Abraham D. Shantz^{[1, 2, 3]}

1836 - 1899  (63 years)

• Name	Abraham D. Shantz
  Born	6 Mar 1836	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	A. D. Shantz Scutching Mill
  		Mannheim-Business-Shantz,AbrahamD.-0001-ScutchingMiller-advert.JPG
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188984824
  Name	A. D. Shantz
  Residence	1866	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Residence	1866	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Occupation	1870	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	flax manufacturer
  Occupation	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Flax Manufacturer
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1874	Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	flax merchant
  Occupation	1878	Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	labourer
  Occupation	1880	Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	wood turner
  Eby ID Number	00110-6645
  Died	10 Dec 1899	Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [12]
  Buried	Walkerton Cemetery, Walkerton, Bruce Co., Ontario   [12]
  Person ID	I19056	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	John C. Shantz,   b. 23 Oct 1807, South Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 May 1875  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Nancy Detweiler,   b. 8 Mar 1816, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Feb 1856, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 39 years)
  Married	12 Jan 1833  [3, 13]
  Family ID	F5494	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Traffy,   b. 5 Oct 1838,   d. 5 Jun 1864  (Age 25 years)
  Children	1. Nancy Shantz,   b. 1857, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1857  (Age 0 years)   2. Eliza Shantz,   b. 1858, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1873  (Age 15 years)   3. Emma Ann Shantz,   b. 1860, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Enoch Shantz,   b. 1862, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1881  (Age 19 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F4888	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Rosina Bachert,   b. Dec 1838, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Dec 1919  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Married	18 Sep 1866	Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Children	1. David Shantz,   b. 12 Jul 1868, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Aug 1921, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 53 years)   2. Allan Shantz,   b. 20 Jan 1869, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Mar 1940  (Age 71 years)   3. Charles Shantz,   b. 27 Jul 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mary Ann Shantz,   b. 30 Sep 1872, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Edith Shantz,   b. 18 Sep 1874, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. William Henry Shantz,   b. 13 Nov 1876, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1878, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 1 years)   7. Albert Shantz,   b. 2 Jun 1878, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1878   8. Clara Shantz,   b. 19 Aug 1880, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Oct 1880  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F4889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Abraham D. Shantz, was born March 6th, 1836. He was first married to Mary Traffy and after her decease to Rosena Bockus. They reside in Walkerton, Ontario, where he is engaged in some business. His family consists of twelve children, namely: VI Nancy (dead), VI Eliza, VI Emma Ann, and VI Enoch of the first wife, and VI David, VI Allan, VI Charles, VI Mary Ann, VI Edith, and two sons and a daughter who died in infancy, names not received, of second wife." 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.].

  
  

• 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..., 388. [S173] Ancestry.com. [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..., 522. [S422] Census - ON, Bruce, Walkerton - 1881, Page Number 37 Household Number 179. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 3 Page 19. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Abraham D. Scwarz, 30, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of John and Anna ( ? ), married 18 Sept 1866 Rosina Bachert, 27, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of Martin and Catherine (Martin) [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 20 Sep 1866. 18 Sep 1866 By Rev. Kaessmann, Abraham D. Schantz was married to Rosine Bachert, both of Mannheim. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 18445 Charles Shantz. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 4244-1874 Edith Shantz. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 2657-1878 Albert Shantz. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 2130-1880 Clara Shantz. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188984824. [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..., 387.

  
  

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  Born - 6 Mar 1836 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1866 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1866 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - flax manufacturer - 1870 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Flax Manufacturer - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - flax merchant - 1874 - Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - labourer - 1878 - Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - wood turner - 1880 - Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Dec 1899 - Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth