaker,   b. 24 Apr 1798, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Mar 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)   2. Isaac Shoemaker,   b. 11 Jul 1800, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 Apr 1805  (Age 4 years)   3. John S. Shoemaker,   b. 12 Jan 1803, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Feb 1828, , Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 25 years)   4. Barbara Shoemaker,   b. 21 Mar 1805, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 12 Nov 1877, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 72 years)   5. Mary "Polly" Shoemaker,   b. 28 May 1808, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 30 Jan 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   6. Joseph Shoemaker,   b. 28 Sep 1810, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 6 Oct 1810, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania  (Age 0 years)   7. Magdalena Shoemaker,   b. 20 Nov 1811, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 12 Nov 1907, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 95 years)   8. Veronica Shoemaker,   b. 2 Feb 1815, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Jul 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)   9. David Shantz Shoemaker,   b. 7 Jan 1820, Frederick Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 6 Jan 1892, Three Rivers, St. Joseph, Michigan, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Shantz, "was born near Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, March 13th, 1775. On May 2nd, 1797, she was married to John Shoemaker. They resided on the Swamp Creek, in Frederick Township, at what is known as 'Shoemaker's Mills'. Here they had a family of nine children, of whom two died young. She came to Canada in 1829 with her three youngest children, and during the eve of her life she had her home with her daughter, Magdalena, where she died April 6th, 1866." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.]. _______________________ On the 6th of April, in Waterloo Co., C. W., Widow Maria Schumacher, at the advanced age of 91 years and 24 days. Her disease was chiefly the infirmities of old age and finally also the palsy. She was a member of the Mennonite Church. ELIAS SCHNEIDER Herald of Truth May 1866 - Vol. III, No. 5

  
  

• 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..., 374. [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..., 554. [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..., 136. [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..., 448. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 18. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, May 1866 - Obituary of Maria Schumacher.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Mar 1775 - Near Pottstown, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Died - Cause: infirmities of old age and finally also the palsy - 6 Apr 1866 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth